/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>4954571

>>Tea.

Coffee is the drug of capitalism.

Coffee represents the old outdated system we're in --- bitter and muddy. It looks like something out of the oil tycoon days or something that falls out of a car.

Man, i'm really bleak on view for coffee right now.... might be because of the tea ignorant society i'm in here in the states. People here demand tea the same way they desire coffee..... black tea which is the most caffeinated.

I prefer tea because of the aroma. A nice cup of Rooibos red tea is such an elegant delicate essence of Earth at its most simplistic form in a cup of steaming water. Drinking tea is about inner peace, the feeling is comparable to sitting in a Jacuzzi as the calming warmth washes away my anxiety, fear and doubts. It helps me garner inspiration as introspection emerges within me.

Tea enthusiast here.

For the past few weeks i've experimenting with gently settling the tea into the water without force or pressure instead of instantly tea bagging it. Slowly little by little it soaks within the water and begins the slow rainfall affect of the herbs essence unifying with the water. This may not affect the flavor, but as someone who drinks tea in a spiritual sort of way it helps me appreciate the herbs much more.

It's as if tea has a personality and throwing it into a pot of boiling hot water causes mayhem as the hot water fights off the plant.