#Twinings tea

[bcbdrums]

Last night's winner was Sinfully Cherry

A very nice, light green tea with what seems like an artificial cherry flavor (the package says natural) and rose to sweeten it up. Definitely more on the sweet side than tart. It has a cherry-rose aroma when you pick up the glass. There's something about the nature of this being a green tea that makes it very pleasant. It calms down the intensity the cherry might have and allows the rose to feel natural, I think.

Tonight's teas:

Twinings Earl Grey Jasmine Apricot Ginger Twinings Cold Brew Mixed Berries Twinings Decaf English Breakfast Honeybee Ginger Elixir Grapefruit Basil (no link - described as "refreshing and tart, this stunning black tea combines notes of grapefruit, orange, and basil with a zest of lime!")

Thanks for helping me get rid of the tea. :)

[bubbleteaflan]

6.14.23

[tasseophile]

Weekly Tea #3 - INSTANT NAUSEA CURE

Lemon Ginger

I don't know about you, but I occassionally get really bad menstrual cramps. Cramps so bad I shake and get nauseous. Of course there's teas for the cramps themselves but this time I want to cover what instantly fixed my nausea - Twining's Lemon & Ginger tea.

Have you ever had that feeling (people with uteruses can relate if they get terrible cramps) where your stomach is cramping so bad that it feels like things are about to come out both ends at the same time? Yea, that was me.

Thankfully, I wasn't home alone during these cramps so I asked my dad to make the tea for me as I was in no shape to get up from the toilet and do it myself at the moment. I had taken Tylenol right before this cramp attack, so I knew it was only a matter of time before sweet, sweet relief. In the meantime, I had to ride it out as best I could...

Because this was the most nauseous I had felt during cramps in awhile, the first remedy that came to mind was ginger and I had just seen a brand new box of this tea in the kitchen.

Once my dad brought it to me, I forced a sip down. And another, in between the cramps. It got to a point where I couldn't safely hold the teacup to my mouth with one hand because I was shaking from the pain so badly. So I just held the cup and saucer to my nose with both hands and took big inhales of the smell.

And that was it.

The nausea was gone and the cramps subsided just enough (divine timing, I am not attributing this to the tea) to allow me to quickly travel to my bed from my miserable place on the toilet. The pain was still so bad I wanted to cry. I called my boyfriend and his comforting words and dad jokes took my mind off the pain just long enough to tide me over until the Tylenol finally kicked in (around 40-45 min later on an empty stomach).

If you want my menstrual cramp tea recipe, let me know and I'll do a whole post on that soon.

I highly recommend this tea for nausea (not just menstrual nausea, but I think it'd help morning sickness and vertigo as well - let me know in the comments below!).

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[nashpotatoesoutdoorshow]

I recently discovered this delicious Jasmine Green Tea from Twinings. It tastes like the tea you get from Chinese restaurants. I love it!

[kawaii-foodie]

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[felawnie]

Wild to look at my teabag and see the Master Blender's name and generation in the family, like a fucking lineage dragon. Stephen Twining, Master Blender and 10th generation...

[burning-academia-if]

Hey, this isn’t related to the story but I was curious how you got started with twine? Your story inspired me and I want to learn the program so I can make my own. I wanted to see if you had any advice or reference points. Perfectly fine if not, much love regardless!

I've messed with Twine on and off for a while now, so I'm not sure when I actually got into it? It was probably when I originally got into IFs back in like 2015 lol

I use Twine Sugarcube specifically, and I pretty much just watched/read through these:

Twine or Treat: a youtube playlist where a guy shows you how to make a game. Focuses more on making an exploration/puzzle game in Twine, but still has some useful/relevant info

Introduction to Twine: another video playlist, although again, I really only watched what I needed

The Twine Grimoire: there's 3, with each one going through more complicated concepts each volume, includes Harlowe as well as Sugarcube

Sugarcube (and Harlowe) also have their own documentation, but it's so Long and Daunting that I honestly just ignored it when I first started LOL. It's obviously useful to have and reference, but I always need to watch people doing the thing first. I really struggle with just reading through things personally. I'm comfortable enough with Twine now that it isn't overwhelming though lol

Also I'd argue you really only need to learn how to set variables to get started with IFs. Once you know how passages work and how variables work, you're almost set to make an IF.

I'd also recommend learning the very basics HTML and CSS just in case. There's plenty of Twine templates available for free on itch.io, but if you want to adjust them in any way, it's helpful to know CSS/HTML. Also just have fun and mess around! From visual novels to this IF, my learning process has honestly just been 'fuck around and find out' and it's been useful so far! I also think it helps with the inherent anxiety of trying something new too

But yeah, hopefully some of this is helpful/useful to you!

[kashmirichaiwithmehr]

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[itslookingback]

most british poll ever made.

[night-market-if]

It's finally tea season ☕️ I can't wait to have my favorites (peppermint tea and ginger tea) What tea flavors do the ROs prefer 🥳

Oh I have been waiting for tea season for so long! I'm on a matcha kick right now.

For the RO's

Hazel: Chamomiles rose tea. She likes teas that are light and aromatic.

Gabriel: Black tea. If he's feeling really decadent, he'll add some honey.

Belladonna: Any blends of tea that include jasmine or hibiscus.

Malcolm: Matcha tea or orange ginger

Milo: Boba

[arctic-hands]

I hate how much I like the Amazon brand ginger tea blend 😠

[bcbdrums]

Last night's winner was Celestial Seasonings Raspberry Zinger

Like the blueberry, you can tell the flavoring is artificial. It has the underlying raspberry essence, but over the top is some kind of sweetening that doesn't...enhance the raspberry so much as it is just a secondary complementary flavor. Again, not something I'd pick on the regular but if you want fast, easy, and fruity...this is a nice choice.

I'm traveling for the next seven days, and I'm not bringing my loose leaf teas with me. So for this week's polls, we'll get whatever handful of teabags I grabbed!

Tonight's teas:

Twinings Nightly Calm Harney & Sons Dragon Pearl Jasmine Twinings Decaf English Breakfast Twinings Pomegranate & Raspberry Celestial Seasonings Sleepytime Extra Numi Jasmine Green

[consult-sherlockholmes]

You drink earl grey! I always pictured you as a twinnings or Yorkshire tea kinda guy. I’m disgusted by the appalling taste in tea (half joking).

Twinings (which is only written with one N by the way) is a tea brand, not a kind of tea. There is earl grey or lady grey tea made by Twinings because that's a brand. They make all kinds of tea, also fruit teas.

Yorkshire tea is a brand of black tea, however it still differs to earl grey because it only contains black tea leaves and no bergamot, which is the distinctive characteristic of earl grey. Due to the bergamot earl grey has a slight citrusy taste, which I prefer. The citrusy, floral and slightly sweet taste perfectly complements the bitterness of the black tea leaves. However I prefer the stronger brands of earl grey with more caffeine. One of my favourites is Hampstead earl grey because it's one of the few brands that actually use real bergamot instead of just artificial flavouring or oil. But Twinings is good as well, my favourite is dark grey tea, it has a more smoky and darker flavour but still the citrusy note of bergamot.

[crownedstoat]

A late afternoon cup of creamy tea.

[greaseonmymouth]

Tea drinkers in the UK:

where do you get your tea that isn’t a supermarket? I’ve been importing my tea because I can’t stand British flavour profiles & black tea but my supplier no longer ships to the UK.

I like:

Roiboos blends with spices and/or fruit

Fruity green/white tea

Current faves include

Roiboos & bilberry

Roiboos & cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, ginger, vanilla

Roiboos & elderberry

Green tea & yuzu & ginger

White tea & blackcurrant

White tea & pear, apple

HELP IM DESPERATE I can only keep drinking twinings green tea & lemon for so long

[kawaii-foodie]

chanru