I typed a really long piece on fire ecology, prescribed burning and my emotional sadness regarding the victims of the current Camp Fire in northern California but this is not the place for that so I deleted it. The smoke from that fire has blown southwest and blanketed the Bay. I’ve had a persistent headache for 3 days and woke up with a very rare nosebleed this morning. I brewed this sample from Mastress Alita, something light and refreshing that might make me feel a little better.
Fez is a pleasant blend of a grassy Chinese green, lemon myrtle and spearmint. I think the spearmint is a little underplayed here and the lemon myrtle too dominant for the type of green tea used. A second steep really brings out the lemon myrtle and a tinge of astringency. Whatever compound is responsible for lemon myrtles scent and taste seems to be the same used in lemon PEZ candy and in lemon Pledge furniture cleaner/polish, so don’t do that second steep if either of those turns you off. Otherwise, I find this to be to be a generally nice, smooth blend and would really like to try it as a cold brew.
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I hope you feel better soon! Also if your having headaches and a nosebleed I would see a doctor just to be safe.
Thanks for your concern. Smoke is the culprit – I’ve been through this before.
I just got over a 5-day long migraine on Sunday, I know those feels. Get better Derk! Smoke is one of my triggers too, though I at least don’t have to worry about that at this time of year - Idaho gets its wild fires during the summer, and we’ll get that nasty blanket ‘o smoke in the sky around that time, too. It’s nasty. The lack of oxygen to the brain will cause the headaches. :(
Hope you feel better soon!
Thanks, y’all. This too shall pass.
In one of my earlier reviews here, I linked to earthquake.usgs.gov for a worldwide map of earthquakes. Here’s another natural disaster website that’s interesting to click around: https://tinyurl.com/y7wv6k7k It’s a google map that shows all the fires our state fire agency, CalFire, has fought over 2018. The current boundaries of the Camp Fire are what will display on that page. 113,000 acres burned so far with 35% containment.
I hope you feel better soon! Also if your having headaches and a nosebleed I would see a doctor just to be safe.
Thanks for your concern. Smoke is the culprit – I’ve been through this before.
I just got over a 5-day long migraine on Sunday, I know those feels. Get better Derk! Smoke is one of my triggers too, though I at least don’t have to worry about that at this time of year - Idaho gets its wild fires during the summer, and we’ll get that nasty blanket ‘o smoke in the sky around that time, too. It’s nasty. The lack of oxygen to the brain will cause the headaches. :(
Hope you feel better soon!
Thanks, y’all. This too shall pass.
In one of my earlier reviews here, I linked to earthquake.usgs.gov for a worldwide map of earthquakes. Here’s another natural disaster website that’s interesting to click around: https://tinyurl.com/y7wv6k7k It’s a google map that shows all the fires our state fire agency, CalFire, has fought over 2018. The current boundaries of the Camp Fire are what will display on that page. 113,000 acres burned so far with 35% containment.