yay presents!

[cornerofmadness]

I got my holiday gifts from silvrethorn today. A book on making and enjoying green tea (which is funny since I either bought her a tea book or i bought it for someone else but i DID buy one this holiday). a pretty bamboo tea mug and some yummy sencha green tea in a pretty wrapper (which yes, I photographed, will share next time I'm on dial up)

I brewed up the sencha in the teavana tea maker Flippy got me. It's slicker than ice. It only makes one cup (which as ELD pointed out isn't good for guests. they do have a bigger one but i'mnot sure how it works). You put the tea leaves in the cup and pour in the water. set your timer (two minutes, three tops for greens) and then you put the cup atop your mug and it causes it to drain over the filter, leaving your mug tea leaf free.

I feel like i'm not doing anything today but in truth i helped out my neighbor since I had tom's phone number and got her help since the pipes burst in her apt. Then i went and did laundry and then went and picked up my meds. Poor pharm tech,she about died seeing the 300$+ price tag on one ofmy pills (well i'm nearly 1/4 the way to my deductible). Princess Cruise lines called me to ask if I was sure i wanted at 335$ purchase (yes, please)

Came home and cleaned the toilet and fit a draft stopper under my door but my door is so bad off i have to hold the stopper and pull the door shut since it actually passes OVER the damn stopper.

ETA - have been talking about crime lately so I did a check on my residence for the one sort of crime i could check online (that I know how to do).I'm happy to report there are no sex offenders in my area

Comments

[silvrethorn.livejournal.com]

The tea cup is fully functional, plus green tea always looks best in a green, white or clear cup. It looks extremely unhealthy in a blue cup, as I've learned by unfortunate experience. Given the weight, you could also kill somebody with that cup in a pinch. Both the cup and the tea came from Gainesville, by the way, the cup from Kanapaha and the sencha from an Asian _supermarket_. Not a hole-in-the-wall little Asian market, but a Publix-sized store with automatic doors and shopping carts. On the downside, it was a Korean store, not Chinese or Japanese. Kimchee, anyone?

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I've got a chinese one almost that size that I go to in Columbus. I like to play 'name that smell' (usually the live sea critters)

yes that IS a hefty bugger

[silvrethorn.livejournal.com]

On the plus side, once you get that cup warmed up, it's going to stay hot forever.

I think the freeze-dried sea life is stinkier than the live or the frozen. I got dashi-no-moto (fish bouillon powder in packets) to make tempura dip. The dip is fine, but the stench from the powder will knock you down. I also have recipes that call for kezuri-bushi, which is the shavings from a block of dried bonito. I'm almost glad I can't find this item.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

that is also possible. god knows they have them. if you wanted to come to this place (maybe you'll grow a brain tumor or somethign) i'll drag you up there