the two hundred and eighty second story

Recipes by kest:
A second way to make Chai

Someone has sent you some gingerbread-men with a lovely buttercream frosting.
Those would be great dipped in tea.
Dip cookie in hot earl grey.
Oh! That frosting dissolves REALLY fast!
Oh! oh dear! So does the cookie!
What a mess.
Take a sip of your now thicker, slightly creamy, somewhat gingerbreaded tea.
This is a -delicious- mess
Enjoy!

the two hundred and eighty first story

How to make iced tea:
recipe by kest

Make a pot of tea
Drink it
Decide you need another pot of tea
Make another pot of tea
Go out
Come back, hours later
Decide you want a pot of a -different- kind of tea
Dump the previously made pot into a spare pint glass in order to make room for fresh tea
Put pint glass of tea in fridge
Be delighted when, much later, you open the fridge to look for a snack and you instead find pre-made tea
Enjoy!

the two hundred and eightieth story

How to make a post-holiday recovery tea:
Recipe by kest

Make a pot of tea.
Find yesterday's teacup, with a bit of tea left in it.
Decide that standing up to clean the cup is too much effort.
Pour fresh tea over whatever remains in cup.
Take a sip.
That wasn't tea in the old cup. That was scotch in the old cup.
Oh well. This is fine.
Enjoy!

the two hundred and seventy ninth story

How to make New Year's Eve Tea:
A recipe, posted too late, by kest

Take tea cup.
Half fill with decent scotch
Do not add anything else, not even tea
Enjoy!

The two hundred and seventy eighth story

How to make ginger tea:
Recipe based on a suggestion by Eryn, at Pakt in Kingston

Place a large chunk of candied ginger in teacup.
Pour hot earl grey to rim
The first sip will be pretty much earl grey, but by the bottom it will be deliciously sweet and gingery.
Eat the now un-candied ginger
Refill cup with plain earl grey
enjoy!

the two hundred and seventy seventh story

Anklyosaurus forges with his tail. Frankly, he still has some room to improve his aim, but he's getting better every day.

The two hundred and seventy sixth story

the two hundred and seventy fifth story

How to make Disappointment:
Recipe by kest
Take one substandard teabag.
Dunk it, repeatedly, in a mug of lukewarm water.
Consider whether this situation is one that could be improved by complaining to the waiter.
Decide that no, it cannot.
Sip at you warm water for the length of the meal
enjoy?

the two hundred and seventy fourth story

How to make a "throat coat" style tea:
recipe by kest
Brew a nice fresh pot of earl grey tea
Open a packet of black twizzlers
Allow tea to chill a few minutes
Use twizzler as a straw to drink your earl grey
The tea will melt the licorice slightly, carrying its flavour along as it flows through the twizzler
Enjoy, and feel better soon!

The two hundred and seventy third story

How to make Chocolate Tea:
Recipes by kest
Use previous recipe for decaf earl grey
Pour yourself a cup.
Remove dinosaur shaped chocolates from bag
Play with chocolate dinosaurs until their surface begins to melt slightly onto your fingers
Eat chocolate dinosaurs
Stir the now slightly cooled decaf earl grey with your chocolate covered fingertips
Enjoy!

the two hundred and seventy second story

How to make happiness:
Recipe by kest
There is candy in this stocking!
Holy shit! There is also fancy looseleaf tea!
And there's this teapot that you gave someone else for christmas...
Much love to all, happy Sunday, merry new year, and enjoy any and every celebration you can justify.

the two hundred and seventy first story

Missed Connection: Me- a stuffed dragon  You- a human

The last time I saw you, it was as you were throwing me out onto the ice. Maybe you thought I should learn to skate. Maybe you planned to come out after me, and your mom nixed the plan. I don't know. But some other folks found a twelve foot pole and pulled me in. I'm waiting for you in the shelter, right on that point we used to spend so much time on. You know the one- ut juts out into the pond, and we used to watch the ice skaters from there. (Ice skaters ON A RINK. You need a RINK to skate. Despite our recent differences, I hope you'll come back. I forgive you, and I just want to move forward from here. If you still need more clues, I'm the purple dragon whose tag reads "adrian"

The two hundred and seventieth story

How to make Sadness:
Recipes by kest
Make a fresh pot of nice hot earl grey.
Give it time to brew properly.
Pour it into a thermos wo you'll have hot tea for the drive
Leave thermos on the counter
Discover that it missing when you've already driven halfhour down the road.
Think about how good that tea would taste.

the two hundred and seventy ninth story

Recipes by Kest:
How to make hot chocolate
Drop a chocolate in your cup of hot tea
Try to fish it out
It has already melted
Take a sip of hot tea with chocolate, it might be good!
It is not good.
Dump out cup
Rinse cup
Pour a new cup of hot earl grey
Enjoy!

the two hundred and sixty eighth story

Recipes by kest:
How to make Decaf Earl Grey
Drink your first pot of tea for the day
Boil fresh water
Pour over the previously used leaves
Allow a bit of extra time for steeping
Pour into teacup
Enjoy!

the two hundred and sixty seventh story

Recipes by Kest
How to make lady grey tea
First, find the spot that you hid the super fancy candied violet petals you bought yourself that one time
Realize these candies are too good for mixing
Pour earl grey while allowing the candy to melt on your tongue.
Once candy is gone, enjoy tea

the two hundred and sixty sixth story

Recipes by Kest:
How to make mint tea
See a tree with mini candy canes in a store
Think about whether they are meant to be grabbed or not
Grab one as subtly as possible, just in case.
Discover that it is broken to bits.
Upon getting home, dump broken bits into teacup
Pour Hot earl grey over broken candycane. Fill to top of cup.
Enjoy

the two hundred and sixty fifth story

Recipes by Kest:
How to make black tea
Consider whether one has black candies
Maybe bats in the overflow halloween stock?
You'd have to stand up to check
Pour a cup of earl grey from the pot at your elbow
Enjoy

the two hundred and sixty fourth story

Recipes by Kest:
How to make chai-
Place several "red hot" candies in the teacup
Pour hot earl grey to brim
wait for candy to dissolve
Enjoy

two hundred and sixty third story

Recipes by Kest:
How to make white tea
Eat all the snowman candies
Great, now you have nothing delicious with white dye
Pour hot earl grey into teacup, anyway
Enjoy