Hi! I’ve been extremely tired this week and nearly forgot that I was hosting one so I’m writing this last minute! I couldn’t think of anything so I’m going to write about one of my hamsters who is not Biggs; Meredith
Meredith was another hamster of mine from a few years ago during the early days of COVID, and she was the absolute sweetest little creature I had ever met. Very friendly, very gentle. She loved exploring anywhere I put her into and never bit me okay she did once ever. She was an absolute sweetheart and bundle of love and was with me during some of the rougher parts of my life
She unfortunately died very suddenly out of the blue one day at a terribly young age showing no symptoms of anything wrong with her prior, which breaks my heart to this very day
I never had her as long as any other hamster of mine but I don’t think I had any other hamster touch my heart in quite the same way. I miss you, girl
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NO! DON’T YOU FUCKING DARE! You want to become one of those hipster nerds who buys extremely expensive gear, just because this James Hoffmann super nerd told you it would make your oh, so special(ty) coffee a little bit better? Are you willing to learn Eyetalian because everything is named in this cursed language? Do you not have any qualms about roasting beanis and turning it into a juice instead of worshipping it like a normal person? Of course not, don’t be silly.
Avert your eyes from this abomination and instead gaze upon your true destiny: Tea
only open this if you truly want to embrace enlightenment
Imagine sitting in your peach garden with your trusted gaiwan in front of you. Today you want to try some of your favourite roasted tieguanyin. You could have chosen a nice honey Jin Jun Mei, or a well-aged sheng-puerh whose leaves have been collected from 500 year-old tea trees, but today you want to be kissed by the Iron Goddess of Mercy.
You let your almost boiling water fall upon your precious leaves and wait for them to infuse the crystal-clear water. With an elegant but quick motion you pour your heavenly-smelling tea into your gong dao bei and then into your smaller teacup, both of them handmade with a celadon glaze that is redirecting the sunrays to your eyes with a beautiful light-blue shimmer.
As you get your face closer to your cup, you get a hint of the lovely aroma that starts to fill your nostrils. You get hints of butter toffee, dark chocolate and bit of nuttiness. Of course you have to wait for it cool down first before you taste it, so you pull out your bamboo scroll and start reading ancient Chinese philosophy.
After a few minutes you finally get to enjoy this liquid treasure. As it fills your mouth, you get all of the aroma that you smelled previously, but a lot more intimately. Purely divine. A big smile starts forming on your face as you know that today you have been blessed by Heaven. Because this was just the first steep, and there’s many more to come.