Republic of Tea Cardamon Cinnamon loose-leaf
(From Lainie: My dear friend Sensuous Wife has contributed a guest review today! Enjoy!)
I went to my favorite place to buy loose-leaf tea because I had a hankerin’ for my favorite Ginger Peach tea.
But I was so taken by the look of the Cardamon Cinnamon full leaf that I had to buy some. Loose in the glass jar at the tea store, this tea looks like potpourri. It smells like potpourri.
Standing there in the store, I had a flashback to smelling yummy Thanksgiving scented potpourri that my mama would boil on the stove. The colors and textures and fragrances were so appealing that I wanted to pop one of those colorful bits in my mouth. But the label had a big ugly warning. You know the kind that’s on candles and potpourri and anything else that smells good but you should NOT put in your mouth: Warning! Not for human consumption. All these thoughts flashed through my mind in an instant. Immediately a mischiveious gleam shone in my eyes and a sly grin wove it’s way across my face. I stood there in the store grinning like a naughty child and I said, “Hah! This is pretty potpourri and THIS time I’m gonna DRINK it!!”
The fragrance is a good overwhelming. I cannot emphasize enough what a sensuous joy this tea is before leaves ever touch boiling water.
As to the taste? It’s like Fall in a cup. Like every autumnal delicious smell you’ve ever smelled in a Yankee Candle shop. ‘cept this time you get to drink it.
Sensuous Wife
I’m a woman who is deliberately choosing to live alive to pleasure received through the senses.
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