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[amethyst73]

• Suave's so-called lavender and lilac-scented shampoo smells to me neither like lavender nor lilac while using it. It smells quite distinctly of apple.

• Had a lovely (and productive!) day with nezumiko  yesterday.  Acquired new sneakers, new jeans, and new tea and adorable teacup.  Then we went back to her place, watched the last four episodes of Fruits Basket, and made Tea Drinks!  We need to name them though.  The recipes are below.

My drink:
    Brew a cup of Teavana's Rooibos Key Lime tea.  Add a dollop of Bacardi Limon and enjoy!  If you wish, you can also add a small amount of honey, further smoothing out any edge that the alcohol might have.  But mostly it doesn't have any in the first place.  It's a quite refreshing drink, and I bet it would be simply lovely over ice.

Nezu's drink:
    Brew a cup of Teavana's Earl Grey Creme.  (Straight Earl Grey would probably work too; if you do it that way, add a little vanilla extract to the mix.)  Add a jigger of Tuaca (it's an Italian liquer) and enjoy.  It's quite good just like that; add a spoonful of honey to turn it into liquid candy, and some half-and-half on top of that to turn it into a drink you could seduce someone with.  (This is the drink that really needs the name.)

We're now hanging about waiting for Super Shuttle to turn up, which they should do in another hour or two.  We'll be in Boston tomorrow through early Friday, then down to the Ancestral Homeland for Huz's reunion.  See you!

Comments

[meepodeekin.livejournal.com]

Have a nice trip!

I wouldn't have thought to make boozy drinks out of tea. What an interesting idea!

[amethyst73.livejournal.com]

Yeah, neither would I. Nezu had previous had Earl Grey Creme with Tuaca and loved it, and so when we were in Teavana she bought some for the specific purpose of doing that to it. I smelled the Rooibos Key Lime stuff, knew about the Bacardi Limon's existence, and thought it sounded like a good idea.

As I don't care for coffee, it's kind of nice to have an alternate basis for boozy hot drinks. :)

[meepodeekin.livejournal.com]

I've had some pretty good hot chocolate based booze once or twice. :)

[xse99.livejournal.com]

Enjoy your trip and reunion! Sorry it doesn't intersect w/ mine this time.