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Almond Biscotti from Teavana
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I live!

I’ve been away from the computer for the past week since I was having a last minute vacation prior to going to Japan and then, well, I went to Japan. I am staying in a tiny tiny room in a long-stay hotel for the duration, which has free internets (yay!) and AC and some bare necessities for cooking: microwave, hot plate, and, because it’s Japan, electric kettle! Thanks Japan! Not many places in the world would consider that a life necessity :D

Had some of my delish almond biscotti (I took that and Foxtrot with me and will otherwise rely on what I can get from the grocery stores here) last night while I tried to make it to 8m before falling asleep. My endeavor was nearly a success but I ended up pooping out at 7:30. Close enough! Ahh, it was so nice to have that touch of familiarity.

I managed to get three good infusions out of it (the tea mug they gave me is tiny!) although by the third one I confess that A. I was nearly unconscious and not really paying attention and B. I’m pretty sure it was just kind of almondy water. The first two, however were delicious as usual.

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Rabs
Rabs 2010-06-24 23:43:21 -0400

You’ve been missed! I had one brief moment the other day of: oh, it’s the 22nd — Ewa’s Japan-bound! And then I realized that it might be quite some time until we heard from you. And I had teh sads. And now I have teh happies! :D

Glad to know that you made it safe and sound!

__Morgana__
__Morgana__ 2010-06-25 00:31:02 -0400

Yeah, glad to hear you made it. What the heck are you doing here, though. Go out and enjoy Japan!

Ewa
Ewa 2010-06-25 02:49:00 -0400

Hee hee, I totally wrote this at 4 in the morning because cheering for the Japan – Denmark World Cup game (not to mention jetlag) woke me up. I went out and enjoyed Japan later though!

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I’m a Pole who grew up in Texas, is currently a graduate student in California studying Japan. How’s THAT for random?

Being Polish, my family has always drunk a lot of tea, and I am no different. I may drink more tea than water. On the other hand, I can’t say that I’m very particular about it; I’m generally pretty careless with steeping times and water temperature and I don’t even have a proper teapot (mostly because the lid broke during the move to California ;_;).

I always drink my tea unsweetened and I only add milk in the case of the most egregiously chai-ish of chais. (not really a big fan of milk in general)

Given that so many of my entries seem to be about my morning tea, I felt I should add something here about me and mornings: I fail at mornings. I fail at them a LOT. Therefore I often also fail at proper tea making in the mornings.

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Santa Barbara

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