The perfect cup of tea

A midterm on Wednesday with seven weeks of notes to go through, but I'm running on three hours of sleep.  I'm hoping some tea will help.  Curling up on the couch with my books and a hot cup of tea sounds like a nice idea anyway.

I was also a little excited to try some of the herbal teas that came in the sampler pack I just got, because I've never tried chamomile tea or mango passionfruit(!) tea before.

My first cup of mango passionfruit tea had to be perfect, so I searched and I found this:

Andrew, the tea guru, tells exactly how to properly brew from a bag of tea.  Isn't it exciting?  Apparently I've been doing it wrong the whole time, too!

(After I watched the video, I realized the herbal teas are caffeine free and wouldn't be much help, so just decided to go with my favorite: spiced chai.)

As instructed, I poured boiling water over the tea bag and let it sit for about five minutes.

After pouring into the cup, I added the milk (rice milk for me).

I didn't add any sugar like Andrew suggested and I think it tasted fine without it.

After my exam on Wednesday, I plan to bake, or attempt to anyway, chocolate French macarons to go along with tea.