#☕ || Sweet Sweet Java

[amorelray]

#5 Java Bonds☕

I literally have so much I can say about Java Bonds. I love Henry and Leo so much and they're actually connected to my #1 favorite webcomic! So, I'll make sure and tie that one back to this one when I make it there!

This webcomic is so good about the struggles of being an adult and feeling like you're floundering around through life while simultaneously having depression and anxiety. Henry is a 26-year-old who's been working a local job and made friends with a younger employee named, Leo. While Henry is navigating through his life and feelings about romance, he's also being drug under the water time and time again by his crippling depression and anxiety. The way that Yaa (the author) has drawn the visual depiction of these two mental illenesses has been absolutely phenomenal. Every time I look at the pages where Henry is going through one of his bouts, I just stare at the gorgeous art because it so accurately portrays what I feel like any time that I go through an episode of anxiety. This story deals a little bit with pining, but it mostly focuses on the friendship between these two boys and how Leo is an absolute ray of fucking sunshine and a good friend to Henry through a hard time in Henry's life. It's wholesome and sweet how we get to see these 2 interact and I cannot wait to see if Yaa picks it back up! Thankfully, we see these two boys every so often in the other webcomic (that is Yaa's main comic), but I loved getting to know them a little bit better inside of Java Bonds as well.

If you want a story that talks about friendship and fumbling through young-adult life, this would definitely be a good one to pick up. I highly recommend it and I've definitely read it 3-4 times already haha. Unfortunately, though, this story is not complete and is currently on an indefinite hiatus. I'm not sure if or when it will come back, but what is there currently is already quality content in my book.

[nutritiontakes]

Dadar gulung or kuih ketayap is a type of Indonesian sweet rolled pancake. It is a popular snack from Java, Indonesia. The filling is normally made from coconut and palm sugar. The outer layer is made from rice flour and pandan extract, giving it a green colour.

However, I made a slightly different “dadar gulung”. It is made from blue pea flower extract, which gives the pancake a blue colour instead of green (pandan extract). The filling is homemade apple jam and desiccated coconut. 🍴☕🥰

#holisticnutrition #foodie #foodenthusiast

[chronicparagon]

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🍰 - Do they eat healthy or do they like junk food?

Harmony eats healthy as often as she can. However, junk food is her guilty pleasure. She loves sweets like cake, cupcakes, and cookies. Chocolate is one of her favorite treats, especially dark chocolate. Harmony enjoys ice cream too. She tries very hard not to eat a lot of sweets, though.

☕ - Tea or Coffee?  How do they take theirs?

Harmony relies on coffee. It's her saving grace during long hours working or studying for upcoming exams. She can drink it black but prefers medium roasted coffee with some creamer to add some sweetness, but still have that slightly bitter aftertaste to cut that sweetness. Harmony prefers creamers that are vanilla, sweet cream, or holiday-themed ones like Christmas cookies.

Usually, she makes coffee at home but when she gets the chance to order coffee, she likes blended coffee drinks like frappes that are vanilla or java chip. Anything that's mocha is also a go-to for her, but she doesn't drink frappes all the time when she orders at coffee shops, mainly because she wants to be careful with her sugar intake. Most of the time, she orders fruit refreshers with green tea.

And that brings up the topic of tea.

Sometimes, she will drink tea but not as often as she drinks coffee. Her family taught her how to make medicinal teas and other remedies for a variety of ailments. Harmony keeps a book with these recipes and a selection of herbs, berries, and fruits to create these blends when she or someone needs them.

For teas just to enjoy, Harmony likes royal milk tea and jasmine green tea. She also enjoys bubble tea and milk tea (despite some of them don't have tea in them). Her favorite combo is vanilla milk tea with strawberry boba.

🍑 - Favorite fruit

Harmony favors berries like strawberries, blueberries, huckleberries, and blackberries. She thinks cloudberries are great too. She also likes apples with Honeycrisp apples being her favorite kind.

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