DId you have the water at the right temperature? I am told that makes a big difference with white teas.
Because I am concerned about the directions being wrong. I am invested in the tea you were conned into buying being better than that.
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'A Hole in the World'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Apr 05, 2011 6:26:19 am PDT #1761 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
§ ita § - Apr 05, 2011 6:35:15 am PDT #1762 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I wasn't precise about the temperature (it tells me 85-90° C). I just grabbed it before the boil the first time. This isn't the con tea, though (that was Teavana Jasmine Pearls--this is Lupica White Peony). That tells me to use a teaspoonful, and it works just fine. Why would I use more than a basketful of leaves?
I just made a cup that brewed a minute with about two teaspoons of White Peony leaves with whatever temperature of water comes out of the work hot water spigot, and it tastes decent.
SuziQ - Apr 05, 2011 6:35:51 am PDT #1763 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
With white tea, you don't want to get near to boiling water. It makes a huge difference.
-t - Apr 05, 2011 6:41:39 am PDT #1764 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, if it isn't the con tea I'm not so concerned. That's weird that the instructions seem to be wrong.
§ ita § - Apr 05, 2011 6:42:25 am PDT #1765 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, I have very little control over water temperature at work.
§ ita § - Apr 05, 2011 6:47:05 am PDT #1766 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, if it isn't the con tea I'm not so concerned
I like that you're looking out for me.
I'm a little surprised my mall has two dedicated tea stores, and the one I got the white tea from is priced about half as expensive as the con store, and the sell is half as hard.
But I don't think I like the tea as much...
OMG, someone on IO9 said something like "I just started watching Buffy. Does it get good, like, you know, Firefly or Supernatural?" I had mild apoplexy. I like IO9, but their appreciation of what I like is weighted in all the wrong places. Wrong seasons of Buffy (3?), or Supernatural (4?), wrong episodes of Firefly (not OOG? HDU?). I may have spieled.
Looks like WX is down ahead of time. So, you know, if you wanted something you might have missed it. I'm gonna miss that crazy board. I had made peace with the shit about it that I didn't like. And I hate new stuff.
brenda m - Apr 05, 2011 6:49:20 am PDT #1767 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Is LJ down too? I couldn't get pages to load on the phone las night and it doesn't seem to be loading from my laptop today either.
ETA: except now it seems okay from the computer. Still nothing on the phone. "The server failed to communicate."
§ ita § - Apr 05, 2011 6:51:07 am PDT #1768 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
This site says it's just you, brenda. But it's been getting DDoSed a lot recently.
Gudanov - Apr 05, 2011 6:58:05 am PDT #1769 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
I see the Republican plan for the 2012 and beyond budget is tax cuts for the highest incomes and covering fewer poor via Medicaid and pretty much dismantling Medicare. Awesome.
Vortex - Apr 05, 2011 7:08:54 am PDT #1770 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Brenda, LJ was acting strangely for me yesterday as well. It seems okay today, though.