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sigelphoenix at 11:04am on 19/01/2011 under cooking and food
sigelphoenix at 11:04am on 19/01/2011 under cooking and foodI've really been enjoying Adagio's Foxtrot tea blend, but my bag of it is nearly gone and it's currently out of stock. (Also, I don't want to make an order and pay shipping just for one type of tea. I could make it a full shopping 'trip' and probably hit the free shipping minimum, but the amount of tea I have both at work and at home is kind of indefensibly ridiculous already.)
I decided to experiment - Adagio lists the ingredients of Foxtrot as chamomile, peppermint, rooibos, and vanilla rooibos. I currently have loose-leaf chamomile, peppermint, and almond rooibos, so I mixed all three together, eyeballed it until it looked Foxtrot-ish, and gave it a whirl.
It turned out pretty good, all things considered. I think I put in too much peppermint, and I lacked plain rooibos, which I think gives Foxtrot some body, but the almond is a decent substitute for the vanilla (at least to me, as someone who does not go for very sweet tea). I consider it a success.
(I ... feel like my recent entries have rotated among game fics, link-dropping, and sheer inanity. Which is a fair use for an online journal, I guess, but I swear I used to have more relevant things to talk about.)
I decided to experiment - Adagio lists the ingredients of Foxtrot as chamomile, peppermint, rooibos, and vanilla rooibos. I currently have loose-leaf chamomile, peppermint, and almond rooibos, so I mixed all three together, eyeballed it until it looked Foxtrot-ish, and gave it a whirl.
It turned out pretty good, all things considered. I think I put in too much peppermint, and I lacked plain rooibos, which I think gives Foxtrot some body, but the almond is a decent substitute for the vanilla (at least to me, as someone who does not go for very sweet tea). I consider it a success.
(I ... feel like my recent entries have rotated among game fics, link-dropping, and sheer inanity. Which is a fair use for an online journal, I guess, but I swear I used to have more relevant things to talk about.)
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(I keep saying I'm going to post more, and then I just don't feel like I have anything so say that anyone would care about. Bah.)
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I certainly like hearing from you, even/especially the small updates that aren't hugely noteworthy. Since we don't see each other frequently, I tend to miss out on that stuff, because it doesn't warrant an email or phone call to announce. (As I say this, I realize I could do it myself, too.)
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One of my favorite Teavana blends has white tea and rooibos on it, so it's not impossible for them to blend. I've not tried it with green tea that I can think of, though. I've had some green and white blends, though.
(Actually, looking at the To Life, I'm wondering if my peach rooibos would blend well with the lavender/chamomile/white tea I've been doing... experiment!)
I'll try to make posts more often, even if they aren't SHOCKING NEWS. I mean... I guess that's how most people use their journal (and I used to, too!). I'm not sure why I've suddenly gotten so self-conscious about it myself.
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