I’m not really a coffee person. I prefer tea, and I know a lot of fellow writers love tea, too. But have you ever wanted to break out of the Early Grey or English Breakfast norm and try something new? Well, let me help you find some cool new teas! If you need a little hot and flavorful boost to help you reach your writing goal or you’re just a lover of tea or you’d like to try some tea but aren’t fond of the stereotypical types, these Tea Tuesday posts are for you.
This weeks tea is …
*drum roll*
Gale
How I found it: I’m back with another fandom set from Adagio Teas. Since the busy Holiday season is upon us, I bought these teas in advance. And the fact that the final Hunger Games film is releasing (released) may have something to do with it. I’m a huge Hunger Games fan and I’m so so so pumped for the film! I’m going to be cosplaying as Katniss when I see it (saw it depending on when these posts go up). I’m so happy for the Mockingjay Part 2 release but sad because the series will be finally over. 🙁 I’ve been wanting to get a Hunger Games set for a while and when Adagio Teas had it for a weekend special I had to snatch it up. Let’s see how good it is!
If you’d like to see what I think of the films check on reviews of the Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, and The Hunger Games: The Mockingjay Part 1 on Geeks Under Grace.
This is the same site I bought the Avengers set,Sherlock set, Tolkien set, Avatar: the Last Airbender set, Doctor Who set, Attack on Titan set, RWBY set, Divergent set, Firefly, and Fruits Basket set from!
The Tea: From first smell, I knew this would be perfect for Gale. This tea has a strong, earthy, and manly smell from the pu erh dante tea, a sweet taste from the forest berries, and mineral flavor from the gunpowder. It’s definitely a very masculine tea like Gale and it makes me think of the woods. Basically these tea tastes like a forest. The gunpowder makes me think of his fighting spirit and his yearning for justice for the districts.
The tea reminds me a bit of the Toph tea, but there’s a significant difference with the gunpowder tea instead of the white monkey. I think Gale would enjoy drinking this tea while sitting with Katniss, perhaps in a thermos while they’re hunting in the woods on colder days.
The tea reminds me a bit of the Toph tea, but there’s a significant difference with the gunpowder tea instead of the white monkey. I think Gale would enjoy drinking this tea while sitting with Katniss, perhaps in a thermos while they’re hunting in the woods on colder days.
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| I don’t know about you, but I thought this part was so cute. XD |
Serving Recommendations: I steeped this tea at 200 for 2 minutes and added just sugar.
How much is it and where can you get it? You can find this tea at the Adagio website. I bought this tea in a sample set which was about $22 including shipping and you get a goodly amount of tea since you only need about a teaspoon per cup. Some of these teas you can buy individually for about $10 a pouch or $4 for a sample tin.
So how good is it? This tea is so tasty and so Gale! Four stars!
Have you tried this tea? What did you think of it? Have you seen or read The Hunger Games?
Bonus! If you are a first-time Adagio customer I can send you a $5 giftcard! Ask in the comments for details! (This is no joke and no catch I seriously can. It’s part of the amazingness of Adagio Teas)
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