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meaning is just a construct.

it's up to you to imagine some significance and assign it to life.

Youzi wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 16, 2021 5:01 pm

Nothing

that's kind of how i feel.

Ethan Kurland wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 16, 2021 10:15 am

KapnoPhilia88 wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:26 am

...I would have no issue in giving you a straight and simple answer to "what is the meaning of life?"...

...What is the meaning of life?

i was almost afraid to ask.
i'm glad someone did.

additional examples: i make a lot of tea in a thin, porcelain, 80mL gaiwan. i usually load it with 4.5g of leaf because that's what seems to fit well, and i also enjoy that 'dose' of tea. i brew with ~boiling water (electric kettle set to maintain 211°F), and i'm usually too lazy to use a timer. i j...

nice post! thanks, @James Edward

very generally... you can pay close attention to what you are doing (precisely measuring brew time, amount of leaf, amount of water (and hence leaf:water brew ratio)), or not. for example, you can dump some leaf (measured or not) into a mug, add water, wait a while, and drink. i often mug brew about...

this question is a bit vague, so i will have to make some assumptions about what you're referring to. feel free to follow up with specific examples of what you'd like critiqued. cast iron kettles (like tetsubin) can be very nice. however, i have never seen a compelling cast iron teapot. i believe th...

welcome!

thanks for sharing. i had never heard of a Teasmade before.

i also hadn't heard of Brazil but watched it after seeing that clip. very good movie.

having lishan primitive wild light roast from chen hua yin / 2088taiwan. this is some of my favorite hongshui.

"Sold at Buddhist temples throughout Kyoto, this matcha blend includes powdered shiso (perilla leaves), ume (Japanese plum), konbu (kelp seaweed) and of course matcha from Kyoto, in a flavor that is certain to help bring your to enlightenment." wow, that sounds like quite the blend. i'd try that fo...

ok, but how does tea brewed with D₂O taste?

Sweet taste of heavy water
Natalie Ben Abu et al.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-021-01964-y

Hello, I'm new on this forum and I apologize for posting here my question, I didn't find a more suitable thread. I've been in Japan and my wife bought on the street some "tea" in little bags. The tea tasted like soup and it was powder. I liked it a lot. I'd like to get more but I really don't know ...

awesome find! In the early 1980s, ceramist Richard Notkin, captivated by the Chinese pottery of the Yixing kilns, transformed images he had been sculpting forover a decade. In response to the rigorous formalism and subdued coloration of Yixing ceramics, particularly the teapots valued by Ming and Qi...

nice images. thank you, @Mark-S

i enjoyed that. thank you, @steanze.