OK, so I guess I’m way out of the loop, but I only just discovered the Steepster Scavenger Hunt (thanks to SororiTEA Sisters’ Instagram post) – so I decided I would like to play along. I don’t know if I’ll be able to post all of them by the end of February, but I can try.
This is my “black tea” for the scavenger hunt (does it have to be a straight black tea – or can it be a flavored black tea? Please let me know if I’m doing this right?)
Anyway, this is probably more ‘chai-like’ than ‘orange spice like’ since there are more spices to this than your typical orange spice/holiday tea. – which are traditionally more a citrus clove or a citrus cinnamon clove blend rather than a chai-ish blend of spices. I didn’t really consider that at the time of blending this tea, I just wanted something warm & cozy & something that also included blood orange so this is what I came up with.
I really like the way it came out, though – I’m enjoying the blood orange in this – it’s bright & a bit more tangy – but not too tart. The spices are mild yet warming. Just what I wanted on this chilly afternoon.
I love spiced teas iced. Right now, we’ve had crazy weather – at the moment, it’s 49°F – we’ve had frost over a couple of nights last week. I’m not complaining, mind you. I prefer the weather this way. However, it’s hard to get into “summertime” mode or even “springtime” mode with my blending because I still want my cozy fall flavors when the weather is like this.
It’s 34.5 here today…celsius. 94F. We somehow skipped most of spring and went straight to hot and humid. Not happy.
The weather is so iffy at this time of the year!
We got highs here around 28, but we also jumped from winter to summer and not so happy about it.
We have a freeze warning for tonight! The low may get down to 30, which is probably around 1c? And it snowed this morning. It melted within minutes of hitting the ground, but still-! :( I hope to sit for an hour tonight to watch TV. It sound like a great time for one more cup of hot tea.