POV: Tea

if you like chamomile you are a homosexual.

Thanks to a FOIA request from the Sunshine Project, a fascinating document has now come to light. In June 1994, the US Air Force Wright Laboratory wrote a proposal titled "Harassing, Annoying, and 'Bad Guy' Identifying Chemicals." While listing the categories of chemical weapons they planned to develop, the military scientists wrote:

Chemicals that effect [sic] human behavior so that discipline and morale in enemy units is adversely effected [sic]. One distasteful but completely non-lethal example would be strong aphrodisiacs, especially if the chemical also caused homosexual behavior.

The Air Force Lab was quite serious about the proposal, listing a timetable and estimate of expenses for the overall project.

Total cost through fiscal year 2000: $7.5 million

hei cha
tie guan yin
huangya barely edging gu yu cha
shou puerh
sheng puerh

I know putting shou ahead of sheng will be controversial but it's where I'm at right now, on a given day the puerhs could be at the top depending on the quality

1. sadaf special blend with cardamon
2. sadaf earl grey
3. mix of #1 and #2
4+ …. gtfo

15+ years ago there was a place in palo alto (neotte) that would brew you puerh (forget which) by the cup, amazing after dinner digestif. the gunpowder and gen mai cha were great too, but the dude who ran the shop was from hong kong (i think? or nearby) and sourcing it himself in bulk. i can’t get chinese tea that good on my own so stick with what i know

lmao

OMG GUYS IM ON THE INTERNET IN THE COFFEE SHOP ROFFLE EPISODE 2!!!!

are you Persian tlg??

earl grey with rosewater is my OPO, if any if you are drinking earl grey without rosewater in it you are missing out

xp yes born in tehran 77 but lived in california since 78

high end Chinese tea splurge around lunar new year included shou puerh stuffed into a tiny orange

and i can’t stand rosewater lol except when i’m pouring it on a casket or other religious purposes

oh shit, I was born in Tehran in 84 but lived in New York since 89!!

in case not clear, i used to post as “vahid” and then later “moonship journey to baja”

haha how about that!!

yeah :)

i joined ilx less than 4 years ago, and though i've slowly come to recognize some old display names as belonging to current posters, for the most part i'm in the dark. but i didn't know there were any other Persians here, past or present.

i don’t really know either! idk if this is weird but i never picture ilxors* even the ones i’ve met in real life! i just kinda recognize posting styles. ilx is like reading really good bathroom graffiti in real time**

* ok there might be like one or two exceptions with highly memorable facebook

** do some ppl try to picture the person who wrote it when they read bathroom graffiti??