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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Welp, well this is sad 🥲

Screenshot from norwegian news page NRK showing a breaking news message that Maricarmen whos eviction sparked the current Spanish housing affordability protests has passed away at 87.

Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Happy Bi day of visibility 🥳 Here's me opening a extra special green tea to celebrate (Bi-visibilitea.... badumm tsss 🥁). #tea #bi

Bi flag tablecloth with a small tray a black shiboridashi containing green tea on lower right of it, a white hagi style cup to the lover left, shiboridashi lid and small info card on the upper part of the tray. Small and larger bi flag draped behind the tray.

Bi flag tablecloth with rectangular tea information card on it. Card reads as follows:

INSPIRED

AWARD WINNING SAEMIDORI GYOKURO

This gyokuro won the national 3rd prize, as it's incredibly balanced full-bodied umami rich savory, and sweet. A truly special tea

CULTIVAR: Saemdori

ORIGIN: Mr. Takaki Farm, Yame, Fukuoka

PICKING: 2025 1st flush, shaded for 17+ days before plucking

TASTING NOTES: sweet apple, dandelion, cucumber

RECOMMENDED GONG FU BREWING:

6g tea to 100ml

1st: 50C, 100 sec

2nd: 60C, 45-60 sec

3rd: 65C, 45-60 sec

Can brew 5+ times

Bi flag tablecloth with blue tray on it, open shiboridashi with brewed green tea leaves in it, glass tea pitcher containing green tea, and hagi style cup next to it.

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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Had an albino sencha today from Nari tea labs in Helsinki, definitely one of the more interesting (and tasty) teas I've had. 🍵 #tea

A blue tray with a tea scoop containing green tea in the foreground, an information cart to the upper left of it, and a open black shiboridashi to the upper right of it.

Shiboridashi containing whitish green tea leaves that are being infused.

Shiboridashi with whiteish green tea leaves

Tray with small haginstyle teacup containing pale green tea, glass pitcher containing tea, and shiboridashi with a lid on it.

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"People are really mad and however mad you are, it’s not enough. Because there is something so profound about no longer believing in the future, about seeing no value in our shared home, in the natural world. They’re traitors to creation.” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...

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Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’

She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui...

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T @alikchi.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

sharing this again: a guy is doing full visualizations of some of the aubrey-maturin naval battles, with the pertinent sections of the books as narration www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmAR...

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H.M.S. Surprise (pp. 281-302) - Surprise vs. Linois

YouTube video by No Pitch Hot

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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Just got up to date with the anime The World Is Dancing. Was not prepared for how good, but also emotionally scaring it would be. 2026 anime favourite so far. #anime

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 08/08/2026

My friends are all like "what's the obsession with fountain pens, dude?" My brothers and sisters in Christ you just pick them up and start writing without 2FA or *anything*!

Black Pelikan 140 fountain pen atop notes for a mathematical model, written in brown ink.

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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Seeing water slowly evaporating from a clay teapot is very calming 🫖 #tea

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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Tea plate arrived today, so now I can go all in with my Yixing pot, very hyped me 🫖🥳 #tea

Brown clay plate with a swirling pattern, slightly raised middle section.

Brown clay plate with a swirling pattern, slightly raised middle section, now beige round pad on the middle.

Plate with pad in the middle and a small Yixing/ clay teapot.

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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Rounding off June with a little Pride tea 🌈🌈 Happy Pride to everyone, celebrate and fight on!!! #tea #Pride #humanrights

Small tray with small white porcelain teapot, pitcher filled with amber tea. Small teacup with tea in front of it. In the background there is a small pride flag mounted on the lid of the pot.

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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Had the luck of passing by and discovering Matcha Life in Helsinki. Very tasty matcha and best matcha ice cream I've had, as well as super knowledgeable and enthusiastic people running it. #tea 🍵

A decorative matcha grind stone placed on a log.

Ice-cream machine with two wats of vividly green matcha ice-cream.

Small tray with a rust red matcha bowl containing green matcha, and a small plate with a cookie next to it.

Container with a scoop of green matcha ice cream.

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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Had a blast with the Lions Led By Donkeys liveshow stream yesterday while also having a view of the fjords and almost midnight sun 🎧 #lionsledbydonkeys.bsky.social

Picture of a screen with a stage on it, windows with mountains and the sea in the background.

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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

New tea pitcher as part of the tea assemble #tea 🍵🍵

Small square frosted glass pitcher in focus of the picture, with a small green teapot and cup in the forefront.

Blue tea tray with porcelain tea measuring cup with loose lead tea in it in the forefront, a small green teapot behind it gonthe right, and a small teacup behind it to the left, square glass tea pitcher behind these.

Blue tray with tea pitcher filled with light amber tea, with tea cup filled with tea, and the teapot in front of it.

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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

New tea tray day 🫖🍵🥳 #tea

Blue porcelain tray with two smaller and one medium tea cup on it, as well as a small pale green teapot, porcelain tea scoop with tea in it go the lower right of the tray.

Blue porcelain tray with two smaller and one medium tea cup on it, as well as a small pale green teapot. Teacups have amber coloured tea in them.

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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Tea Friday with something a bit more special: a Song Zhong tea 🍵 #tea (1/2)

Three small porcelain tea cups with blue flower accents, a box of tea above them, as well as a black kyusu teapot and a tea dosing cup.

White porcelain tea dosing cup containing long oxidised tea leaves.

Information card about the tea, it reads:

Song Zhong

This tea wil take on on an exciting journey of fragrances and flavours, buzzing, dancing, and lingering on your palate, Song Zhong (ong Dynasty Varictal) is a rare and highly sought-after tea with a rich history dating back to the Song Dynasty

Ideal for those who appreciate the depth and complertty of premium Chinese teas it's a tea to be savoured and cherished,

Tea Tree Ase Over 100 years
Tea Maker, Tea Master You
Proccssing; Hand-crafted using traditional techniques

100°C

ORIGIN: Phoeniz Mountain . Guangdong . Chinn
Best before: 31.12.2026 Net weight: 25g
CURATED BY TEEMAA

Black kyusu teapot with tea leaves in it.

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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Today: Tea and homemade scones 🫖 #tea

Picture of a light blue tray with two small plates on it, scone on the left hand plat, and cup of tea on the right hand one. Bowl of cream and fig jam glass above the plates. Silver tea strainer in the teacup.

Tray with plate with a scone with cream and jam on it, and a cup of black tea next of it. Small bowl with cream and a glass of jam placed above the plates.

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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Helsinki tea haul 😋🍵 #tea

Descriptive tag of Experimental Roasted Wakoucha Red Tea.

Descriptive tag of Award Winning Saemidori Gyokuro (Japanese green tea).

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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Went to Nari tea lab in Helsinki. Can very much recommend it both in terms of the specialty teas and the nice community vibes there. #tea

Twi shelves with tea and objects on them, entryway to a tea sitting room between the two shelves.

Tea sitting room with low to the floor tables and sitting cushions.

Gong Fu tea brewing setup in white porcelain.

Gong Fu tea brewing setup with an amber coloured tea in a small teacup.

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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Back to Edinburgh and all the tea options here 🍵 #tea

Coctail style glass containing matcha/green liquid and ice cubes.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Jürgen Habermas, the leading figure of the second generation of the Frankfurt School, has died at the age of 96. www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...

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Jürgen Habermas im Alter von 96 Jahren gestorben

Jürgen Habermas ist in Starnberg gestorben. Das teilte der Suhrkamp Verlag mit.

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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Last day in northern Norway for now. Going to miss the nature and calm up here. #nature

Sea with a mountain range on the background, the skye above being in a golden hued light.

Table with a cocktail glass containing a coffee drink.

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Nate Bethea @inthesedeserts.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

He has an imponderable number of notches in his belt marking the instances in which he's been proven correct. The belt is going to fully fall apart soon. It's frayed and haggard from all the notching

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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

No tea updates in a while, so here are some northern lights instead.

Sea and a mountain in darkness, with greenish coloured norther lights above.

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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Past nights have been filled with northern lights. (Note: phone processing adds a lot to the vividness of the lights, they look different irl).

Snowy forest in dusk, with northern lights overhead.

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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Happy St Nick's day! As well as Finnish Independence day! 🇫🇮🥳

Three small cups of tea, with a small teapot, and a chocolate Santa in the background.

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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Northern Norway does not disappoint in terms of nature's light shows.

Dark night sky lit up by northern lights.

Sea landscape with a double rainbow on the water and mountains in the background.

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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Today's tea mission: Transfer matcha powder from it's pouch to a tea caddy. Reward: stunning green colours on display 🍵 #tea #matcha

Black wooden tea box, with a tea siw on the left side, tea scoop on the right side, and a tea pouch from Koto tea behind it.

Open tea box filled with finely heaped green tea/matcha powder

Tea box with finely heaped green tea powder in it.

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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

From a few days ago: Finally had the right occasion to inaugurate the Waraku kuro chawan I got in Kyoto many many years ago 🍵 (Guest appearance by my mother's Hagi chawan) #tea

Wooden boxes with a green tea container and scoop in front of them.

Wooden boxes with one white and one black chawan/tea bowl in front of them.

Black tea bowl with thick green tea in it and tea whisk being held over it.

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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Still very much learning how to prepare matcha, but here's my attempt at Koicha (thick matcha) 🍵 #tea

Bowl with thick green tea (looking like green paint) and a matcha whisk in front of it.

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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Tea times & tea haul in Helsinki. Had a lovely tea time at both Teemaa and Muyō! 🍵 #tea

Small tea tray with a clay pot and several small cups.

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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

At 32°C I can definitely say I'm a big fan of ice based tea brewing (badumm tssss 🥁, I'll report myself to the pun police).

Flat tea cup with tea leaves and an ice cube in it standing in front of a fan (and pride flags).

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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Having a 2025 first flush shincha, so bringing out the shiboridashi and the Turari teacup.

Small flat tea vessel with green tea in it, next to a black teacup without a handle.

Various tea gear on a table with a small pride flag in the background.

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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Happy Pride to everyone!! 🥳 Here is some tea for these times of celebration & protest 🫖🏳️‍🌈 #Pride #tea

Small cake with pride flags in it on a table with a teacup and teapot, all decoradet with pride ribbons and a rainbow flag.

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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Today in tea: Kōridashi, brewing green tea using melting ice 🍵

Tea bowl with loose leaf green tea and an ice cube on top of it.

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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Final day of having tea in Edinburgh with some tea at PekoeTea 🍵

Small teacup with a small teapot in the background and shelves with various teas.

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𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐋™ @devononearth.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Trans women ARE biologically women and no biased court can stop that basic fact from being true. Sex is a homeostatic property cluster containing an array of primary, secondary, and tertiary sexual characteristics. Trans people can and do change sex

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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

New shelf for all the tea things 🍵

Shelf with various tea objects hanging over a desk with a kettle.

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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Hot tea meets the Finnish winter air 🍵

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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Brandmauer Düsseldorf. Right wing politics should not have a future.

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Jan @life-tea.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Mørketiden is calming in way.

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