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We used a sencha flavoured with banana, mango, melon, etc: https://tea.gr/eshop/caribbean-cocktail/

We left about two tablespoons of tea in 300ml of room temperature water for maybe an hour, then bought a bottle of cold water, emptied 300ml from it, and put the concentrate in. Very tasty and refreshing.

Our plastic jug is old and has a lot of salt stains unfortunately, sorry for this.

Fortunately everything was safe. We just barely managed to collect all our things from outside (apart from the jug, which we left on purpose), and the tent took absolutely no water inside.

Normally it takes two gaiwan-fuls to fill my mug. This time I brewed it both times with a bit less water, then cooled it down a bit by using another mug (pour it from one mug into the other, rinse the now empty mug with tap water, repeat), and at the end I topped it up with ice cubes.

Using this oolong: https://yunnansourcing.com/products/imperial-jin-guan-yin-aaa-grade-anxi-oolong-tea

As is the case for every cold tea, it tends to conceal a bit its more delicate flavours. However, this tea's aftertaste is thick and sweet with some milky flavours, so this is retained very well in the end result. The astringency is a bit more pronounced in the cold version, but it essentially goes from non-existent to very mild, so that's not a problem.

Unfortunately I have to use a Mighty Mug when drinking next to the computer, in order to prevent spilling (I've had to change a laptop keyboard because of this), so you can't see the colour of the tea.

I tried uploading pictures, but the server is giving out errors, so you can view them here: https://toot.cat/@vivia/110666587179203337

I found an interesting community on another server. When I search for it in the Communities page, I get on Subscribe link. When I click into it from the search results, the Subscribe button is not a button but just plain text. In the past both these options worked for subscribing to a new community, but what do I do now that they're both broken?

Saw this one flying by on Discord.

Image description: A 3x3 collage of literal versions of some popular sayings:

Butterflies [drawing of a flying piece of butter]

Hold your horses [photo of a farmer lifting a whole horse]

Well in that case [drawing of a well inside an empty suitcase]

Well said [picture of a hand holding a microphone to a well]

Holy shit [picture of a hand pointing towards a toilet bowl with light emerging from it]

No way [picture of a road that's suddenly getting cut off]

Let that sink in [picture of a bathroom sink standing outside an open door]

Well that sucks [picture of a vacuum cleaner poking out of a well]

Okay this is crazy [drawing of 3 humans, the left one is named Okay, the right one is named Crazy, and the middle one is introducing them to each other]

Chalkidiki, Greece. We don't spend the whole summer there, but go back and forth quite often.

Source: https://twitter.com/ScriptingJapan/status/1673932232036319232

In the distant past, I used to be able to sit down at a bar where people would smoke, and not mind at all. Then came the smoking ban, which made me find it unpleasant, but not a big deal. Then came the lockdowns, and I got used to breathing super fresh air all the time. Now I start coughing if someone outdoors smokes 5m away from me and the wind blows it in my direction. Does this happen to anyone else or is it just me?

Source: https://twitter.com/tsudashin/status/1413733451488919555

Source: https://twitter.com/shamo0301/status/1456534675376119808 with an omake in the replies! 😊