What he doesn’t mention is that the Schalmei horn took off with German socialist groups in the 1920s, and still sees use where the GDR used to exist.
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Somehow I recognise “Peanut Butter” – it must have got some airplay on the oldies stations in Toronto when I was a kid.
They stayed a lot more punk than the Beatles did, from the sounds of it. And those vocals! Move over Grace Slick.
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I wrote a short article for a woodworking magazine last month about plywood. The tl;dr version is that Latvian/Estonian plywood is amazing, Canadian plywood is nearly as good, and USian plywood is shit. One of the Latvian wood companies liked it so much that they invited me to Riga for a factory tour. I’ve never been there but am thinking about it. Anybody ever been there?
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Having grown up in a Lumber Town that had a Plywood plant, I’d jump at any chance to visit another.
As far as Latvia\Estonia…can’t say I’ve been, but have Passport will Travel (reads the card of a man)
What Magazine so that I may read the article?
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I mean, if you want to, that is. Seeing a country you’ve never been to, that sounds like a fun adventure.
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Paper tea bags are on my list of “why on earth is the default to bleach this?” items.
The fabric tea bags you get with pricier teas are just weird. They’re almost always nylon and, as the article says, don’t brew well.
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I use paper tea bags, but frankly I’m about ready to use a tea strainer. The last package of Yorkshire tea bags (with strings and tags) I bought leaks little bits of tea leaves, leaving a coating of sludge on the cup. The paper is either too fragile or not sealed well. This didn’t happen with the round bags without a tag.
I imagine Yorkshire comes as loose tea. It’s really good stuff.
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My go to merchant for loose teas.
They do charge a bunch for shipping, though, so it’s wiser to buy several packets at once.
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That store looks great. Thanks for the tip!
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Someday I want to try these:
These teas sound lovely, but they’re pricey. And at the moment I’m not drinking enough tea to justify the expense. But wow, they sound good, and the spooky creature names are a bonus for me.
(I heard about them because the founder was the keyboard guy from Foxy Shazam.)
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It does! Both the red and the gold. I’ve got some in a tin right now.
I’ve also got some of their non-string tea bags for making tea in my travel mugs.
ETA: autocorrect. Although making trees in travel mugs would be a feat I would be proud to conjure if it were feasible.
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If you’ve ever seen the arthropods of that time, it was another world. (I mean oxygen at 35% of the atmosphere. Sheesh!)
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I’m lucky in that there is a hippie co-op mere blocks from my home that sells really spectacular loose tea in bulk. remember to leave empty space in the tea ball for expansion!
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One of our balls is so big that filling it would make a very strong cup!
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Giant Christmas murder floof.
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@kxkvi NO!!
Any decent grocery store will sell loose-leaf Yorkshire tea. Even in Minnesota. Don’t buy anything from Amazon that you don’t have to!
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I’ll take a look. My previous favorite tea was Ahmad #1 which wasn’t available locally. I assumed Yorkshire tea wasn’t either.
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One’s grocery stocks what it stocks. The safeway closest to me rarely has loose leaf teas. It’s the type of store that eliminates most whole bean coffees in favor of pods.
(Yes, there are many stores in my area, and I do patronize them, but given that I don’t have a car, I can’t just shop at the best stocked location–a wegmans–for everything.)
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