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Tea: Vanilla Caramel Truffle

Monday, October 20th, 2008

Tea seems to be getting fancier all the time.

Lipton Pyramid Teas are not ordinary flat teabags but rather three dimensional, with larger tea pieces inside.  I bought the Vanilla Caramel Truffle flavor and really like the flavor.  I can taste both the vanilla and caramel while the traditional black tea flavor remains.  It tastes a bit sweet even without anything added.

It’s a good tea to have on hand at work for around 3pm when I get sluggish.  It’s around this time that I have been known to convince myself that vending machine-type fare is a good idea (I’ve gone as far as thinking neon-green Pop Tarts sounded palatable).

With this tea around, I can have my truffle and drink it too.

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Tea: Tazo Calm

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

There are two types of people: those for whom “tea” implies traditional black tea and those with a wider definition.

I am liberal in what I call “tea”: black, white, green, rooibos, and herbal. Once I was very embarrassed to offer tea to a British friend only to realize that I didn’t have any English Breakfast, Earl Grey, or the like. She was very confused when I served chamomile. “I only drink this when I’m sick,” she informed me. Whoops.

I enjoy sampling wide varieties of teas. Tazo Calm is an herbal infusion of hibiscus, chamomile, spearmint, lemon grass, rose petals, blackberry leaves, safflowers, peppermint, sarsaparilla, lemon balm, and licorice. It’s caffeine free and especially soothing later in the evening, I find.

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Starbucks Mugs: Current selection

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

There are two types of people: those who have bought merchandise at Starbucks, and those who haven’t… yet.

For anyone who frequents Starbucks, it’s bound to happen sometime. You’re in line, or waiting for the barista, and something surprisingly pretty and perhaps even mildly functional catches your eye. And before you know it, you’ve bought it.

I have in fact bought a lot of merchandise at Starbucks over the years, from travel coffee mugs and ceramic teacups to milk frothers and picture frames. (Really? Did I really buy a picture frame at Starbucks?) Given the fact there’s a website with online ordering, I must not be the only one.

These mugs are all part of the current offering. I saw them in person and they’re nice. I did not buy them, though. Yet.

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