Dinosara

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Dinosara drank Goût Russe Douchka by Dammann Freres

Maaaaaaaaan I am tired. I had an all-day job interview today and last night I woke up at least once an hour all night. This morning I was exhausted and extremely nervous, so it was all I could do to force down half a piece of toast and some yogurt for breakfast (knowing I wouldn’t be getting lunch until 1pm). I made a cup of this with some hot water from the hotel continental breakfast in a styrofoam cup, and against all the odds it was still delicious.

There is something very comforting about traveling with sachets of your favorite teas. You can be super sleep deprived, worn down, in horrible conditions, and you can always rely on the ease of the sachet and the fact that it will be familiar and delicious. Glad I had this one this morning.

2013-02-06 18:17:55 -0500

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Michelle 2013-02-06 18:44:05 -0500

How was the interview?

Mercuryhime 2013-02-06 19:47:25 -0500

Hope it went well! All day interview! That means they’re serious!

JacquelineM 2013-02-06 20:13:21 -0500

Best of luck :)

Indigobloom 2013-02-06 21:24:43 -0500

I’ll bet you’ll snag that job!! good luck :)

Dinosara 2013-02-06 21:43:02 -0500

The interview went pretty well I think. I won’t find out for another month or so! Oh academic job searches.

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I am tea obsessed, with the stash to match. I tend to really enjoy green oolongs, Chinese blacks, and flavored teas with high quality bases, especially florals, bergamot-based teas, and chocolate teas.

I’m a grad student and in my free time I am a birder, baker, and music/movie/tv addict.

I have an Adagio Teas UtiliTEA kettle and a Tea Forté Kati cup for brewing. I also have a Chinese Ru Kiln tea set for gongfu brewing.

Here are my rating categories, FYI:
100-90: These teas are mind-blowingly good to me.
89-80: I really really like these teas and will keep most of them in the permanent collection, but they’re not quite as spectacular as the top category
79-70: Tasty teas that I enjoy, but definitely won’t rebuy when I run out.
69-65: Teas that I would probably drink again, but wouldn’t seek out. They don’t quite do it for me in one aspect or another; often just not quite my style
64-60: Teas that I don’t really enjoy all that much and wouldn’t drink another cup of.
59-50: Bleh. I usually choose not to finish the cup because life’s too short to drink tea I dislike.
49 and below: Mega yuck. This tea is just disgusting to me.