For a very long time now, Du gets up first and makes me two mugs of cinnamon-y chai tea with Italian cream and Stevia while he makes his coffee.
Its always the same, not to hot, not to cold and the first cup is inhaled as its stronger than the second cup which is always sweeter. Odd as its the same teapot of water into the same tea strainer. I get why the stronger tea first but the second being sweeter is odd.
An odd too is that when he is out and about earlier and I make my own, it doesn’t taste the same even though all ingredients are the same.
His is better.
We talked about it. He never realized the second cup was sweeter. And as in most conversations where a goal is wanted, we figured it out. I put the cream and sugar into the bottom of each cup ready to dilute perfectly with the hot water. Each cup is the same in flavor but the second has less caffeine.
Du adds the cream and sugar to the tea leaves in the strainer where the leaves soak them up and released only by the water. And so by the second cup the leaves are saturated and then adding more when releasing even more of the creamy sweetness.
I see now the value in being tempered. We get sweeter.
Luke 6: 38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”
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