Desert Sage Natural

Years ago, back before the little blue bird app turned into an example of why billionaires shouldn’t exist, a conversation on it led to the phrase “grey green minty envy.” I’m not sure why that phrase stuck in my head so hard and so fast, but it did, and the Continue Reading →

  There are some coffees that have a complicated story. Others are almost ridiculously straight forward. The Question of Alex is one of the latter, though the ripple effect of the blending of this particular coffee has been impressive. It all started with the October Daye series by Seanan McGuire. Continue Reading →

  There’s a thing that happens with chronic illness and chronic stress and, as it turns out, recovery from life-threatening events. I call it the “I feel better” experience. Where I really don’t yet, but I feel enough better as compared to the worst of whatever it was that I Continue Reading →

  A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, a Discord server revolving around the fan-fiction of a particular AO3 author helped me greatly in the immediate aftermath of what happened with THFKAMT. Unfortunately, for me at least, that server went the way of many places on the Continue Reading →

    The teas for May and June were sent together due to the health disaster mentioned in the recent update posts. They also happened to be blended on the same day. The tea chosen for May was “We’re All Mad Here” – a blend of Darjeeling (Second Flush), Freeze-Dried Continue Reading →

As horrifying as it is, given that it feels like it should still be maybe March as well as feeling like we should be at least a year further into this chaos, it is time to start thinking about winter holidays and shipping cutoff times. Due to my need to Continue Reading →