Talking over tea

Okay, so let's say you want tea. Cold tea. Tazo tea. Well, you could scoot your butt over to Starbucks to try one of their summer tea offerings: the Tazo Green Tea Frappuccino Blended Creme.

You want my opinion? (If you didn't, why are you browsing my blog? It's almost all conjecture...) Well, since you asked, I hate the green tea frapp. As a staunch proponent of tea the Russian way (very strong, with lots of lemon, lots of sugar, and occasionally a shot of vodka -- sailor's tea), I hate milk in my tea. It's okay in my coffee ... sometimes. Like when I'm drinking 93 Octane (see photo, right).

Anyway, I generally love sweet, frothy matcha, the way it tastes so ... green. So Tazo matcha should rock. But when you blend it with a bunch of what tastes like evaporated milk -- then top it with canned whipped cream -- it tastes like ass. Well, sweet tea-flavored ass.

That said ... if you want good tea and/or you don't want to pay into the megacorp Starbucks coffers, look into Scent by Spirit tea. I can't say enough good things about SBS owner Rachel Johnston. Besides being a scent guru (she made a unique perfume just for me!), she is a master organic/fair-trade tea blender. She's got something for every taste -- I counted 200 different flavored teas, then got tired of counting. And she takes requests, too.

She's darling and her products are great. Just ask StargazerGirl, who's hooked on SBS Double Buzz. If you order something, tell Rach that Kate sent ya, and she'll hook you up. :-)

Ohh -- this post is "Talking over Tea" and I haven't mentioned the talking part yet! After much whining from M., who occasionally posts comments here, I've created an AIM name just for my hiptop. I'm just that popular. No, seriously, I was tired of my IMs going three places: home, work and the hiptop. So now, if you get an away message at LemonKitty, try KatesSideKick. And add it to your buddy list right now, dammit. Because I said so, that's why. Take that, Mr. Bitchy Intellectual Poopy-head M. And peace to the rest of you. ^_^