Fun and FlirTea

I’m not going to lie here… I’ve been struggling with writing this post for over a week now. I think part of it is due to the fact that I’ve never cared much for rooibos or honeybush in the past.

To be fair, I’ve had very little experience with either of them and, until quite recently, thought they were the same thing. SPOILER ALERT! They aren’t. Rooibos and honeybush are quite similar and come from similar areas, but they are indeed different plants and have slightly different flavors (honeybush being a bit sweeter and more “honey-like” than rooibos). Now I think on it, I may not have ever tried a honeybush tisane until recently. I have had a couple rooibos options and never was impressed. (more…)

I wholeheartedly admit that I fail this week. Sorry!

While I have my Monday NovelTea and Friday Photo ready and scheduled for the week, my more formidable post (about Rooibos and Honeybush… just you wait until you see the post title next Tuesday. It’s a good’un!) has been postponed to next week because I’ve been gnarly sick until just the past day or so! (This guy just below is demonstrating how I’ve felt for the past 10 days!)

The worst part about my super cold wasn’t the perpetual cough, the stuffy nose, and the headaches – it was the fact that I couldn’t indulge in my favorite relaxation technique… drinking tea.

I discovered this unfortunate fact the first day of my sickness by thinking, “Oh dear! I seem to be getting a cold. The best possible thing I can think of to make this feel better is a lovely pot of tea.” Upon making this pot of tea and beginning to sip it down, I realized that the general astringency from the black tea seemed to agitate my throat further, bringing upon me another coughing fit. I later discovered that even smoother teas led to a similar response, so I had to give it up.

Not to mention the fact that with how stuffed up my nose was, I could hardly taste my food, nonetheless the subtleties of tea!

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