::NED Archive::

Hot piss, im still alive.

Last night, matt and i went to meijer to get something to eat. thats usually how it works. its easier to go to the supermarket at dinner time, rather than keep food in the cupboards. that way, we dont have to feed the meat puppets that drop by every now and again. they tend to eat everything, and leave us with the sum, which is equal to nothing.

where the hell was i going with this.... oh yes, "keep-you-up-all-night vanilla tea".

So we were at meijer, (somewhere around the milk section if i recall) and matt told me we had to pick up some tea. i reminded him we already had plenty of TAZO "Awake" tea at home, but his plans were of a different color. He had told me about a recipe he read about on megatokyo that sounded interesting. its fairly simple, and all you need are a few key ingredients you may most likely have around the house. for those of you too lazy to click over to megatokyo to read for yourself, i copy and paste:

:: the following is from www.megatokyo.com ::

You'll need:
water
something to boil it in
1 bigelow tea bag (anything from their vanilla family will do...or if you have a vanilla tea you like better, go for it!)
sugar (and lots of it!)
some sort of creamer (powered non-dairy, milk, 1/2&1/2)
BIG thermal mug (so the warmed by the fires of hell water stays that way!)

First a handy little diagram!

I make mine in a 15.9 nissan stainless steel mug, this is not tea for some dainty little teacup...it may even overpower some weaker mugs! When you make this tea you're going to want LOTS!

A recent venture to the grocery store led to the discovery that bigelow now makes not just french vanilla, but also vanilla almond, cherry vanilla and vanilla hazelnut. O_o

But in the original recipe we use french vanilla as a default.

Boil your water on the stove, I like to use a teapot that whistles, it's got this little turtle head...why a turtle? Who knows, it's cute though.

Prepare your mug ahead of time by dumping at least enough sugar to be an inch or more deep.

Now pour in the water, it'll dissolve the sugar instantly.

Grab the teabag and pop it into the water as well. I usually stand around and absentmindly dip it in the water several times.

Can you see the bottom of the mug anymore? No? Good!

Now it's time to add the white stuff until you achieve a nice light tan color.

Now you can zone out on the steam as it rises from the cup while you wait for it to cool to a tolerable level.

:: Thanks to www.megatokyo.com ::

I suggest you give it a try. thanks to this tea, i saw "fletch lives" for the very first time on early-morning-cable. that movie rules, and reminds me why Chevy chase was a good guy.

-Demo