Celestial Seasonings - they just rule my world

I have this tea called Bengal Spice by Celestial Seasonings... Actually, I have a LOT of teas, but right now I want to talk about this one.

IT IS THE BEST. Seriously.

Just today I decided that this is one of my favorite teas to date. The actual "tea" part of it is roasted chicory and roasted carob, which gives it a lovely rich dark color, and it has a wonderful roasted aroma and flavor, PLUS, I tend to find chicory gives just a hint of a chocolaty-caramel flavor, and of course carob has a lightly chocolatey flavor, and when you combine all that with cinnamon and dates and vanilla and all those other beautiful spices, it's actually very sweet! I like to brew it nice and strong, and then add some milk to really bring out the creamier caramel and vanilla flavors, plus it balances the spiciness very nicely - and this is a good spicy tea if you like them that way!

Speaking of which, can I just say how much I hate coffee shop "chai"??? They make it like a fricking dessert latte. Bleh. My favorite chai is one with LOTS of good strong spices (especially black pepper), a good smooth Assam tea under them, and milk & sugar - but not enough to make it a frothy sticky sweet mess!! Yuck! You can't even taste the actual FLAVOR of the tea under all that sweet - unless the flavor most coffee shops are going for is "BORING-FLAVORED".

OK, so back to the Bengal Spice - I love it. The best part is that it is 100% caffeine-free (which is a good thing for me) since it is technically an herbal tea! There's no caffeine in chicory or carob! (Or roasted barley, either, which is another good coffee substitute!) It sometimes seems too good to be true - that something with such a rich, spicy, roasty flavor would ALSO be caffeine-free.

I have been greedily rationing my Bengal Spice, but no more. I've now decided to become obsessed with it for a while, and drink it every day. I can always buy more. Mmmm.

Whoops!!!

I think I did something bad... or idiotically bold (?), depending on how you look at it...?

I snarked one of the posts made by one of the snarks! And the group is PISSED! I think it's because I'm not really a "regular" over there, plus they didn't really "agree" with my post. Oops! ..... I know I've seen members snarked before, and they are usually relatively good-natured about it. I think it was a mistake to do my first "real" post in that community on one of them. :(

I guess I learned my lesson though! I thought it was a place to just vent frustrations, and I did find the original post frustrating, but apparently not in a way that enough people could agree with. Really.... I don't CARE how long men have been knitting. I REALLY DON'T. I know they've been knitting for hundreds of years... I just feel really bad now... I didn't mean to piss people off, but I think I did. I guess it's best if I keep my frustrations to myself and hope someone else says something. I do like reading that group, it's good to have it as a "filter", so to speak... but I guess I might not really have the "hang" of making posts there. Oh well! At least I'm not going to chicken out and make a "flounce post". I still like it there, even if they have a bad impression of me now.

I think I tend to fare better in the background. ;)

ETA: I think this might be the closest to "drama on LJ" that I've ever come - it sucks :(