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i love looking back on shit i did as a kid and realizing… oh that was gay. i was a lesbian child
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when i have a crush i dont kick my feet or twirl my hair instead i am in my kitchen at 3am pacing in circles with my hands clasped behind my back like a middle-aged divorced detective haunted by a cold case he just cant crack
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“I don’t care about dumb weed jokes,” I said naively, before I saw this
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ill spend my twenties investigating the healing properties of salt i dont know about you guys
#god I have pots so I have to consume a LOT of salt#and my dad will not shut up about this lady#every time I take my salt tablets he's like DID YOU KNOW THERE'S THIS EPISODE OF STAR TREK--#yes dad YES I KNOW please let me LIVE
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Just in case it ever comes up, I guess, here's a quick primer on common Japanese teas:
The kind of green tea we usually drink in the US is called sencha, though it's the default tea in Japan so if you're there, they're probably just calling it ocha, or tea. If you're steeping plain green tea leaves in hot water, it's sencha. It's also generally what bottled/iced green tea is, unless otherwise specified.
(Sencha)
Matcha, on the other hand, is a powder that's made by grinding up tea leaves. It's generally made with very high-grade tea leaves that have not been rolled before grinding. This is whisked with a little bit of hot water during tea ceremonies to create a fairly thick, strong, frothy tea. This is often consumed with sweets to offset the bitterness. Culinary-grade matcha is also often used as an ingredient in snacks, desserts, lattes, etc.
Note: not all powdered tea is matcha! There is also a type of powdery "instant" sencha as well as a cheap semi-powdered kind that's popular at quick service restaurants. I believe it's usually made from leftover/broken fragments from the sencha production process. It tastes pretty much like normal sencha, not matcha. It just has a bit less flavor than normal sencha.
(Matcha)
Genmaicha is essentially sencha but with puffed, roasted rice in it. It looks like popcorn! It has a toastier flavor than sencha, but not a dark, tannic flavor like you get in most western teas. It tends to look a little more brownish-yellow when brewed.
(Genmaicha)
Hōjicha is a roasted tea, but again, it's lighter and nuttier tasting than typical black tea. You see it a lot in the fall, and it's super cozy. Tastes and looks similar to genmaicha when brewed, but darker and stronger.
(Hōjicha)
And finally, mugicha is a caffeine-free barley tea. It tastes... honestly, a little bit like corn...? Like if you just soaked popcorn in water for a while, maybe.
It's popular throughout Asia but tends to be a little less popular with tourists than the other teas. This is generally served cold, in my experience, and is supposed to be healthy for you when it's hot out.
(Mugicha)
There are way, way more kinds than this, but these are the ones you're probably going to see most often.
Personally, I usually drink iced sencha and hot genmaicha, but it's really up to your personal taste! You'll also see western-style black tea (kōcha) and oolong tea a lot in Japan, both hot and iced!
#personally I do not care for mugicha but it was given to me a lot when people heard that I'm prone to overheating lmao#it's supposed to be good for you...?#but at what cost...
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i love you, Two Catfish as Street Musicians in the Kashina district, ca 1855 of an unidentified artist, you go so hard
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#uhhhh I mean I mostly drink green tea but I'd never drink matcha#it's just not really.. a good drinking tea... unless you're doing tea ceremony I guess#you almost have to put it in something (like a latte or milk tea or ice cream or something)#otherwise it's so thick and bitter#and I don't like most blended tea drinks; I usually drink my tea straight#I do love sencha and genmaicha though#I'd say that 90% of the tea I drink is iced sencha or hot genmaicha#I also really enjoy hojicha#oh but there used to be a bottled green tea by ito en#that was mostly sencha cold brew but it had a little bit of matcha in it to bolden the flavor#that was my favorite but they discontinued it :(#maybe I should try making sencha cold brew... with a lil pinch of matcha powder in it...
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just curious as they're always things i've never questioned just doing but people in my life are often surprised that i don't mind doing them alone
🔁 pls reblog for sample size
#I have done all of these and will do them all again#I found in college that I often wanted to do things that my friends weren't interested in#and I realized that I was missing out on doing cool things because I couldn't find anyone to go with me#so I just started... going#now if my friends would like to accompany me places that's grand#but I'm just as happy going by myself#it makes it nice too with the chronic illness#then I don't have to feel bad about taking rests or moving plans or canceling things if I don't feel well
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being obsessed w a piece of media is so scary. what if my mutuals see how insane i go about it and think oh i gotta check out what this is about and then think it sucks and kill me with rocks. what if they hate my favorite characters
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note: am v aware i have horrible taste lol
#I WAS GONNA SAY... I FEEL BAD SAYING IT WHILE REBLOGGING FROM YOU BUT...#I hate dried beans#like if they're fresh like fresh limas or green beans or edamame#those are all yummy#but when you dry them out and then soak them in water they get that... graininess... hate that texture... :(
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when you see creators you really love makin uhhh questionable business decisions
#watcher#I mean if this works out for them great#but I think this is going to invite uncomplimentary comparisons to dropout#and alienate a substantial amount of the fanbase#I'm still kind of making my own decisions tbh#I've financially supported watcher in the past but damn if this doesn't seem kinda doomed
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‘you should have a separate sideblog for each of your interests’ actually my followers like the variety. they love to see me liveblog an anxiety attack and reblog 10 gifsets of my favorite little meow meow seconds later. its enrichment for them
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