6117 Tasting Notes
(DavidsTea 2022: 7)
2022 Sipdown 1/365!
Mastress Alita’s Sipdown Challenge January 2022: Latte
First sipdown of the year! And realizing that I’m already nicely behind on any sipdown per day goal I might be entertaining, though to be fair, I don’t like sipping down teas while sick, unless they’re gross or duplicates.
Made this as a “latte”; I think I tasted more mocha than I have in the past, although it was still kind of muted. Wouldn’t turn this down if offered, but not buying more.
(Also, yes I stole the sipdown tagline formatting from Crowkettle – thank you!)
(DavidsTea 2022: 5)
We are back in “self-isolation” after a sudden fever in my toddler on Saturday night. He was fine the next morning, but the lovely new rules and lack of testing availability in Ontario mean we have to assume it was covid. Really cramping my plans of easing into one-parent mat leave (husband went back to work last week) when we can’t access my planned outside help (grandparent, daycare). Frustrating! Been starting my 2-kid days of isolation with matcha “lattes” (just made with half water/half milk, no fancy frothing) in an attempt to have enough energy. I’m not sure it’s working, but that could be related to lack of sleep and recovering from sickness. Also, my toddler is obsessed with colour-changing mugs, so this kills two birds with one stone as I get a hit of caffeine + entertain him for a few minutes!
Anyhow, this was one matcha latte in a long line to come, most of which haven’t been quite as satisfying as I want but were fine. I want this to be more BERRIES, especially since I’m kind of taking care of the cream aspect with the milk. It’s fine, but I just want more.
Hope your toddler feels better soon! Being sick or having sick family members is never fun and the self-isolation is an extra blow.
Thanks! He seems to be ok although his appetite is kind of small (sore throat??) but the isolation reaaalllly sucks. I have more empathy for people who’ve had to do it in the past, for sure.
Hope all this gets a bit lighter for you soon, Kittena.
Thank heavens for tea.
We are doing something similar. The 9yr old was exposed in class and sniffly 2 days later, so the school presumes a positive and with 3 positives the class goes into remote learning for a week. The district has no guidance on what they want done with siblings of presumed positive kids, so the 12yr old is home this week too with nothing to do. Pandemic parenting is the best! :/
Hang in there! My friend’s husband traveled to another state on a fishing trip with his dad for two weeks. I was supposed to stay with her and help watch her kids. Unfortunately, they got Covid from some other kids at school right when it opened again around November. She was on her own with both kids while also working which wasn’t easy but she was vaccinated.
(DavidsTea 2022: 3)
Hmmm, to decide what this year’s tea goals should be. Maybe I’ll meet them this year?
I think I’m going to go with running through each 52teas tea I own, plus each DavidsTea, while still trying to get those elusive sipdowns in there. (I’m going to restart my DavidsTea count, I think. Going to go back and edit the other notes I’ve made for teas consumed in 2022 once I sort this out.
Anyhow, this tea is the same as always, nice oolong flavour and dry creamy-ish coconut. A good tea when in the mood, but I’m not always in the mood for it.
2021 Sipdown 127/365!
Well, this was the last sipdown of 2021. Not a great number given my goal, but I also set that goal before I knew I was going to have a second kid this year! Hopefully an easily beatable number for this year!
This tea was old and the coconut was going off, but not enough not to drink it. And, I actually still liked it. I believe I had liked it when it was fresher, too. Creamy coconut, black tea base. Well-enough executed for what it intended to be.
(52teas (Anne) 2022: 2)
Review for the 2021 12 teas of Christmas reblend.
I want to like this more than I do; I think I’m looking for more of a ripe mango flavour like in Lupicia’s oolong, whereas this is a little greener. I can’t really review properly, though, because I also had this while sick with a cold, so I very well may not have tasted everything. Further review pending.
(52teas (Anne) 2022: 1)
I see that I rated the Frank version of this at 76, and agree that this is about the same. It’s tasty strawberry cream; wish the base was something else but it’s still good. I also tasted it with the dulled tastebuds of sickness, so perhaps it’s even better! Will revisit once I recover.
Sipping tea while sick is oddly the last thing I like to do, also. Having tea is an experience to wind down before or after a long day; or during a moment of reflection walking, driving, reading, gaming, etc. Being sick, I just want to sleep and drink tomato soup. Hoping you’re feeling better!
A sipdown a day sounds very ambitious!