How To Be Civilized, Friday, Period 3

[1000yearstoolate]

"Welcome back," Seivarden said, standing in the front of the class as if they were a group of baby Lieutenants she had been given command over. She gestured towards the bag filled with a selection of gloves (none of them Mae-shaped, sadly).

 

"Unless you have brought your own, find a suitable pair."

 

She continued: "Last week I asked you about your tea preferences. Some of you had good taste, others not so much. Today we're going to make proper tea."

 

On the table in front of her were an arrangement of teapots, cups and bags of different kinds of tea.

 

"Sadly it is impossible to get proper tea flasks here, but these pots will do. Pick a tea you like, brew it according to the instructions and then describe the result and your reflections."

[Wait for OCD OCD is up]

Comments

Re: Make Tea

[bookbeltof_love]

Yeahno.

Nina was of the opinion that if you needed a thermometer to make tea then you'd already failed at making tea.

And because she was in the mood for a green tea, that's what she was making. One with lovely citrus notes.

No, she wasn't going to add anything into it either. There were times and places to add things in—she did enjoy milk in tea before bed—but why would she ruin a tea like this with all of that? The whole point of savouring the actual tea was lost if you just added everything to it until you couldn't taste it at all.

Re: Make Tea

[1000yearstoolate]

"Is there a particular reason for not using the thermometer?" Seivarden asked. "It's fine, if you're used to making it you should be able to do without it. I just don't want you to skip it out of laziness."

Was she still wearing those gloves?

Re: Make Tea

[bookbeltof_love]

She was most definitely wearing her gloves!

Nina smiled. “I mean, like, I could use it I guess????????????????? But I’ve never made it while using a thermometer before so I’m more likely to mess it up if I add a tool that’s, like, superfluous to me????????????????”

Re: Make Tea

[1000yearstoolate]

"Oh, but have you made tea befor where the water temperature is correct?" Seivarden asked, smiling back. Don't be fooled by that smile, though.

Re: Make Tea

[bookbeltof_love]

Don't worry, she wasn't.

She had eyes and, more importantly, she had ears and had been doing radio for ages and ages.

"Yes," she said, deliberately mildly. "Like, we don't use thermometers back home."

Re: Make Tea

[1000yearstoolate]

"No? What do you use?"

At least she wasn't staring at the water to make it boil.