By looking at the contents of the box,
you'd almost—almost--think that I was turning into an adult.
Almost.
Our most recent order from our favorite
online German food store arrived over the
weekend. Since it's been (gasp) almost four months since we were
last in Germany, we were starting to run out of all the important
things we usually bring back with us, like chocolate, cereal, and
more chocolate. And since we won't be back there until the end of
April, 2020, we needed some stuff to tide us over until then.
Or until we place another order in,
say, January. You know, to tide us over during that final three
months before we go back.
Anyway, the chocolate and the cereal
arrived, and our stocks were replenished. However, I noticed
something really weird about my portion of the order. I seem to
have, for some reason, cut back on the chocolate I had shipped, and
instead went overboard on this--
That's right. In our most recent
German Shop 24 order, I bought more tea than I did chocolate. What
the heck's wrong with me??????!!!!!!??????
I don't know why, but for me Germany's
rapidly becoming to tea what France and Belgium are for chocolate.
Despite what our friend Anja in Weissenfels says, the country has an
amazing selection of the stuff, and most of my favorite teas on the
planet come from there. In this photo you see green tea with
vanilla, Rooibos (red) tea with vanilla (see a trend here?), green
tea with orange and ginger, and a couple of boxes of that strange
fennel/anise/caraway seed tea I like so much.
And then there's a tea I've never come
across in my travels, and wanted to try out. It's the box at the
lower right, and it's a sage/honey/vanilla tea. I love all three of
those flavors, although I had no idea how they would all taste
together. I tried a cup after getting the package, and just let me
say this--
Fennel/anise/caraway seed tea? Sad to
say, I think you've met your match.
The sage flavor in the tea seems to
coat your mouth, and the honey kicks it up four or five notches. In
all honesty, I couldn't really taste the vanilla, but I'm sure it was
in there and sure it added to the awesomeness of the drink. All I
know is that the flavor stays with you long after you've finished
your mug. Even Loraine, who's not the world's biggest tea fan,
thought the taste was amazing.
So there you go. I'll admit it. I
bought more tea than chocolate from a company in Europe. I hope you
don't think any less of me, and I (really) hope that I'm not, you
know, becoming an adult or something along those lines for doing so.
But if that's the case; well, then it might have been worth it.
The sage/honey/vanilla tea is THAT
good.
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