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In Ireland, you go to someone’s house, and she asks you if you want a cup of tea. You say no, thank you, you’re really just fine. She asks if you’re sure. You say of course you’re sure, really, you don’t need a thing. Except they pronounce it ting. You don’t need a ting. Well, she says then, I was going to get myself some anyway, so it would be no trouble. Ah, you say, well, if you were going to get yourself some, I wouldn’t mind a spot of tea, at that, so long as it’s no trouble and I can give you a hand in the kitchen. Then you go through the whole thing all over again until you both end up in the kitchen drinking tea and chatting. In America, someone asks you if you want a cup of tea, you say no, and then you don’t get any damned tea. I liked the Irish way better.

C.E. Murphy, Urban Shaman (via steeping)

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Today I lost my favorite and trustiest teacup to the cat. These are the hazards of tea with cats. Goodbye cup, you will be mourned.

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This tea that costs $1,025,000 per kilogram. Da Hong Pao is considered the best tea in the world. It is grown in the mountainous Quang Ho region of China.

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How do you like your tea?

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Bear with me as I figure out how to do this whole review thing. They will hopefully get better.

Today I’m drinking Wuyi Ensemble from Adagio.

Right now I’m trying out a lot of different teas and this is one I will definitely order again. I brewed mine for 3 minutes in water that was about 195 degrees (I have a water heater so I don’t actually check the temp anymore). 

The tea has a nice yeasty aroma to it like baked bread with just a hint of smokiness to it. It brews up light coppery color. It’s a nice brisk tea, not too heavy or light. It has smokey notes as well as chocolate and a very faint floral note. It is also fairly sweet on its own. I use just enough agave to  bring out the flavors a bit, but this was very sweet already.

I will add some pictures of the tea later. I don’t feel like loading them onto my computer right now.

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The first sip of tea is always the hardest.

that isn’t supposed to be inspirational, I’m just stating it’s fucking nerve-racking waiting for it to touch your lips and potentially having it melt your face off 

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I understand that these claims may sound wild to the layperson, but I am a qualified physician in almost several MMOs, so I know what I’m talking about.

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When in doubt, tea. When happy, tea. When cold, tea. When sad, tea. When sick, tea. When no inspiration, tea. When have to leave bed, tea. When supposed to be doing homework, tea. When scheming to take over world, tea. When summoning minor demon, tea. When accidentally starting apocalypse, tea.

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When store employees follow you around the store:

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I joke that the computer at work is possessed by the soul of a coffee drinker, but today I’m starting to think I need to exorcise this shit

Update: Half an hour after originally posting this the computer crashed and took two days to fully recover....

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yesterday me and another girl were explaining that most americans don’t have kettles in their kitchens to a british woman who runs a tea shop and she said “well how do you make your tea, then?" and the other girl admitted that she mostly uses the microwave and the woman clutched her  hand over her heart and sat down in shock