Taiwan takes tea seriously! Buy local and by the kilo. The lady opened up some barrels for us to smell and see the leaves.
We were looking for high mountain oolong tea 高山烏龍茶 and she showed us a couple different ones at different price points, ranging from 190k to 478k sats per kg. The premium price is for the quality of leaves, method of preparation and region. The difference between the leaves is evident by the smell. More so by the taste too but she didn't bother to make any for us since we were small potato customers (buy one kilo vs multiple tens of kilos)
It was really cool to see a tea shop like this. My first time even though tea has been a part of my life for as long as I remember.
I should probably take some time to really study tea ceremony a little more.
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it lagged horribly. the story skip was so unreliable when playing in a group. Like I'd be able to skip the story, but the other person couldn't. I had already played through the first part of the game several times in the beta so I didn't care to watch the cutscenes again.
I got kicked out of the game several times. Game crashed a couple times.
Just way more laggy and unreliable than the first time around.
did you play the recent server slam too?
I really hope they learned a lot from it cuz that whole experience sucked.
violence has less of a place when there's a money system that rewards work with value fairly.
it is actually ridiculous how much attention meat gets compared to all the other food pics I've posted
I had a cheese board once that had a flower made out of salami? haha 😂
A coffee date this afternoon at a kissaten 喫茶店. This particular cafe has been in business for 80 years which means that when Japanese imperialists were occupying Taiwan, they likely drank here too.
A kissaten is a Japanese style cafe that serves fine coffee, tea and desserts. The one we went to roasts their own beans on the first floor and has a cafe on the upper floors. I love how they kept to the style of the time with wood paneling, fine china and period decor all over.
The coffee was good too. I got the light roast which was fruit forward and very light in the mouth. Not what I normally drink. The others got the house dark roast which is closer to the usual coffee we drink but definitely more complex.
#grownostr #coffeechain #coffee #taiwan
that's cool 😎 I don't think I played that one.
amazing window above the tub. so relaxing to just look out. from our stay at the Windsor Hotel in Taichung.
the big city Taichung 台中 is to the left where you can't see. What you're looking out on is considered the suburbs. farmland dabbed in between multistory buildings. some manufacturing and processing buildings too.
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there are a few locations throughout Taipei. this particular one is in Banqiao 板橋
are you gonna go? 😁 highly recommend!
weekends are for drinking with friends!
who's having beers today?
Sunmai was one of the first brands into the Taiwan craft beer scene starting in 2004. there are lots now!
iirc, the dark one is a roasted honey dark ale, then going clockwise, a grapefruit IPA, a kumquat lemon lager and finally an herbal tea lager. Cheers!
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how exciting! glad to have been a part of this
I hope we can all join in to celebrate this moment 🎉
I find that being comfortable with being bored really helps with getting chores done too. having a quiet mind while doing dishes for example. I have wasted too much time scrolling on my phone looking for the perfect podcast, song or video just to do five minutes of chores.
how's your day going?
yeah 🤤 it was so good
I didn't even get the wagyu that was on the menu either. I bet the marbling on that is insane
looks like rangoli. pretty~
stone grilled steak slices, cook it yourself!
they're are so many fun speciality restaurants in Taiwan. This particular spot is in Banqiao 板橋 in the New Taipei area
Ordering sets is pretty common place in Taiwan. If you want to be fancy, you could call it tasting menus. It makes the menus much smaller so they can really focus on quality and make it easy to decide on what to eat.
Before this showpiece of a main dish came to the table, I had a cold appetizer, a soup and a small sashimi selection. After this, I had a little rice, dessert (matcha parfait!) and a pineapple-bitter melon drink.
such a good meal 🤤
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