Just watched the first episodes of Murderbot adapted from @marthawells.com 's amazing series. I purchased the novellas in 2018 and have read them literally dozens of times since. Honestly, at least once a month... I thought it would never be adapted but the TV series is great. 1 week for more...

I bought a sample of Mountain Stream Teas' 2024 Wintergreen Ruby Hybrid White explicitly because someone told me it tasted like beans and I thought that was not possible. Unfortunately I was wrong. Diagram included to show how the bean impression came about. Quantity = number of observations.

A/B test with a 70s hongni pot and a porcelain gaiwan. the tea in question is Zhang Hui Chun's Strong Roast Shuixian from Essence of Tea. It's a great tea overall, no bitterness/astringency. I found that the pot muted the ash and sour wood taste and made the tea sweeter, softer, and rounder.

I had Niu Rou Huangpian from Old Ways Tea's tea club today. Huangpian is leaf that didn't meet the picking standard, and Niu Lan Keng is a really nice location for rou gui. Niu Lan Keng Rou Gui shortens to Niu Rou (beef). It is also usually over $10 a gram. Even the huangpian is good. #teasky

Learned that the pot stops pouring when I block the hole on top. Very entertaining although the pour itself is still terrible. Having Bitterleaf 2013 Goddess Roast Tie Guan Yin #teasky

I've been having clean teas recently so I got out the 2001 Red Ribbon for contrast. My stomach expressed regret later. Strong trad storage taste of beet, petrichor, concrete. Juicy, smooth, thick. Medicinal bitter, long returning sweetness (huigan). Warming energy but not overwhelming #teasky

I've been writing tasting notes for a while and thought it might be interesting to post them and channel my 2017 tumblr moodboard days Loon-call in the dark from @white2tea.bsky.social Distinctly round, milky, smooth, very clean. Cocoa bitter, petrichor in the aroma. Very good shou. #teasky

Recently, I've been to showing people Leslie Lamport's original Paxos paper and then telling them that this is a fundamental paper of the field. Very sophisticated, very well-accepted. 11/10 reactions. Special mention for "those aren't real greek names"