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The blood that pumps when I’m near?

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Tips For Better Coffee (without breaking the bank)

1. Buy Good Beans: This is important. More important than you realize. All the good gear in the world won’t save you from poorly roasted coffee. Buy your beans from good specialty shops. I recommend Blue Bottle, Onyx, and The Coffee Ethic. It is only a few dollars more per pound but the increase in quality is tremendous.

2. Buy Fresh Beans: Good quality coffee companies will give you a roast date instead of an expiration date. Coffee tastes best when brewed and enjoyed no more than 8 weeks after the roast date.

3. Buy Whole Beans: I’ll explain why in a second.

4. Grind Fresh: That’s why. Coffee, once ground, starts to lose aromatic and some flavor compounds very quickly, as little as 15 minutes after grinding, no matter how meticulous the method of storage.

5. Invest in a conical burr grinder: This will be the most expensive thing on this list but please trust me. Bladed grinders to not grind the coffee evenly. A conical burr grinder will give you the best quality for your budget over blades. You can get mechanical grinders for less than $40, but if you want an electric burr grinder, expect to spend up to $100.

6. Use Good Water: Use filtered water from your fridge, not tap. Alternatively, use a Brita filter or similar device. This water is softer and will give you a cleaner cup. 

Happy Brewing

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If u r a

magical practitioner or witch,

a folk practitioner of any variety,

spirit worker

a disabled witch/practitioner

mentally ill practitioner,

a hellenic polytheist,

or a kemetic polytheist

pls like or rb this!!

Need to expand my circle, both in terms of ppl to follow as well as mutuals to build friendships with!

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Got a stand mixer for Xmas and immediately made macarons and marshmallows for the first time. A little wonky, but I'll only get better!

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Red Velvet Snowball Cookies Recipe | Christmas Cookies Recipe 

Learn how to make delicious red velvet snowball cookies that are perfect for any Holiday baking.~ 

Ingredients:

2 ½ Cups All Purpose Flour (340g) 

¼ Cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder (20g) 

2 Teaspoons Baking Powder (10g) 

¼ Teaspoon Salt (1.5g)

¾ Cup Butter, Softened (168g)

1 ¼ Cups Powdered Sugar + More for Dusting (150g)

2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract (10ml)

2-3 Teaspoons Red Food Coloring (10-15ml)

¼-½ Cup Milk or Milk Substitute (60ml-120ml)

Directions:

In a bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, beat with an electric mixer the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually add the flour mixture and mix just until combined. The dough will look like wet sand. Beat in the vanilla and food coloring. Gradually add milk to the mixture while beating at low speed. Add just enough milk that the dough holds together. Let the dough stand 10 minutes at room temperature if too soft.

Scoop about 1 tablespoon of dough and roll into a ball. Place the dough balls on a parchment lined baking sheet while spacing them about 1.5 inches apart. Freeze for 10 minutes. Then bake in a preheated oven at 350F for 15-18 minutes, rotating the sheets halfway through baking. The cookies will be done once the edges are dry and the bottoms are slightly browned.

Remove to a wire rack and cool for 5 minutes. Then toss the cookies in powdered sugar while they are still warm.

| Makes about 2 ½ dozen cookies.

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Soft & Fluffy Orange Ricotta Cookies Recipe 

Ingredients:

2 Cups All Purpose Flour (272g)

2 Teaspoons Baking Powder (10g)

¼ Teaspoon Salt (1.5g)

½ Cup Butter, Softened (112g)

¾ Cup Sugar (144g)

1 Tablespoon Orange Zest (6g)

1 Egg

1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract (5ml)

¾ Cup Ricotta Cheese (186g) 

Directions:

In a bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, whisk or beat the butter, sugar, and zest until light and fluffy. Add the egg, vanilla, and ricotta and mix until well combined. Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture in 2 additions, mixing until smooth. (If the dough is too sticky to handle, chill in the refrigerator for 10 -15 minutes.)

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Scoop about a tablespoon of dough and roll into a ball. Place the dough balls on the baking sheet about 2 inches apart from each other. Bake in a preheated oven at 350F for 10-15 minutes or until the bottoms of the cookies are golden brown. Remove to a wire rack and cool completely.

| Makes about 2 dozen cookies.   

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Slice and Bake Pecan Shortbread Cookies

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honey lavender cakes with crushed almonds & lemon rinds - based on this recipe (with cinnamon omitted).  happy (almost) summer solstice! 

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My wassail recipe from last year!

🌲 1 apple

🌲 1 large orange

🌲 cranberries

🌲 cinnamon sticks

🌲 cinnamon powder

🌲 ground clove

🌲 4 cups apple cider

🌲 1-3 cups cranberry juice

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Lemon Lavender Shortbread Cookies💜🍋

Lemon Lavender Shortbread Cookies

1h 14 m 8 ingredient's

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Shortbread Cookie Recipe (Cookie Spells)

Here is my basic shortbread cookie recipe, as well as a few variations you can do in order to jazz up an offering or use the cookie as a spell. Cookies make fantastic vessels for spells -more so than most other desserts in my experience. They also make perfect offerings for your deities, and simplify whole-item offerings to Chthonic deities. 

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full recipe below🍯🌿

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reblog and put in the tags your fav line from any song without revealing its title

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Herbs for protection, banishing, cleansing, and warding.

DISCLAIMER: Do your research on each herb if you want to use it, especially if you want to burn it! Make sure you know how to handle each herb, see what is and isn’t safe for your pets if you have them, if it is safe to burn it and what are the effects if you do, and how the herb(s) will affect you. For example; mugwort can cause miscarriage in pregnancy, foxglove is extremely poisonous, and Palo Santo is apart of a closed practice.  Herbs for protection: acacia, aconite, acorn, African violet, ague, Aloe, Althea root, alyssum, Amber, anemone, Angelica, Anise, Arabic gum, Ash, asofoetida, astragalus root, Balm of Gilead Tears, bamboo, barley, basil, bay leaf, betel nut, bilberry bark, Birch, black cohosh, black pepper, BlackBerry, bladderwrack, blessed thistle, bloodroot, blue violet, blueberry, boneset, broom tops, buckwheat, burdock, Burnet, butcher’s broom, cactus, calamus, calendula flowers, caraway, carnation, carob, Cascara Sagrada, Cedar, chia, chives, chrysanthemum, cilantro, cinnamon, clove, clover, close, Club Moss, coconut, comfrey, coriander, corn, cotton, coxcomb, cramp bark, cumin, Curry, Cyclamen, Cypress, Devil’s Bit, Devil’s claw, Devil’s shoestring, Dill, dogwood, dragon’s blood, ebony, Elder, eucalyptus, fennel seed, figwort, fleabane, foxglove, frankincense, galangal root, gardenia, garlic, geranium, Ginger, genseng, gorse, Heather, heliotrope, Hickory, high John, Holly, Indigo weed, Irish moss, ivy, Juniper, kava kava, lady slipper, Larch, Larkspur, Laurel, lavender, leek, lettuce, lime, linden flower, Lotus, Mandrake, marjoram, marshmallow root, mimosa, mint, mistletoe, monkshood, mullein, nutmeg, Oak Moss, olive leaf, onion, Orris root cut, Osha Root, papyrus, peat moss, peony, pettitgrain, pimpernel, plantain, quince, radish, raspberry leaf, red clover, rhubarb, rice, Rowan, Rue, Sandalwood, saw palmetto berries, sea salt, slippery elm, snapdragon, Solomon Seal root, Spanish moss, spearmint, st. John’s Wort, strawflower, sunflower, thistle, toadflax, True Unicorn Root, valerian, Venus flytrap, vervain, violet, witch hazel, wood aloe, wood betony, Woodruff, wormwood, Yerba Santa, yew, Yucca, Agrimony, Ague Root, Amaranth, Arbutus, Bean, Bittersweet, Bodhi, Briony, Bromeliad, Castor, Cinchona, Cyclamen, Datura, Elecenpane, Gorse, Gourd, Grain, Grass, Hazel, Hyssop, Liquidamber, Loosestrife, Lucky Hand, Mallow, Masterwort, Molluka, Mugwort, Mulberry, Mustard, Myrrh, Norfolk Pine, Parsley, Pennyroyal, Pepper Tree, Periwinkle, Pilot Weed, Pine, Plum, Primrose, Purslane, Quince, Rattlesnake Root, Rhubarb, Rose, Rosemary, Sage, Sloe, Southernwood, Squill, Tamarisk, Ti, Tomato, Tormentil, Tulip, Turnip, Wax Plant, Willow, Wintergreen. Herbs for banishing: Betel nut, cactus, Juniper, Morning Glory, thyme, sea salt, mullein, chili, red pepper, dragon’s blood, lilac, lemon rind, pepper, lemon, cloves, Cayenne, eucalyptus, feverfew, frankincense, Mandrake, mugwort, peppermint, rosemary, sage, wormwood, Oak, onion, Pine, Rowan, Rue, salt, thistle, thorns, wolfsbane, yarrow, Angelica, basil, broom, black pepper, cedar, cumin, fleabane. Herbs for cleansing: Cloves, lemon, Sage, salt, sea salt, Juniper, Rosemary, mugwort, lavender, Rue, basil, cinnamon, Barberry, burdock, Cayenne, fern, frankincense resin, hyssop, lemongrass, lovage, marjoram, Pine, vervain, thyme, yucca, lemon verbena. Herbs for warding: Garlic, Oak, black pepper, ragwort, spikenard, thistle, thyme, Agrimory, anise, basil, borage, celandine, cinquefoil, Devil’s bone root, fennel seed, flaxseed, BlackBerry, mullein, Palo Santo, mugwort, sage, lavender, Rosemary, Blackthorn, burdock, alfalfa, neem, ginger, onion, black salt, salt, pine cone, eggshell, cloves, bay leaf, vervain, twine, basil, sea salt, Cayenne, Red Pepper.

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Common Herbs and Plants Listed by Magickal Property

Protection

Acorn, Aloe, Amber, Anise, Ash leaves, Bamboo, Barley, Basil, Bay leaf, Bergamot, Birch, Black pepper, Blueberry, Buckwheat, Cactus, Carnation, Cedar, Chia, Chives, Cinnamon, Clove, Coconut, Corn, Cotton, Cramp bark, Cumin, Curry,  Dill, Dogwood, Eucalyptus, Frankincense, Garlic, Ginger, Ginseng, Ivy, Lavender, Leek, Lettuce, Lime, Nutmeg, Onion, Radish, Raspberry leaf, Rhubarb, Rice, Salt, Sunflower, Valerian, Violet leaf, Witch hazel 

Love/Self Love

Apple, Apricot, Avocado, Barley, Basil, Beet, Catnip, Chamomile, Cherry, Chestnut, Chili pepper, Cinnamon, Clove, Cumin, Daffodil, Dill, Elm, Fig, Ginseng, Hibiscus, Holly, Hyacinth, Ivy, Jasmine, Juniper, Olive, Orange (leaves, flowers, and peel), Patchouli, Peach, Pear, Peas, Pink rose buds, Plum, Poppy (both flower and seeds), Raspberry leaf, Rose, Rosemary, Spearmint, Sugar, Tomato, Valerian, Vanilla bean, Willow, Witch Hazel

Energy

Mint, Oregano, Sandalwood, Sunflower, Tangerine, Vanilla bean

Happiness

Anise, Catnip, Cherry, Geranium

Sleep/Relaxation

Bergamot, Celery seed, Chamomile, Hops, Hyacinth, Jasmine, Lavender, Lettuce, Poppy seeds, Thyme, Valerian, Violet

Psychic Enhancement

Anise, Arnica, Bay leaf, Celery + Celery seeds, Cinnamon, Lemongrass, Myrrh 

General Healing

Allspice, Almond, Apple, Arrowroot, Barley, Bay leaf, Blackberry, Cedar, Chamomile, Cinnamon, Cotton, Cucumber, Dandelion leaf, Eucalyptus, Flax seeds, Garlic, Ginseng, Goldenseal, Hops, Ivy, Lavender, Mint, Myrrh, Olive leaf, Plum, Potato, Raspberry leaf, Rosemary, Sage, Sandalwood Spearmint, Willow

Wisdom

Acorn, Almond, Lilac, Oak, Peach, Sage, Sunflower

Wishes

Bamboo, Bay leaf, Dandelion leaf and root, Ginseng, Pomegranate, Sage, Sandalwood, Spearmint, Sunflower, Walnut, Willow

Banishing

Black pepper, Cactus, Cloves, Juniper, Morning glory, Onion, Salt, Sage, Thyme, Vinegar

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