I have a confession to make. My readers are well aware that in late October, all of November, and early December, posts and photos were nearly nonexistent on my part. I have written a few posts alluding to reasons why, and in part it was just that I was not drinking that much tea, and when I did drink tea it was more going through the motions than anything else. In fact I had cut back on drinking tea so much, that for break between semesters, which I am spending at my parents house, I had honestly contemplated not bringing home any tea or teaware.
Thankfully, I came to my senses enough when I had to really make those decisions and go about packing, and I actually brought a decent variety to my parents house. That being said, in these past few days I have started to fully realize what I have been missing. It has me hopeful for the spring, (along with a new more tea conducive schedule).
I hate to say it but I didn't even realize how beaten down and deflated I was at the end of the semester, it took a break, and the wonderful effects of tea to revive me, and honestly now as I am writing this I am under the weather but still feel worlds better than I did only a couple of weeks ago, in which it seemed like everything I was doing was just trying to stop or slow the bleeding.
Alright so this all loosely has to do with tea, but I honestly feel for us tea lovers, no break would be complete without tea. Even more so, I am starting to think when our mood improves so does our tea brewing / our enjoyment of tea. Of nearly all the teas I have brewed in the past 2 months, the ones in the past week or so have knocked just about all of them out of the ballpark, not because I am suddenly using new tea (which I am not), water might have a slight effect, but typically I've found the water at my parents house worse than at my apartment. The only real difference I have found is I am in a better mood, and somehow that is making me enjoy my tea better.
So here is to wishing all my readers a good mood, and therefore more enjoyable tea.
1 comment:
Life certainly does have its ebbs and flows. I have found it so at least. I agree with a lot of what you say about mood and brewing. Although, for me, if I am in a down mood sometimes when I concentrate on my tea making it brings me up as well.
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