The Accidental Barista – How I Made Rose Milk Tea and Survived the Compliment

I didn’t mean to start a tea blog. I meant to make my wife a drink so she’d stop buying $7 ones from that pink café with the fake grass wall. Somehow, this ended in me hand-infusing rose petals and whispering “is this too much?” into the void. Turns out: it wasn’t.

TLDR ingredients:

1 black tea bag (or loose leaf, if you’re trying to impress someone)
1 tbsp dried rose petals (edible, not potpourri—ask me how I know)
1 cup milk of choice (oat milk if you’re feeling fragile)
Honey or sugar, to taste

Steep, strain, sweeten, and stir. Bonus points if you serve it in a mug that says something passive-aggressive like “World’s Okayest Husband.”

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Ingredients

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Step 1: Combine all spices into a large bowl and combine thoroughly with mixture

Step 2: Form into ball shape with your hands

Step 3: Press into patties

Step 4: Cook in oven for x minutes at 400 degrees

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Storage

Store the wet ingredients (lettuce, tomato, onion) separately from the dry ingredients (buns) in the fridge, and recombine when ready. Good for 2-3 days.

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