Things I have learned.

[snarp]

* It is possible to simultaneously crave coffee and be nauseated by the thought.

* Pu erh is good, even though the stuff I got smells like fish.

* I don't presently want tea, either. Even thinking about water makes me feel sick. I probably contracted rabies from that Dangan Ronpa character who bit me in my dream last night.

* My dream inserted a bunch of characters from my vaguely-formulated Dwarf Fortress fanfic in my head into Dangan Ronpa, a combination which in fact makes perfect sense. The evil wizard dwarf successfully framed two other characters for murders she'd committed, but was caught the third time, at which point she revealed the person piloting Monobear's dark secret - but I don't remember what it was.

Comments

[yeloson]

Puerh will often smell like fish if you get it from a chinese grocery... because they usually do a shitty job of keeping it contained and it ends up absorbing dried fish smells. =(

[snarp]

I got one of the cheap Numi bricks, which I guess just smell fishy in pursuit of authenticity? I'm looking for an online source for better stuff; the nearest Asian grocery that doesn't sell expired or mysteriously exploded stuff is three hours away.

[yeloson]

These guys are high end, but I buy from their stores out here in the Bay: http://www.imperialtea.com/Default.asp

I usually get one of their $40-60 puerh bricks when they go on sale and it lasts a good long while.