railenthe: (hyper!happy)

 

That will make sense in a minute and a half, I promise.  Fair warning, everything after the cut is image-heavy.  And mildly—mildly!—foodporny.

 

In an interesting turn of events it was so slow that two of us were given the executive reins of who got sent home.  I took that shot.  I had a bad feeling.  I decided to use the opportunity to run some errands.

 

I got across the street and my hamstrings cramped up.  In case you were wondering, that IS possible.  And it hurts like holy fuck.

 

I gotta survive this, I thought, and muscled across the street to the bus stop.  I looked like a limping Grim Reaper—or a hobbled monk, one or the other.

 

The errand plan was simple.  I’d shopped prices around online and had things to pick up. The first stop was to be a GNC store, to pick up alternative meds.  But the nearest location, the one in the local mall (For the record, this mall is doing VERY well, bucking a national trend of dying malls), stopped carrying the product I needed.  So it was time to call around and find a different location.

 

Meanwhile, an alluring smell beckoned from the upper level.  I followed this rich, deliciously fruity and spicy aroma to the upper level, where I parked my footsies outside of…a Teavana store.

 

I’m not ashamed to admit that I bounded in there with a squeal of delight.  A second squeal kicked the echo aside when I saw the sticker that proclaimed a 75% off sale.  While money is tight, after paying off my bills I did have a bit of fiddle-around money, and so…

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railenthe: (TEA)

I had a package today. As I expected, today was the day that the matcha arrived. The canister was this little green squat thing with three Japanese characters on it; of course I can't read the language, so it was just pretty calligraphy as far as I knew. But the calligraphy was the least of my concerns as I slowly pulled the canister top off.

I was greeted by this shiny silver package. It was a good thing that it wasn't earlier today that I saw this; I spent a lot of the work day high on decongestant (It was that or be completely unable to breathe while I worked. That's usually unhealthy). Slowly, I pulled it open; even though I was careful I was still greeted by a fine mist of green powder.

I inhaled deep. A sweet, slightly medicinal, green aroma greeted me as I breathed. The smell of matcha. I took a fork, loaded some into a shallow-ish mug, added hot water and stirred fast, trying to fake a whisk-like action using the fork. I tasted after raising a fairly passable froth on top of my drink.

I'd almost forgotten how sublime matcha tea really is. It begins with a sweet taste that can only be described as 'healthy!sweet' if you've never seen it before, blossoms into a distinct green aura, and then turns into delicious silken sweetness as you swallow. You feel more lush after the first sip as your mind clears of any worries. I savored the taste, even trying to get at as much of the remaining green substance as I could after it was finished. You wouldn't guess it, but the taste is light, silky. It tastes like what perfect satisfaction feels like.

Ten minutes after my little floating hearts had faded from around my head, I suddenly felt clearer in the head. I'd forgotten about that effect, too. Tea of this quality, this purity, is actually proven to help convalescence as well as general well-being, but I'd forgotten that you actually feel the effect sometimes.

<3 Plain and simple. Not to be missed.

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