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[shennong]

If you're a tea drinker, or interested in tea, there's a tag for that. Consider checking out #teablr to find and share posts about leaf water.

Hope to see you there! 🍃🍵

[viewfromthespire]

[shennong]

Hey tea drinkers, this is your reminder to clean out your electric kettles if you haven't in a while. Happy sipping 👍

[shennong]

Tea is a love language just like food, lemme tell ya. This whole hobby is an expression of care towards whomever you are making a cup.

Your hands are cold. Here's something to keep them warm.

Do make yourself at home.

Try this. Isn't it the weirdest shit you've ever tasted?

Since you've been having trouble winding down lately, I picked up some chamomile.

I deserve some self care.

Thank you for making dinner. Here's something I made to go with it.

Is it worth the effort? for you, of course.

[shennong]

Toki Pona is an invented language with just a little over 100 words. Designed with simplicity in mind, it relies on creating new words by combining existing ones. It's quick to learn and has only 14 basic sounds, chosen to be easy to pronounce for anyone regardless of their linguistic background. I highly recommend giving it a try! Toki pona makes it easy to express complex things using very little. I'm drinking Beebe from white2tea today while I clean up my notes for better reference (and handwriting practice.) Fittingly, this tea has some hard to describe notes!

[shennong]

a laso kasi li pona tawa mi.

Ahh, I love plant-green.

[shennong]

I'm really interested in teaware made with clay sourced near to where I live. There's so many lesser known clay varieties, it would be interesting to see how these interact with tea. I haven't found much from my state, but there's a potter named Mark Mohler who makes teaware from Georgia (Lizella) clay. Here's a pot from his website. Each pot has a unique face under the lid.

Last week, I ordered an unglazed gaiwan he made. Once it arrives you'll be seeing a lot of it.

[shennong]

Weaves and leaves