rmd | odd bits of ritual

it occurs to me that part of my leisurely morning ritual may seem odd to people.

first thing in the morning, or maybe even the night before if i'm clever, i put my preferred mug[1] and a teaspoon in the freezer.

see, i like to drink tea, and my big teapot holds three mug-fulls. the first mug-full is always too hot to drink right away, and i hate having to wait for it to cool down. so i chill the mug so that the tea cools off quickly. by the time i've finished that, the teapot has cooled a bit and i only have to wait a little while for the second mug of tea to be cool enough to drink. and the third is usually perfect for drinking right when pour it.

it used to be that the third was a bit too cool, but a good tea cozy for the teapot seems to have solved that problem. now i just need to find a good container that'll hold most of a kilogram of tea for storage. right now, i'm stuffing the foil sack of tea into a coffee-can type container for the bulk of the tea, and a smaller tin for my 'working stash'.

[1] my preferred mug holds (i think) about 14oz and it has an integral rubber coaster thingie on the bottom, which i love -- it keeps it from sliding