And A piece about tea

[aldersprig]

@DialMforMara prompted me
Write about the sensory experience of drinking your favorite tea or coffee.


Comfort.

If it’s my mug, it’s the best. I tested every mug in the craft festival until I found one that my hands wrapped around perfectly.

The pain in my joints fades. Any chill - there is often chill - is banished. I put the mug against my sternum and breath in the steam and my breathing is easier, my chest hurts less. Everything is calm.

The taste, when it cools enough to drink, is slightly bitter, a tannic brew that clears my throat and wakes my brain. The smell is lighter than the taste - it smells mostly of the steam, most days. Even with the cool enough to drink, the mug is comfortable, nice against my hands. Thick ceramic, it holds the heat for a long time.

Coffee is a drug and a calorie delivery system. Tea is slower, clearer, feeling more like clearing out, cleaning out. My lungs feel more open. My brain feels more open. I take another sip. I take another moment to hold the mug.

Comfort.

Comments

[kelkyag]

<warm fuzzies>

[aldersprig]

<3

[clare_dragonfly]

Mmm, lovely. I bet you did test every mug ;)

[aldersprig]

I did! Every single one!

[sauergeek]

I think I will take this as inspiration to try making some more mugs. (I was already thinking of it; this is extra push.)

[aldersprig]

ooh! Potting? Pottering?

[sauergeek]

Yes! I already made myself a giant handbuilt beer mug — it can hold over a quart — but ones that size are not so useful for smaller volume things like coffee. Really, it's even outsized for beer; I just wanted to see if I could make a big one like that.

I suppose it might suit for coffee if you drink coffee like a former coworker. He regularly went through 2-3 pots of coffee a day, until his doctor told him to stop or he'd have another heart attack. I do not even come close to drinking that much coffee.

[aldersprig]

That’s awesome! Well, I drink… a pint of coffee a day but probably not a quart