Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Talks with a Tea Fairy
Over a year ago, I came in contact with a particular gal through another gal. (And I just like using the word “gal”; I don’t care if it sounds old-fashioned.) Tea MC Tiff – who I’ve mentioned on a couple of occasions – made a trip to Kyoto, Japan and visited the Obubu Tea Plantation.…
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Ceylon and Thanks for All the Oolong
Let’s travel back to a more innocent time – November of 2011, to be precise. It was around that time that I finally found a purpose for this here tea blog. My goal was to track down unique teas, unusual blends, and/or teas with fascinating stories behind them. To commemorating that unusual sense of focus…
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“Tea, Beer and Bingley” – The Teabeer Trilogy, Book 1
Friday This last Friday was the rarest of occurrences. It preceded an actual weekend off. I hadn’t had a weekend off since…uh…a long time ago. For once, a Friday was my Friday. While I did have plans on Saturday and Sunday, I hadn’t planned on any activity for Friday night. Then my friend, NinjaSpecs, chimed…
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Who Pooped in the Microwave?!
Last week ended in a way no one could ever have suspected. I won’t say what I do for a job, but one of the tasks is checking microwaves. And someone had pooped in one. No, there was no log present, or a diaper…just dark matter, a rancid smell, and a feeling of “I-failed-at-life-choices”. Worse…
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Assam Green Tea?!?!?!?
Let’s rewind back to April of this year. I noticed a new follower of my “Twit”-arded updates. Their handle was about as descriptive as it needed to be to perk my interest – “@AssamGreenTea”. Green tea. From Assam. Assam green tea? That’s a thing?! I thought to myself. I’m convinced that – biologically – I’m…
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I Heart Tandem Tea Tastings
I missed the last Tandem Tea Tasting because of prior writer-related obligations, but promised (crossed my heart and everything!) that I would be there this time ‘round. That and I felt it mandatory, since Rachel “IHeartTeas” Carter had sent me samples to contribute. To not go would mean being a chump. To recap: Tandem Tea…
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A Gongfu Greek Mountain Tea Adventure
Epic tea adventures have to start somewhere. It is sheer coincidence (I think?) that a lot of mine start at Smith Teamaker. Some seemingly uneventful week in late-Spring, I received a message from Tea MC Tiff saying she’d be working the tea bar that Saturday. Those were usually my busy days at work, so I…
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Spouting Off About Tea Kettles
Samantha Joyce over at Seattle Coffee Gear was kind enough to do a guest blog for me, while I’m in fiction-writing land. And now, I turn the kettle/podium over to her… The humble tea kettle is the common denominator in pursuit of a delicious cup of tea and mug of coffee. But because it is…
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A Blog? I Would Never Have Guest…
Since I’m currently occupied with two other writing projects this week, I asked The Devotea if he could sub for me – and he obliged in his usual, wonderfully quixotic way. And now, I turn you over to him… Writing a guest post has a certain feeling. That feeling you get when you are staying over…
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Into the Wild…Arbor
I’m still in the midst of a bit of an oolong kick. It “mostly” started because I was attempting to whittle down my backlog of unique teas. However, for some reason, the oolong-ing just…stuck. I do have my guesses. They make me feel really good. And not just “ZOMG-IMMA-CAFFEINE-MACHINE!!!” good – like, “Zen” good. A…
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