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Holding my head on both sides with my hands so it doesn't split apart from the pain, I read this and enjoy

Originally Posted by bjones6416

And I hope you feel better too! I've had a couple of friends who had a headache after a spinal tap or similar procedure, apparently because there is sometimes a little spinal fluid leak afterward. There actually is a way to treat the leak if it doesn't resolve itself, called a "blood patch," but I think normally you should feel better soon. Good thoughts your way!

Ha! Thanks for a word of warning. Never heard about it.

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

That should stop soon. Probably not soon enough for you, but soon.

Thanks.
It is going away when I am in bed but comes back when I am not. Got to wait till weekend starts.

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Is it as expensive there as here? I've decided to travel back into Kyoto today and purchase that tin of Ceylon that I saw yesterday. I mean, it really is ridiculously expensive (roughly $40 USD for 125gm) compared to the rest of the Taylors line, but I guess it's worth it. I do like it better than the Fortnum & Mason Ceylon. I'll put an O2 absorber packet into the F&M tin so that tea will stay fresh for years. Then when I run out of the Taylors I'll have that to fall back on.

No. Not as expensive as in Japan.
On their website, it costs £5-$8, but the delivery is £7.5-$13?
Although they say that it doesn't matter how many tins I order it stays $13. So, maybe in future when I am more experienced or up to an adventure, I will order more than one to justify the delivery price.
TK Maxx's prices generally are less than 50%, besides that they have things I cannot buy anywhere else except online.
So, my Ceylon 125g tins cost £2.5 each $3.75 (I have got 5 now, maybe will take one to the office). It is the cheapest tea I have bought so far, and one of the very best. I think I am lucky with this one. The downside is that it is best before Oct 2011, but it will do for the price

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

It's funny how one company can make such different tasting teas. I really like 'Yorkshire' tea and can't stand 'Yorkshire Gold.' I mean REALLY can't stand it! .But Astra loves 'Yorkshire Gold!' That's 'supposed to be' better tasting than the plain Jane Yorkshire, but to my taste, isn't even close. Yet both are blended by Taylors of Harrogate, one of the UK's oldest tea companies.

Forget about Astra loves 'Yorkshire Gold!'. Please? I feel ashamed! I love Yorkshire Gold dust! more than any other dust.
When I try their loose tea, I have got both, standard and gold, packs sitting on my shelves, I will let you know

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I was just thinking about the money I have tied up in teas on my shelf. At first I thought it was quite a lot. Then I realized how much I'd have tied up if my food hobby was caviar or wine. Now I'm happy.

Tea drinking cuts severely into my whisky consumption.
So, one day I might buy expensive Gyokuro and Pu-Erh

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I'm trying hard not to form a mental image of KK, trying to explain to the traffic cop who's giving her a roadside sobriety test..."Honest osifer! It was only almond extract in my coffee! I'm not as punk as deople pink I am!"

That was cruel of you!
I cannot laugh now, but I just could not prevent it!

Originally Posted by beppe

Ok. To day I repeated the experiment. In the office I just brewed gunpowder. and washed it twice.
Again, tingling in my hands and nice sensations of old. Which I did not have neither yesterday nor the day before, when I did not drink gunpowder green tea.

Maybe good quality green tea has some ingredients that go well with your body?