I bought a pack of three of these guys and sent two off without trying the one I kept first. Well, I tried it tonight and now I know that I was probably wrong to send them off. First of all, I am unable to find this one on the store site but Amazon sells it (super overpriced at $19 for three pieces at .05oz)
As I tried to take my third sip this is what I decided: This is not an oolong tea and with the temperatures that I brewed it at this ‘oolong’ tea is semi burnt which gives a funky taste. The water I used was 180f which is not an issue for even the greenest oolongs I’ve had, but for the green tea that is used on this tea it wasn’t the prescribed bating conditions.
This led me to a fun discovery via Googl’ing stuff to find this: http://www.tealaden.com/department/tea-drops-flowering-teas-350.cfm
They have an oolong one… I may have to try theirs.
Then I watched this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1vgITST_xE
Let me ask this question: If anyone referenced tampon at any point of any tea process would it be really awkward for you?
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No, because menstruation (and lets face it – it’s not the tampon that makes people uncomfortable, it’s what it’s used for) is a biological thing that’s unavoidable and people who menstruate should feel safe and comfortable talking about instead of feeling the urge to keep it ‘secret’ because menstraution is viewed as shameful or is sexualized. Then again, I’m maybe a little more liberal minded than the average person – and not everyone shares the same ideologies I do.
Roswell Strange I have the same thoughts. During college a friend and I were talking about how much our culture has this emphasis that the breast on a women are sexual and therefore they are to be hidden… lots of thoughts and what not, but it comes down to men being ridiculous.
But, word for word this is what the video says: “Defiantly not like how they show it on TV, they make it seem like it happens instantly. Like open like a tampon.”
Maybe it’s just me… and sorry for these images, but when someone is brewing a tea and talking about it absorbing water and opening up the last thing I want it to be compared to is a tampon. It’s two people having fun and I liked the video; in other words, I thought about it too much.
Don’t even get me started LP…
The way some people are offended by breasts is ridiculous because they serve a PRACTICAL BIOLOGICAL PURPOSE. I hate when people get offended by people breastfeeding in public because “boobies are sex objects”. Excuse you? And then people have the nerve to say stuff like “Well, if you can show your boobs in public can I pull my dick out in public!?”. Are you going to feed it to your baby? I certainly hope not. They’re not comparable – the real comparison would be flashing clitoris in public as the clitoris has no purpose except for arousal. And I don’t see anyone advocating for the right to show clit in public…
I’m gonna stop there though, ‘cause I’m sure this isn’t the conversation Dr Jim had in mind when he replied. I’ll just keep my ‘radical’ opinions to myself :P
But point is – I’m not uncomfortable with people comparing tea to tampons. Especially when tea paraphernalia like this exists:
I did get you started and I wanted to. My persoective is thin and it won’t enlarge unless I have an open conversation with others about things I am not constantly talking or thinking about. There is beauty in how everyone thinks differently and in this case there is a tragic issue that comes about as we dicuss the crude remarks and thoughts on women vs men on what is acceptable and what is not. These conversations should occur with passion and not hatred. I am curious to know if you think the western mind and the eastern mind differ widely on sexual remarks and thoughts. P.s. tea can bring about many conversations
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No, because menstruation (and lets face it – it’s not the tampon that makes people uncomfortable, it’s what it’s used for) is a biological thing that’s unavoidable and people who menstruate should feel safe and comfortable talking about instead of feeling the urge to keep it ‘secret’ because menstraution is viewed as shameful or is sexualized. Then again, I’m maybe a little more liberal minded than the average person – and not everyone shares the same ideologies I do.
Roswell Strange I have the same thoughts. During college a friend and I were talking about how much our culture has this emphasis that the breast on a women are sexual and therefore they are to be hidden… lots of thoughts and what not, but it comes down to men being ridiculous.
But, word for word this is what the video says: “Defiantly not like how they show it on TV, they make it seem like it happens instantly. Like open like a tampon.”
Maybe it’s just me… and sorry for these images, but when someone is brewing a tea and talking about it absorbing water and opening up the last thing I want it to be compared to is a tampon. It’s two people having fun and I liked the video; in other words, I thought about it too much.
Don’t even get me started LP…
The way some people are offended by breasts is ridiculous because they serve a PRACTICAL BIOLOGICAL PURPOSE. I hate when people get offended by people breastfeeding in public because “boobies are sex objects”. Excuse you? And then people have the nerve to say stuff like “Well, if you can show your boobs in public can I pull my dick out in public!?”. Are you going to feed it to your baby? I certainly hope not. They’re not comparable – the real comparison would be flashing clitoris in public as the clitoris has no purpose except for arousal. And I don’t see anyone advocating for the right to show clit in public…
I’m gonna stop there though, ‘cause I’m sure this isn’t the conversation Dr Jim had in mind when he replied. I’ll just keep my ‘radical’ opinions to myself :P
But point is – I’m not uncomfortable with people comparing tea to tampons. Especially when tea paraphernalia like this exists:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Handmade-art-Yixing-purple-clay-decoration-tea-pet-zisha-vivid-dildo-Penis-gift-/281530584316
I did get you started and I wanted to. My persoective is thin and it won’t enlarge unless I have an open conversation with others about things I am not constantly talking or thinking about. There is beauty in how everyone thinks differently and in this case there is a tragic issue that comes about as we dicuss the crude remarks and thoughts on women vs men on what is acceptable and what is not. These conversations should occur with passion and not hatred. I am curious to know if you think the western mind and the eastern mind differ widely on sexual remarks and thoughts. P.s. tea can bring about many conversations