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Originally Posted by desertblues
Thanks Astra for the descriptions. I can almost taste that tea, although I never drink a drop of it. It reads just like a novel; your tea-tasting. Thanks.  |
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I am very surprised that I liked Chai. I usually like only straight teas. I was 95% sure I would not be able to drink it. Even one cup. I was fully prepared to make 2-3 sips and pour the rest to the sink.
I just could get Chai our of my mind. Whenever I saw a bag of Chai, I wondered what it tastes like. I absolutely had to try it.
I just finished eating buckwheat. Erm. I mean drinking it. Or drinking then eating? Yes. The last definition is the most appropriate.
Sobacha is odd.
Do I love it? No.
Do I like it? Hmm... difficult to answer. Probably I don't like it enough to order it again, besides ordering it is not a trivial thing. All prices I have seen were in $ so far. I would say it is like Lapacho. Not in flavour, but in a sense that it is a nice late cup of warm drink/tisane when you are in a bed with a book and don't want any stimulants. The flavour is pleasant. The aroma is ...of a roasted buckwheat
The bonus, is that if you are hungry, you can east the strainer's content
Buckwheat is almost unknown in the UK. Very few people are aware about it. With many Polish workers in the UK, we have got Polish shops. As a consequence we can buy buckwheat now. We like it for the main meal. It goes well with any meat and it is supposed to be a healthy type of food vs. potatoes, pasta, etc. A very popular food in the former Soviet Union.
Although, it is a popular food I have never ever heard about buckwheat tea
Now I tried it. If I ever get lost in Japan, I might survive
Sobacha is nice. If I run out of Lopacha, I might resort to the Sobacha instead