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A few months ago I stopped into Teavana<\/a> to look around. I try to avoid going in there because I want to buy all of the teas. But if I\u2019m at the mall, which is rare, I\u2019ll get a drink to go and try not to look around too much so I can avoid temptation. However, I looked around, and I spotted a new tea on the shelf – Tomato Lime Cocktail<\/a>. Hang on a second. I asked, is that a Bloody Mary Tea?? The girl explained that they had created a line of tea based on popular alcoholic cocktails, and yes, it was a Bloody Mary based tea. I had already ordered my tea to go, but I couldn\u2019t not buy some to take home. So I bought a 1\/4oz or so to take home, and it sat in my cupboard for a while – I wanted to find a special time to brew it and review it.<\/p>\n

Now that I\u2019m working an odd schedule I thought now was the time. Only I couldn\u2019t find it. What?! I unloaded my entire tea cupboard (yes I have an entire cupboard full of tea), I looked in all my other cupboards, thinking maybe I misplaced it. I blamed my mom for throwing it out when she rearranged my tea cupboard while I was on vacation. It is gone. Poof. *Sadface* Of course, I could just go back to Teavana and buy more, but it was the Christmas season and I avoid all retail locations at all costs from Thanksgiving to mid-January, and I figured with my luck, they\u2019d no longer carry it in store. So I was not about to brave the crowds just to find out they didn\u2019t have it. <\/p>\n

Also, I\u2019m a bit terrified of it. How could it possibly be good?<\/p>\n

While I was waiting for Christmas to end, I was at Wegmans<\/a> looking at tea (shocker), and came across Numi Organic Tea, and their Tomato Mint<\/a> flavor. They have a whole line of \u201csavory\u201d vegetable based teas, including fennel and curry carrot, which also sounded interesting. However those 2 were inexplicably expensive, while the Tomato Mint was cheap, so in the cart it went.<\/p>\n

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Admittedly I\u2019m a bit afraid of this one too, but here goes! It definitely smells like tomato with a hint of mint. Like you\u2019ve been harvesting the garden, and have a basket of produce in front of you. Smells quite good. And it tastes like tomatoes. Warm watery tomatoes. Hmm. I\u2019m not sure if that\u2019s a good thing. The mint is very very subtle, more in scent than taste. I suppose it\u2019s not awful, it\u2019s not offensive. I\u2019m just not sure it\u2019s something I\u2019d want to drink frequently. Perhaps it would make a good iced tea. That will have to be put on the list to try.<\/p>\n

(Now that I went to Teavana.com for the links, they have a 75% off sale which includes Tomato Lime. Oh no. That is not good news for the wallet! But perhaps I\u2019ll have a review sooner than later.)<\/p>\n

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