tea

Via yonmei, a Friday Five I actually have something to say about.


1. Are you a tea drinker?
Yes.

2. Which do you prefer: English Breakfast, Earl Grey, Black Tea, or Green Tea?
English breakfast is a black tea. I prefer Ceylon Breakfast, pure Assam, Irish breakfast, or PG tips, but English breakfast is fine. So are some flavored teas, like vanilla, cinnamon, or mango. I'm not an Earl Grey drinker.

3. What is your favorite herbal tea?
By default, Bigelow's orange-and-spice

4. Do you take ice in your cold tea?
Usually, but I tend to put ice in a lot of cold drinks.

5. Have you ever had Sweet Tea?
If I understand the question correctly, no. Never even heard of it. If this means, do I put sugar in my tea, yes I do, and milk as well, when drinking black (Indian-style) teas. Not in oolongs. Edited based on Minnehaha's info: Sure. I usually sweeten my iced tea.

tea

Via yonmei, a Friday Five I actually have something to say about.


1. Are you a tea drinker?
Yes.

2. Which do you prefer: English Breakfast, Earl Grey, Black Tea, or Green Tea?
English breakfast is a black tea. I prefer Ceylon Breakfast, pure Assam, Irish breakfast, or PG tips, but English breakfast is fine. So are some flavored teas, like vanilla, cinnamon, or mango. I'm not an Earl Grey drinker.

3. What is your favorite herbal tea?
By default, Bigelow's orange-and-spice

4. Do you take ice in your cold tea?
Usually, but I tend to put ice in a lot of cold drinks.

5. Have you ever had Sweet Tea?
If I understand the question correctly, no. Never even heard of it. If this means, do I put sugar in my tea, yes I do, and milk as well, when drinking black (Indian-style) teas. Not in oolongs. Edited based on Minnehaha's info: Sure. I usually sweeten my iced tea.

Good cat news

We took Artemis in for her six-monthly checkup this morning. No waiting, because the two people with appointments before ours had cancelled on account of snow.

She's fine. The doctor is very happy that she's gained a pound since he saw her last: she has chronic kidney problems, which means wasting away is a real risk. He trimmed her claws, which she isn't sharpening and wearing down herself anymore. A couple were grown in enough that she bled slightly when he trimmed them, so she's now shut in her box for an hour to make sure she doesn't either get dirt in the wound, or drip blood in the apartment. And we'll be giving her an antibiotic for a week, precautionary for a cat with kidney problems who has been bleeding even a little.

Yes, this is good news: a fine healthy animal, protesting loudly at her current confinement.

Good cat news

We took Artemis in for her six-monthly checkup this morning. No waiting, because the two people with appointments before ours had cancelled on account of snow.

She's fine. The doctor is very happy that she's gained a pound since he saw her last: she has chronic kidney problems, which means wasting away is a real risk. He trimmed her claws, which she isn't sharpening and wearing down herself anymore. A couple were grown in enough that she bled slightly when he trimmed them, so she's now shut in her box for an hour to make sure she doesn't either get dirt in the wound, or drip blood in the apartment. And we'll be giving her an antibiotic for a week, precautionary for a cat with kidney problems who has been bleeding even a little.

Yes, this is good news: a fine healthy animal, protesting loudly at her current confinement.