#mugicha

[iwillbemother]

『三國屋』さんの【フルーツ麦茶: めろんフレーバー】を水出ししました🍵

コレはマスカットフレーバーより美味しい🤩

あっという間に飲んでしまった…ので、再購入リストに加えました📝

（台風10号、やっと熱帯低気圧になりましたね）

[rolorules]

Otsukaresama.

By Mugicha.

[ippinka]

Mugicha is made of roasted barley and offers a smokey aroma and a nutty flavor with a light refreshing aftertaste.

[herbsfromhimalayas1]

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[cookinguptales]

Just in case it ever comes up, I guess, here's a quick primer on common Japanese teas:

The kind of green tea we usually drink in the US is called sencha, though it's the default tea in Japan so if you're there, they're probably just calling it ocha, or tea. If you're steeping plain green tea leaves in hot water, it's sencha. It's also generally what bottled/iced green tea is, unless otherwise specified.

(Sencha)

Matcha, on the other hand, is a powder that's made by grinding up tea leaves. It's generally made with very high-grade tea leaves that have not been rolled before grinding. This is whisked with a little bit of hot water during tea ceremonies to create a fairly thick, strong, frothy tea. This is often consumed with sweets to offset the bitterness. Culinary-grade matcha is also often used as an ingredient in snacks, desserts, lattes, etc.

Note: not all powdered tea is matcha! There is also a type of powdery "instant" sencha as well as a cheap semi-powdered kind that's popular at quick service restaurants. I believe it's usually made from leftover/broken fragments from the sencha production process. It tastes pretty much like normal sencha, not matcha. It just has a bit less flavor than normal sencha.

(Matcha)

Genmaicha is essentially sencha but with puffed, roasted rice in it. It looks like popcorn! It has a toastier flavor than sencha, but not a dark, tannic flavor like you get in most western teas. It tends to look a little more brownish-yellow when brewed.

(Genmaicha)

Hōjicha is a roasted tea, but again, it's lighter and nuttier tasting than typical black tea. You see it a lot in the fall, and it's super cozy. Tastes and looks similar to genmaicha when brewed, but darker and stronger.

(Hōjicha)

And finally, mugicha is a caffeine-free barley tea. It tastes... honestly, a little bit like corn...? Like if you just soaked popcorn in water for a while, maybe.

It's popular throughout Asia but tends to be a little less popular with tourists than the other teas. This is generally served cold, in my experience, and is supposed to be healthy for you when it's hot out.

(Mugicha)

There are way, way more kinds than this, but these are the ones you're probably going to see most often.

Personally, I usually drink iced sencha and hot genmaicha, but it's really up to your personal taste! You'll also see western-style black tea (kōcha) and oolong tea a lot in Japan, both hot and iced!

[spell-fox]

VtM line-up! Player characters and (some) NPCs from our game ‾▿‾

Game is run by @urbanknightart, I play Eli (Victorian dandy) and @cynical-tuba plays Nat (croptop twink). @hageshisa-art-blog plays Morgana (smart-casual heterochromia Malk lady).

We have, from left to right; Aiden, Eli's ghoul, with her pup Sundae also Eli's ghoul haha. Gabi, Kuro, his crow Mugicha, Eli, his fox Maggie Mae, Morgana, their adopted gargoyle Gabriel, Nat, Hector, Delilah and her puppies Mr Licorice and Maple, and Miasma \o/

[bisexualize]

wheres the secret but super real 100 liter bottle of mugicha? i would like it

[colourme-feral]

Random notes on the translation of Kare no Iru Seikatsu / Living with Him ep 2

Aren't you up early?

I'll take them (to the table).

☹️ Unlucky (zodiac signs) 9. Taurus Invite the people you'd like to get closer to get a meal with you 👆 Drink mugicha (barley tea) for luck 10. Sagittarius Allowing other people's opinions to influence you can lead to unexpected results 👆 Believe in yourself and proceed 11. Capricorn Changing your goals will lead to unexpected pitfalls 👆 Don't forget your original intentions 😣 Bad (zodiac signs) 12. Cancer When you feel like you might be struggling with things that you're weak at doing, remember to rely on those around you 👆 Take precautions when dealing with last minute tasks

Note: Their discussion of "stylishness" is tied to being fashionable/cool/trendy, which Ryota struggles with. (I think this is also related to how different Kazuhito seems to be from Ryota, who try as he may, cannot become as effortlessly cool as Kazuhito. On the other hand, Kazuhito seems to like Ryota's naturalness, which Ryota mentions as not having much awareness of fashion or what is fashionable.)

Note: Kazuhito uses the rude casual form to tell Eri to stop asking Ryota for his contact information, which is a departure from the usual polite casual form, which he tends to use.

Note: A family restaurant is as the term suggests, a restaurant that caters to families and younger people. A big draw of these restaurants is the affordability of food and convenience of these restaurants, because many family restaurants are chains and some of the restaurants are open 24 hours. In other words, they aren't fancy or stylish and aren't special or nice, which is what Ryota's sisters are protesting about. (More info)

Yoshida was working there first and the conditions were good, so she told me about/introduced me to the job. Note: Kazuhito refers to Eri by her surname, Yoshida

I'll treat you. Alright? Note: Kazuhito tends to use "na" when he's trying to persuade Ryota to do something

Well, even I wasn't tough/strong enough to deal with that.

Could you touch this?

Would you be able to kiss me/are you able to kiss me?

Kare no Iru Seikatsu / Living with Him language notes・Other language notes

[iwillbemother]

『三國屋』さんの【フルーツ麦茶】シリーズ（ぶどうや桃やメロンなどなど色々あり）

麦茶に香料で香りがつけてあるだけで、シャインマスカットが入っているわけではないのですが、匂いが気に入ったので、お試しパックを買ってみました🍇

試飲させてもらったのは美味しかったけど、自分で美味しく😋淹れられるかは別なところが、お茶の難しくて面白いところでもあります🍵

（追記: ずっとカンカン照り🥵だったお盆休みの最終日の今日、夕立があってちょっと冷やされる）

[turbles]

eye: yes, an excuse to have a little snack is another positive quality of tea that I'm discovering 😊

dev: funny now that you mention it I have had barley tea before a long time ago, because

actually wait I played this process through in my head and it is a way too long tangent that begins "so years ago when I randomly generated a name for my ffxiv character..." that eventually leads to the present day and then presumably continues through various domino falls until I retire as a gongfu teamaster in my mansion in the mountains or something

anyway yeah that sounds good, and easy to do in my workplace mini fridge if need be lol

been trying to learn how to enjoy tea lately, which has meant I'm trying various ones with the possibility that I might not like the taste. One good thing about tea is that if it tastes bad you can just add lemonade or some other delicious drink. this replaces bad taste with good taste. but the key thing, and this is the true versatility that I admire, is that in a pinch you could also use water, which reduces the bad taste simply by increasing the proportion of no taste

[asknarashikari]

This is… concerning

https://x.com/9izaya/status/1820488293487947842?s=46&t=r5cQ-fyChNi-Dn-w3MjHHg

..."Mineral barley tea"? That's what's written on the pot... I know barley tea (mugicha) is a thing, but wth is mineral barley tea

Even Hiromi has his doubts...

[rolorules]

Someday again by Mugicha.

[foggynitefic]

Drop Them Bones Chapter 8: Devil to Pay

Devil to Pay

Today the expression "devil to pay" is used primarily as a means of conveying an unpleasant and impending happening. Originally, this expression denoted a specific task aboard the ship such as caulking the ship's longest seam.

The "devil" was the longest seam on the wooden ship and caulking was done with "pay" or pitch. This grueling task of paying the devil was despised by every seaman and the expression came to denote any unpleasant task.

OOF. This chapter took a minute to write. It also just kept growing and comes in at a whopping 10,587 words. Most of the other chapters are between 5k and 7k words. If you're worried about this ending anytime soon, let me reassure you that I have bitten off enough to keep me chewing for quite some time. But I already have another 15k written, including the ending, so as these chapters grow like fungus, there is a road map, I promise.

Notes:

1. Not gonna lie, I made myself so hungry writing this, that I ordered sushi, takoyaki, and hamachi kama at 2200 two nights in a row on a holiday weekend. Pretty sure that restaurant either loves or hates me now, dudes.

2. How to fillet a tuna for sashimi:

3. I debated having Usopp's net catch go into a barrel of seawater, but I couldn’t find a lot of reliable research (quickly) as I was writing on the actual employment of that practice, just nostalgic tinged references to "oh yeah they did that in Ye Olden Days" without corroboration (yes, I know OP is about fantasy pirates on another planet). I did learn that Roman sailors may have used tanks to transport live fish over long distances.

4. The etymology of the terms “starboard” and “port”.

5. Applegators = alligators. Bananagators = crocodiles.

Recipes distressed in the making of this chapter:

Maguro no Zuke-Don: If you're working with raw sushi-grade fish, use it the day you get it, or cook it if you use it later. It will not taste the same once frozen and thawed. If you don't want to put too much effort in, there's multiple brands that do microwave sticky rice, and you can just buy a good furikake instead of cutting roasted seaweed (although that's pretty easy with cooking scissors) and sprinkling sesame seeds. Scallions make everything better. The marinade takes the most time - but I also cheat and use Otafuku okonomiyaki sauce from the Weee! app. Go lazy!

Seaweed sheets: You can do this. This is a life choice you can make. I haven't made it because ref. above paragraph on being lazy and outsourcing.

Roasted seaweed: If you want to try experimenting with different flavors, this is a good basic recipe to start.

Spanish Tuna Steaks: I'm not sure what noise my partner and Alton Brown would make at the instructions to press down on the tuna steaks to get a good sear, but otherwise this recipe is pretty standard and easy. Sanji embellished/supplemented with a bell pepper - you can probably put in any veggies that are about the same consistency of tomatoes' liquid/flesh and have it work.

Sauteed Green Beans: Usopp's reaction is mine. Green beans are a punishment. Just roast the clove of garlic in the oven and I'll eat that instead, don't waste it trying to flavor inedible grass. I included these to show their supply status and what would happen if someone didn't want to eat in Sanji's kitchen.

Mugicha: Much like making your own seaweed sheets, roasting your own barley is a life decision you can make. Itoen makes a highly convenient teabag version, if you're more inclined to outsource...

Soundtrack:

Sensing a theme this chapter??

[spell-fox]

the hanged man

tarot card for Eli! The hanged man fits him perfectly for several reasons ᄒᴥᄒ also featuring Maggie Mae and Mugicha

I haven't used watercolours in an age and definitely bit off more than I could chew on the trousers rhdhssh oh well. Finished digitally so it's a bit of a mix.

Some close-ups!