It's Audiobook Release Day!
Aug. 2nd, 2022 03:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hrjThe audiobook for Daughter of Mystery went live today! I'm already several chapters in and am enjoying the experience. My task over breakfast was to hunt down lots of audiobook links and add them to the Books2Read page (see previous grumbles about manual editing) so you can find most of the standard outlets there. Or rather, here: https://books2read.com/u/4DP1vg
I'm hoping that the audiobook will gain me new fans, as well as entertaining the existing fans of Alpennia. It needs to do well to convince them to do the rest of the series in audio.
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Today's tea is from Bingley's Teas - Mrs. Croft, described as "Sharp cherry sails along exotic Jasmine and rasps of coconut in a beautiful green and white tea." The ingredients list is: green tea, white tea, dried cherries, coconut, flavoring, and rosebuds. As I've previously discussed, the rosebuds seem to be mostly for visual appeal. And comparing the two lists, I guess the jasmine is the "flavoring". Brewed at 185F for 10 minutes (but loose in the pot, so it continues steeping).
The loose tea is a heavenly, rich blend of fruit and flower notes. I can't really distinguish the different components, but since no identifiable item predominates I think that means they blend very well together.
In the cup, you can smell the coconut a bit more clearly? But it's still very much a blend. The taste is a medium body with mostly floral notes. I had the first cup unsweetened, but after sitting in the pot for a while it's growing bitter, so I'll finish it with sweetening. (And maybe consider using the strainer in the future.)
I'm hoping that the audiobook will gain me new fans, as well as entertaining the existing fans of Alpennia. It needs to do well to convince them to do the rest of the series in audio.
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Today's tea is from Bingley's Teas - Mrs. Croft, described as "Sharp cherry sails along exotic Jasmine and rasps of coconut in a beautiful green and white tea." The ingredients list is: green tea, white tea, dried cherries, coconut, flavoring, and rosebuds. As I've previously discussed, the rosebuds seem to be mostly for visual appeal. And comparing the two lists, I guess the jasmine is the "flavoring". Brewed at 185F for 10 minutes (but loose in the pot, so it continues steeping).
The loose tea is a heavenly, rich blend of fruit and flower notes. I can't really distinguish the different components, but since no identifiable item predominates I think that means they blend very well together.
In the cup, you can smell the coconut a bit more clearly? But it's still very much a blend. The taste is a medium body with mostly floral notes. I had the first cup unsweetened, but after sitting in the pot for a while it's growing bitter, so I'll finish it with sweetening. (And maybe consider using the strainer in the future.)
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