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2022 Lich Tears - Shou Puer from White2Tea

2022 Lich Tears – Shou Puer from White2Tea

Like getting grapefruit rind stuck in the back of your throat— in a good way This is elation. Like those first moments when I pedaled away from my parents. Training wheels discarded. Balanced obtained. Five-year-old-freedom. I’m barely conscious. It’s not my fault. I blame an ornery commitment to scratch cooking. The stuffing recipe alone takes just under three hours. The bread must be torn –…

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2022 COMPETITION GRADE WENSHAN BAOZHONG + WUYI TIE GUAN YIN from Eco Cha

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A private letter to Brian, made public in the form of a review for University Gossip. 

Brian,  I started instagramming back in November. Me, a lonely teahead ordering more tea than I could ever drink from all the coolest vendors and then drinking it alone and wondering if maybe, just maybe, there were others out there like me.  I dug up an old and very inactive account and poked around. I stalked Cody and Ros Strange for a month. Stalked Anj too. Watched the way they interacted…

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When it’s hot it hits sudden Like striking Like lightning A little time spent with a cricket Crawling backward Crawling forward Wings electric between two worlds Touching green Touching yellow Like gyokuro in the shade It uplifts I’m replenished But the cricket wants no part In my loping waltz with time As I wrestle with its pace As I settle in myself So it hops and makes a sound I find similar to freedom Then it leaves me by myself The way I came The way I’ll go ——————- Gyokuro for the sixth time in as many days. From @nio_japanese_green_tea . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oh my gosh. What? Im just burying some hashtags… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . : . . . . . It’s awkward to put ‘em up there. . . . : : . : : : : . . . : . : . . Also, imo, the first of the two W’s is akward… unnecessary even. . . . . . . . . . : . : . . . : . . . Well… phonetically it’s necessary. . . . . . . . . . . . : : . . : Wouldntwannaconfuseakwardwithakmak . . : : . : : . : . : : : . : . . . . . You know, like the cracker? . . : : : . : . : . Stone ground wheat. Two sesame seeds per square inch. Never goes stale. . . . : . . : : . . . : . . I’d rather have those spelled awkmak. . . : . : : : : . : : : . : : : : : : : : Btw. Being a bottomreader is not the same as being a bottomfeeder. . . . . . : : : : : : Welcome to my brain. . . : : : . : : . . . This is just where I put the lines that don’t go in the tea raps. . . . : . : : : . . JO. OUT. . . . : : : : : : : : : I said out. . . . : : : : : : : : . Nothing to see here. . . . : : : : : : . : : : : : : : : : : : . : : : : : : : : : : .: . . : : : : . C A N T A G U Y B U R Y S O M E H A S H T A G S I N P E A C E . . . . . : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : . : : . . : . . : : : : : : : : : : : : #justinotherteablog #greentea #gyokuro #gyokurotea #tea #tearitual #coldbrewtea #coldbrew #chaxi #ltheanine #teadrunk #teapoetry #teastagram #teaforlife #teaforone #umami #poetsofinstagram #teablog #teaporn #tealeaves (at Cricket Zone) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChM9eteOuEe/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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One of the grossest things I’ve ever tried to make is a homemade balloon. I was eleven. Hiromi San was nineteen. Eroded by time and distance, my flawed memory credits all the blame to her. For the one year that we lived together, she slept in my room I slept on the floor in the hallway by the front door. She had lots of ideas. Example: green tea ice cream with hot fudge, whipped cream, mandarin oranges and Oreos is called an “oooper” and should be eaten after dinner many times per week. Or If you copy the characters I write and send this letter to my parents they will send more than five pounds of rice from our family farm. Or This toxic colored glue stuff that you dab on the end of a straw and blow into seems fun… let’s make balloons! At the time her hair was short. Mine was long. Golden locks curling and cascading past my shoulders. Sure, the goo held air and from a distance it looked balloonish. Up close though, it was like a magnet for skin and hair. What a mess. I miss you Hiromi. You and your Milky’s and your fermented plums and your succulent short grain rice. Polished like pearl. —————————- Soft water at 60c. Counter intuitive First infusion at 120 seconds. Savory soup like a craveable mushroom broth. Even after the first three infusions were done I experimented with water temp and steep time for another four rounds. Curiosity driving me forward. Body sensations creeping warm up my neck. Head becoming planet becoming balloon. Solar systems opening. Universes welcoming. Entire worlds contained in these supple green leaves. Gyokuro Cha Meijin from @nio_japanese_green_tea #gyokuro #gyokurotea #japanesetea #japaneseteaceremony #greentealover #greentea #justinotherteablog #gongfucha #tealoversunite #tealoversclub #teajunkie #tea #tearitual #teajournal #teajourney #teablog #teatography #teapics #teapouring (at House of Balloons) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChFpx_hAqD_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Please, I implore you, do not be mislead by the photos and videos in this post. If you believe what you see than it may lead to the incorrect conclusion that I’m going to be writing about tea. The tea that I am specifically not going to be writing about is daily duck shit from @white2tea and it calls my name far more frequently than I actually indulge in it. It’s the kind of tea that fills you up and floats you to the cookie shop. Cookies. That’s what this post is about. If you’re not into that kind of thing it’s best you scroll on down the feed. If you’re like me though, and you’re intrigued by the idea of a fresh hot cookie, piping from the oven, free, not once, not twice, but every day for a month…. Read on. Insomnia Cookies, known for their 3am hot cookie delivery, has -like the rest of the world- a subscription option. For the paltry fee of $9.95 you get a free cookie every day. Plus, with the code SWEETMAGIC you get your first month free, and I quote “cancel anytime” My dear tea friends, I am on day two of this 30 day cookie munching endeavor and I couldn’t be more pleased with the results. Peanut butter chip, double chocolate chunk, half of an M&M’s cuz the woman behind the counter was a little unwieldy with the spatula… Are they better than a hotel front desk cookie? Marginally. Are they made with margarine? Probably. Is it a healthful choice to eat a cookie every day for a month? Unlikely. Do I have the resolve to follow through and go for The Whole 30? Definitely. *read past the hashtags for a special #justinotherteablob promotional offer #oolong #oolongtea #duckshitoolong #oolongcha #white2tea #gongfucha #gongfu #chaxi #teadrunk #tearitual #tea #cha #teatime #teasession #justinotherteablog #cookie #insomniacookies #teainspired #teastagram #teasets #friyayvibes #teawares *ah, you’ve made it this far. Thank you, and welcome. Perhaps you’re thinking to yourself “what about this post merited the hashtag #friyayvibes” to which i respond: good point. Now, if this post has left you feeling cheated. Know, you’re not alone. If you want cookie pics, just lmk and it will be so. (at Up All Night Consulting) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg5Jxc3u1V_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Stomach harkens. Yellow Nokia. Snake ever gorging. Ever growing. Avoiding tail. Twisting in knots. Body hot. Heat wave. Fever. Face flushed. Eyes pulsing. Just behind the lids. Inside my head. Head harkens. Swirling whirlpool. Home on google maps Is incorrect. Zooming out. Zooming over. Finding outlets And a tea towel tucked in an unmarked cupboard. Quiet dawn sparkling Passing neighbors talking New views and a headboard That has never known my dreams. Leaf expansion Soul expansion 80c Dark roast calling like a long forgotten haunt Or the one park where the sunsets were the best There was a hawk that lived there Liked to wait until the heat died down And the crowds dispersed And the bats replaced the swallows Only then Would she come out For her joy ride Flying for the thrill And the view And the night ————— 2021 Haiku Dark Japanese Roasted Oolong from Rishe.eu ( by way of @steepedapp ) ———— #japanesetea #teafromjapan #oolong #oolongtea #roastedoolong #shizuoka #gongfucha #gongfu #gongfutea #gongfuteaware #teawares #teawareaddict #teaware #teaporn #teapoetry #teaspiration #creativitea #teastagram #tea #tearitual #teasession #teaforone #teaceremony #japaneseteaceremony #justinotherteablog #teablogger #teajourney #teajournal #teajunkie #morningteatime (at Spokane, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgcQzRvOYve/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Prime 2-day shipping got you down? Same-day fresh grocery delivery not giving you the buzz it once did? Tired of getting your goods right away while paying through 4 interest free installments with KLARNA? Hi, Justin Other here. Happy.. nay, grateful, Nay, HONORED To be using MY platform as a world renowned tea rapper and bargain bin ceramicist to reveal to you an entirely as-of-yet untested method of dopamine release. Introducing… the Pay Now, Receive Later model. (Patent pending) Here’s a quick break down of how it works: You select and pay for a piece of teaware that you feel (in the heated moment of impulse) will increase your overall “tea experience” Then, over the next ten days, said piece of teaware is transported, not to your door, but across the entire United States from Oregon to Rhode Island. Get this, even potentially passing through your state or city, but… wait for it.. NOT BEING DELIVERED Then, after a full cross country trek, the teaware (seasoned by the journey!!!!!!) will be packed up and shipped to your home. It could be weeks folks! Oh, who am I kidding.. It WILL be weeks. Think about the possibilities. You could get so much done while your teaware sits in @airbnb purgatory (hey, auto correct just tried to replace “purgatory” with “puerh story” no joke.) Well, that’s all for now. My online course “pay now, receive later” launches in June-ish of 2025. Early bird discount for pre registration ends tomorrow at noon. Stay thirsty my friends. #teawares #teaware #teawareaddict #teaware_addict #pottery #gongfu #gongfucha #gongfutea #gongfuteaware #puerhaddict #puerh #oolong #cha #clayteapot #gaiwan #teapot #teaporn #teapots #justinotherteablog #tealover #teajourney #teacommunity #teapottery #teapotcollector #ceramics #wheelthrown #etsyupdate #tea #teajunkie #chinesetea (at Instant Gratification) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgSEatep-iJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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It came in an eight gram tin so pretty that I want to scrub the sticker off and save it for a century. Gaiwan hot to the touch. Put the leaves in. Shake, agitate, lift the lid. Inhale. Drink every last drop of the rinse feeling greedy. Round one. Round two. Rich iron red hue. Spent a couple hours over video and audio with the gentle souls who source this tea and live this life and breathe it. “Divine” I think I called it. And was immediately corrected. Nothing divine about it, she said. This tea is all about this earth. Truth. With the charcoal from the wood. With the hand of master teachers. Supervision ever present. Ever vigilant. Trees on barren cliffs, reaching skyward With the roots of what we source in direct opposition. The tin is black empty. The leaves are almost spent. The sensation in my body The buzzing on my tongue The sweetness in my throat The euphoric sense of peace Warm belly Flushed cheeks And Memories of plums plucked at peak ripeness. Almost as if we were doing gravity a favor. 2017 Old Bush Shui Xian from @shiftingsenses ———————————————— #yancha #rockoolong #oolong #oolongtea #oolongcha #wuyioolong #justinotherteablog #oolongaddict #gongfucha #gongfu #gongfutea #gongfuteaware #gaiwan #gongdaobei #teawares #teawareaddict #teaporn #gushu #teajournal #chaxi #chaqi #chado #cha #teadrunk #teasession #teameditation #tealover #teastagram (at On the Rocks) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgNgUiqOCzD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Don’t Be Sad said the package. The timing couldn’t be more perfect. Boxes topped with boxes my whole life inside these boxes. Goodbye Town. Goodbye State. Oh. Goodbye Pacific Ocean. Our family tree was westward bound but westward we’re no more. Heading East. Heading North. Driving further than I’ve ever. Seeking Peace. Shelter, Sleep. Following dreams, taking pleasures. Spokane, Bozeman, Glendive, Fargo. Twin Cities, Windy City. Oberlin, Ohio. Utica, near Syracuse, Where my mother was born and ran. I’ll pass through it for the first time. She’ll never go back again. Don’t Be Sad. New Horizons Brand new beaches Different places There’s a house called Ceremony Where I’ll sit and be served tea Touching down In my mind Is not the same as when it happens It’s like In trying to prepare myself I delude my self No end Don’t Be Sad. Larger leaf is coming with me All the way plus the kettle and the teaware and the stash And you, my friends 2019 “Don’t Be Sad” Huangpian from @bitterleafteas (by way of @grateful.tea.d ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #bitterleafteas #huangpian #puerh #puerhtea #puerhaddict #puer #rawpuerh #rawpuer #shengpuerh #shengpuer #gaiwan #gaiwans #gongfucha #gongfu #gongfutea #gongfuteaware #teaware #teawares #teawareaddict #justinotherteablog #tea #teastagram #chinesetea #instatea #teareview #teablog #teajourney #teaspiration #teapoem (at Moving On) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgKWom8JR3A/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I spent an entire day drinking this tea. Opening bell at 9:59am. Forced myself to stop at 5:12pm. Still going was the tea. Floating through ferns and moss forest I soaked up sun like lizard like butterfly. Headphone levels creeping up louder. Shoulder shimmies. Awkward dude dance moves. Makin’ beats. Feelin’ the vibe, feelin’ myself. Kick drum. Snare. High hats. I want em’ nineties gold-school hip hop and I want em syncopated trap. F-it, throw em’ both in. Sample the vocals. Single along real quiet. Pan it so it almostkindasorta sounds like I can sing. 25g sample Runnin’ like $47. This means I use a small gaiwan. Oh, fresh kiln unload has just the thing? Perfect. First two pours the pitcher runneth over. Then the leaf expanded and the proportions were juusssssst right. Goldilocks and the three bears kinda right. Coffee shop owner friend walked me home from the concert. Two dudes sweaty on a hot summer night. Heard of puerh but didn’t know how to pronounce it. Open to it, but, like, you know… just opened a second location and has 22 employees and his son just turned fifteen and how long does this gongfuchathing take? Proud of his roast, he confesses to feeling jittery and anxious. I hold my tongue. Tongue tied is something I’m not often. This tea got me feelin’ like cobra like viper. Kingly. That’s how it left me. Glad I have more. Saving it for now. Waiting for the seasons to change it and change me. 2005 Grateful Tea Factory: Ban Zhang Zheng Shan from @puerh.uk ——————————————————— #puerh #agedpuerh #agedtea #shengpuerh #shengpuer #rawpuerh #rawpuer #gushu #gongfucha #gongfutea #gongfuteaware #teasession #tealove #tealoversofinstagram #tea #justinotherteablog #teatime #teaforone #teawares #wheelthrownpottery #wheelthrownceramics #gaiwan #teaporn #teaset #teastagram #teablog #instatea #teablogger (at The After Party) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgBg3lcO73w/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I used to like to sleep Now I can’t wait to rise Ache to feel the wind And the sunlight I used to feel alone But rarely anymore Can’t wait to see my friends And my loved ones I used to think the road was uphill Both ways Now I just coast and relax And take it easy Sixty milliliters Four grams four am Time for a breath and a sit And the pen Wandering around eyes Nine tenths closed Resting when I’m tired Singing when I want Eating when I’m hungry Laughing just for fun Being a beginner Doing things I’ve never done Covered in mud because I spin the wheel reckless Covered in sand If you dig I dig They say this spf is Sweat resistant But no one I know Is all that sure it is Rush the rapids from below Push against the endless river Until our arms are sore And we’ve no choice but to give up Falling backwards without seeing Trusting gravity and you Hold my breath and let it take me Deeper down it’s deeper blue I don’t have to understand it At least not with my head I just listen while the swallows Make their nests ————————— 2017 4am from @white2tea ———————— . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oh please not this again . . . . . . . . . . What? It’s not like you have to keep scrolling.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maybe you’re still here thinking there might be an actual tea review coming.. . . . . . . . . . . . . To quote my middle-school-self . . . . . . . . . . . . . As if . . . . . . . . . Ok fine, I can do a review. . . . . . . . . . Concise. Two words. . . . . . . . . . . . Cake up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . It’s that good . . . . . . . . . . . Don’t mind me, just burying some hashtags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #white2tea #puerh #puerhtea #puerhcha #shengpuerh #rawpuerh #agedtea #fermentedtea #chinesetea #teawares #gaiwan #teastagram #teasession #gongfucha #gongfutea #gongfuteaware #justinotherteablog #teaporn #teapoetry #teaspiration #teadrunk #chaxi #chado (at Early Morning Energy) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf5A16KOjJC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Some of you may recognize this pot from yesterdays reel. Introducing the tea consumption inhibitor. A fused lid tea pot that makes it very difficult, nay, impossible to get any tea in or out. If you’re having trouble with too much tea consumption.. this is the pot for you. To celebrate todays drop of new teaware I have also placed this useless teapot teapet for sale. If you choose to purchase, please bear this in mind, you are required, upon receiving the item to post a review in the form of a haiku. One dollar. Ships free. Link in bio. ———— #teawares #teaware #teawareaddict #teaware_addict #kyusu #kyusuteapot #wheelthrown #wheelthrownpottery #wheelthrownceramics #gongfucha #teaceremony #teapot #teapots #teapotcollector #teapotlover #teapotlovers #justinotherteablog (at Abstinence) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfxe-e_OjKs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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From the other side of the world he sat on his balcony. HD Video feed. Crystal Clear audio. Nice haircut, trendy glasses. A warm smile. The kind that immediately puts you at ease. 3 liters into his tea day, Tristan from @steepedapp was pretty much tapped out. I, on the other hand, was on my first tea of the day, hungry for that hit, and curious to know what he was drinking. 22 year old Tieguanyin. That’s what. I asked him to show me the dry leaf, the wet leaf, the soup, the packaging. Standing solidly in my perpetual-young-sheng-party I wondered as I often wonder, how much further one can take this thing. ——- Im used to shipping from China. You spend hours and days deliberating. You order. You wait. You make new friends and discovery new hiking spots. You watch your fledgling herb “garden” grow up right in front of your eyes. You get fed up with the hair in your eyes and get a hair cut. Or two. Shipping from Germany felt like one of those fast pass Disneyland passes where you get to skip the line. “I NEED to try that tea” I mentioned casually my voice only breaking and quivering slightly. The tears of desire hardly visible in the video stream. —— Yang qi. Yin qi. Turn taking like ballet dancers, like traffic flaggers, like rap battlers. 6 rounds. Leaves holding compression. Decades of storage stronger than hot water. Dark like heicha. Smooth like poppy petal. Notes like caramel burnt sugar on kettle corn. Never overpowering. Long lasting. Richsweet. Glands almost puckering in anticipation. Reacting like citrus. Popping like blossoms like iris. 2000 vintage tieguanyin from @nannuoshan —— #tieguanyin #agedtea #oolong #oolongtea #oolongcha #oolonglover #chaxi #cha #gongfucha #gongfu #gongfutea #teawares #oolongaddict #teawareaddict #justinotherteablog #vintagetea #teadrunk #teadrinkers #teadrinkersofinstagram #teareview #teajournal #teajourney #teasession #teaforone #tea #tealifestyle #tealife #teastash #teahaul #teamail (at 𝙑𝙄𝙉𝙏𝘼𝙂𝙀) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfrNXhZOvgq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Making teapots has become a fascination. Fueled by love of tea and a great pour. I want a sense of substantial weight but I don’t want the piece to feel clunky. Want the walls thin but not so light that the pot floats away. Want a versatile pot with a glazed interior so I can put anything I like inside. Want a dedicated pot with an unglazed interior that will take the edge off and evolve over time. Want a pot that is forever-mine. Want a pot I can share. ——— This batch is about stories. It’s about phases of life. Changes. Home. Adventure. It’s a homage to the desert. Mossy grasses and piercing sky. Snow on mountain tops. Arid soil. Water in the river. The beckoning Atlantic. Here we are. Here we go. . . . . . . Link, as they say, in bio. ———————————- #teaware #teawares #teapot #teapotsofinstagram #gongfucha #teaceremony #justinotherteablog #shopupdate #etsyupdate #newdrop #tea #tealovers #gongfu #gongfuteaware #teawareaddict #teajournal #teajunkie #puerhaddict #tealifestyle #clayartist #speckledbuff #potterslife #ceramics #wheelthrownpottery #wheelthrownceramics #handmadeteapot #madebyhand #ceramicartist #potter (at Teapot Mountain Trail) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfVmuabOZmi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The clay came dark out the bag. Dark like chocolate. Dark like mole. I’d come home from a long night in the studio and look in the mirror. Face, ears, hair, hat, shirt, pants, headphones… all covered. As the piece entered the bisque kiln I savored the richness, knowing it would fade in the heat. 35 hours later it emerged, a soft seashell pink. I savored that stage too, appreciated the glow that reminded me of the ocean and of my grandparents, the shower in their guest bathroom almost the same color. The inside of the gaiwan and the lid both glazed a simple white. The exterior left bare. Extracting it from the glaze firing it came out coffee ice cream with intriguing black speckles. Gentle on the eyes. To the touch: rough enough to cut. Running water, fine grain sandpaper, elbow grease… the ingredients for the final touch: a soft-finished exposed exterior clay body, smooth in the hand. Grounding. Earth-like. 90ml measured to the lid. A perfect pour. Plum Beauty from @bitterleafteas as the mercury flickered between 99 and 100, a soft breeze commuting down river. Just testing my wares I say. Falling in love is more like it. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oh, hey. Didn’t see you there. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Just burying some hashtag hashtags . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . : . . . Throwing some colons in for good measure . . . . . . . . . . . . Here’s a thought. I think colon and colon should have two different spellings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ok fine. One boop for my gas-drinkin’ day ones. 🦾 . . . . . . . . . . . . : . That plum beauty tho 🤌🏼 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yo, if you made it this far you might be wondering when that damn Etsy drop is happening.. . . . . . : : . . . You and me both fam. . . . . . : : . : . . . #bitterleafteas #justinotherteablog #teaware #teawares #ceramicsart #ceramicsofinstagram #speckledbuff #gaiwan #gaiwantea #gaiwans #gaiwanaddict #gaiwangeek #teawareaddict #gongfutea #gongfucha #gongfucode #teasession #shengpuerh #puerhaddict #teaporn #teaforone #teadrunk #clayartist #pottersofinstagram #ceramicartist #ceramicartists #wheelthrown #wheelthrownpottery (at Smitten) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfTI08SuRZl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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A hundred bucks a month. That’s what it cost my father to rent the *ahem* auxiliary dwelling unit on the walnut ranch way way way way back in 1991. Jordan was chasing title number one of six and pops and me were figuring out every Thursday’s and every other weekends. Little ladder to a loft space; futon mattress on the floor. Hot dogs and a black and white TV with Mash on. Space invaders on the Atari. Kept a machete on the porch. Called it the Samurai Sword. Tossed overripe watermelon and zucchini into the air and swung like a baby Babe Ruth. Old yellow moped buzzing like a dying wasp. I got wedged between lap and handlebars as we’d swerve through the trees, balding tires not meant for taking on tough colossal walnut shells. At the far end of the acreage was a fence. It served to represent differentiation but we were not to be dissuaded. We were Mario and Luigi riding a tamed and rattling Bowser ready to the save the Princess. Peach. Princess Peach. Sneak sneak we would enter. In the orchard like spies. Looking for the ripe ones the heavy hangers the succulent. Skin fuzzy like soft whiskers petting lips anticipating the burst of juice running down chin down neck into loose-fitting summer shirt. Pits getting spit and thrown and buried back on our side of the fence hoping that sunlight and rainstorm and a blessing from the cosmos would grant us our own little maker of heaven. We’d never take any back. Just eat what we could and then run, back to the bike, exhaust fumes corroding the Cling fragrance. — 2021 Spring Peach Yancha from @brokencupteahouse — #yancha #rockoolong #oolong #oolongtea #oolongaddict #brokencupteahouse #justinotherteablog #teareview #tea #teajournal #teajourney #personalstories #teablog #teablogger #teasession #teas #gongfucha #gongfutea #teasession #chaxi #teadrunk #teaism #teapoem #prosepoetry #teastagram #fridaytea #teaforone #teastash (at Home on the Ranch) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfMUgKuuFkU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=