Desire...

It's been a long, long time since I visited Silk Road. In my last post, I popped over to the website to make sure I had the link right. In doing so, I saw Golden Treasure, a shaped tea, and I'm afraid that now I really, really want it.

The flowers are gorgeous, and this flavour combination sounds beautiful.

Peach Paradise (Silk Road)

Silk Road is a tea company based in Victoria, BC. When we lived in Victoria, I used to go there regularly to satisfy my tea needs. The teas are loose; you pick your tea and your tea tin and load up. They always had lovely samples and one day, they had an iced tea made with Peach Paradise and sweetened condensed milk. It was wonderful. I bought some and I have tried to keep some on hand ever since, though replenishing my supply while living in Scotland hasn't been easy.

The label for Peach Paradise describes it as "a perfect seduction" - it's a ceylon black tea with calendula flowers, citrus peel and peach fruit essence. Peach fruit essence really sells it short. There are actually chunks of dried peach in the tea.

The flavour is lovely and smooth. I drink it with milk, though generally nothing sweet (unless I have sweetened condensed milk on hand). It has a beautiful peach flavour, no surprise there, but it doesn't overpower the ceylon. I've had other peach teas, but this is definitely my favourite.

My estimate is that there are about a half-dozen cups left. I'll be sad to see it go. But, if I land the job in Glasgow that I'm applying for, then hopefully I'll be able to pick some up when we go back for Christmas. And if I don't get the job, then, we'll be moving back anyway and I'll be able to visit the shop sometime in the New Year.

Whittard's Orange Blossom

Well, I'm enjoying a cup of Whittard's Orange Blossom, though I must admit that the flavour is rather weak. It could be one of two things - either I didn't let it steep long enough (I hate bitter tea), or the tea has become stale. I can't actually remember when I bought it, so that could definitely be the case. I'll try to remember to let the next cup steep longer to see if that improves things.

It has a subtle citrus flavour and I really quite enjoyed dipping my lemon ginger biscuits in. It's a bad habit, I know. But, I do enjoy dipping biscuits into my tea.

Mild though the tea is, it is still a very pleasant cup and I will definitely have another. Good thing too, as there is still plenty of it to go through.

It's been a bit since I posted anything. That's mainly because I've been in a bog-standard tea rut for a few weeks; living off of Morrison's Organic, Twining's English Breakfast and the occasional cup of Twinings Earl Grey. There are days when this simplicity is what I need. But, the tea cupboard is still stuffed and who knows when we'll be moving! On with the tea drinking.