Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Picking American Tea with Canadians
I kept putting off a trip to the Sakuma Bros. farm for many reasons. All of those excuses revolved around money, time and/or time for money. However, as a good li’l tea geek, I’d been doing myself a disservice by not going. After all, it was the only operating tea grower/seller in the Pacific Northwest.…
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Tardy to a Tea Tasting
Friends and acquaintances can attest to my complete and utter inability to arrive at anything on time. And it’s not for any lack of trying. For some reason, I’m always within fifteen or twenty minutes past due. The only exception to this is movies; for some reason I’m always early to those. I usually shrug…
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Himalayan Gold and The Final “Frontier”
It isn’t much of a secret that I’ve been without Internet for the better part of a week. I think I made that point relatively clear in several subtle ways via the social media sphere. Eloquently, even. Okay, okay…I was a whiny little bitch. I’ll start from the beginning. After the big move from the…
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I Put Tea in the Corner – A Quickie Blog
This is going to be a relatively (and uncharacteristically) short entry from me. Reason being, there’s a clock counting down on a library computer. I am completely moved, but I am still sans REAL Internet (besides my Droid) – thus making more prolific prose improbable. (But still plenty of room for superfluous alliteration.) In summary,…
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Workshops, Bandsaws, and Keemun Against Humanity – A Vegas Tea Party, Conclusion
For Day 1, go HERE. For Day 2, go HERE. For Day 3, go HERE. It was the last day of World Tea Expo…and I was already running late. I know, big shocker. But this time it wasn’t entirely my fault. My co-pilot for the morning, Lady Earl Steeper was also running slightly lagged. Cut…
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Beer, U.S. Grown Tea, and Lunchroom Mixers – A Vegas Tea Party, Day 3
For Day 1, go HERE. For Day 2, go HERE. I wouldn’t say it was a bad day. Heck, far from it. So many wonderful things transpired – dare I say, epic, even? However, I was off step from the natural rhythm of the day’s events, and it all started the moment I thought I…
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“What Happens at Expo…” – A Vegas Tea Party, Day 2
For Day 1, go HERE. I’ll be honest, I was scared s**tless. Never in my life had I participated in something so…well…grand. The Las Vegas Convention Center was huge, and just peeking through the doors almost made me soil myself. It was like a Comic Con but for tea. I was so stunned by the…
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The Infusiast’s Book Launch and a Meeting of Beasts – A Vegas Tea Party, Day 1
Brace yourself, this is a three-parter. Maybe four. Depends on if I get the information all organized. Liking herding cats, it is. Kittens, actually. Hyper ones. First and foremost, I need to get a few acknowledgements out of the way. Planning for this World Tea Expo trip has been nothing short of murder. Four fantastic…
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A Pre-Vegas Tea Trilogy
Short version: It’s been a hectic couple of weeks. But for once I can say, “Hectic in a good way.” I’m not used to being busy. As my oft-used moniker suggests, I rather enjoy my leisure time. That and any activities I participate in are brought gradually into fruition. Well, the month of May wouldn’t…
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Carried Away by Whiskey Tea
I was one of those kids that tuned out in English class. Several years later, I received my degree in English. That pretty much tells you all you need to know about me in two sentences. I never read a single book assigned in any literature class I was in. I relied on Cliff’s Notes,…
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