Category Archives: Food

Fortune Cookie Fortune

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There was a brief time in the 1980s in which some Chinese restaurants gave out fortune cookies that ended “in bed”. Since there was no World Wide Web or social media at the time I have no idea how I heard about it — perhaps socially, from real people; perhaps on the news…

Anyway I remember hoping that we’d get a fortune that ended ‘in bed”, but we didn’t go out to restaurants much when we were in our 20s. Fortunately for us, we hit the “in bed” jackpot at an inexpensive Chinese restaurant in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh. I don’t know if we both got one, or if it was just one of us, but here’s the one we got.

Fortune cookie with the fortune: You will be successful and talented in bed.

I tried to search the Web just now, but I cannot find a reference to this brief trend.

Dona Tea: Heartbeat

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I’m tasting the teas from my Dona tea library in the order they are presented in the library (I skipped the Amber Assam because I already know I love it). Today’s was a spiced black tea called Heartbeat.

The description reads: Full-bodied black tea, directly sourced from the Chota Tingrai tea estate in Assam, India, paired with ginger and cardamom. Inspired by Indian masala chai.

This tea smells like chai — and it should since it contains cardamom (sourced either from Honduras or Nicaragua) and ginger (sourced from Nicaragua).

The taste reminds me of a Victorian mansion for some reason. I can definately taste the cardamom, but not the ginger. I splashed a little milk in my tea, but did not sweeten it. It’s just about perfect. If I were just sitting in a parlor drinking the tea instead of sitting in my messy attic, it would be perfect.

Dona Tea: Supertwist

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I’m tasting the teas from my Dona tea library in the order they are presented in the library. Today’s was a green tea called Supertwist.

It’s from the Chota Tingrai Tea Estate in the Assam region of India, as are all Dona’s teas, green and black, according to the sourcing map included in the tea library.

When I opened the tea sachet pouch and took a whiff, I recognized a scent but could not name it. Finally I figured it out. It reminded me of dried orange peel. A review on Dona’s website mentions a lemony taste — I don’t taste lemon (or orange) — just green tea. The leaves were full and the color of the tea a typical green tea color.

I am curious about how this green tea will taste differently from another Dona green tea, especially if the teas all come from the same tea estate. Does Dona tea do something to the tea leaves to give it a distinct taste/aroma? Or does the tea come with that taste/aroma?

Ahh — it comes that way. The tea estate lists SuperTwist on their website under Whole Leaf green tea.

I liked the tea as much as other green teas — I am not that into green tea, but this was good. I’ll have to taste the other teas to compare — maybe I will buy this someday.