#sebz

Le festival du pu’er s’est tenu en février dernier chez Sebz et, au fil des dégustations et achats, j’ai reçu cet échantillon. Ce thé avait été offert en dégustation et avait ressorti du lot, mais il ne restait malheureusement que quelques grammes dans la boutique. Un thé vieillit qui a certainement connu des temps un peu humides. La feuille semble relativement petite, mais c’est toujours difficile à déterminer à partir d’un échantillon. Le matériel vient majoritairement de Yiwu.

Je divise mon échantillon de 12g en deux parties. Cette fois je vais infusés 5.3g dans ma théière jianshui dédiée aux pu’er de plus de 10 ans.

Paramètres de session: 5.3g de feuilles, théière de 100ml, eau à 98°C

Feuilles sèches: On sent principalement la cave et la terre humide. Une pointe de fumée est aussi présente en finale.

Feuilles rincées: L’entreposage humide est encore dominant, mais cela évoluera probablement au fil des infusions.

Première infusion: La première infusion présente une belle robe rouge orangée. Il y a un petit goût acidulé, souvent dû à l’entreposage humide, mais qui va probablement disparaître dans les prochaines infusions. Malgré tout, cette infusion est visqueuse, et la finale sans amertume.

Infusions 2-3: Camphre et encens commencent à percer à travers le voile d’humidité. Une touche de cannelle en finale surprend un peu. Certainement un thé à déguster très lentement.

Infusions 4-6: Belle constance. Le côté aigri disparaît progressivement, laissant place des céréales et une légère douceur.

Infusions 7-9: Relativement constant, avec un léger allègement à la 9e infusion. Une fraîcheur commence à se développer dans le fond de la gorge, nous sommes encore en milieu de session.

Infusions 10-12: Les infusions ont maintenant l’aspect d’un pu’er de 5 ans. Toutefois les arômes sont matures. Une douceur complexe est bien en place.

Infusions 13-15: Infusions de 5, 10 et 15 minutes. La douceur est maintenant moins complexe. Tout s’allège et bien que le thé pourrait produire 1 ou 2 infusions libres buvables, ceci termine la session en mode gong fu.

Dans la théière, les feuilles se sont réhydratées et montrent bien leur évolution, bien qu’il reste encore un peu de vert, signe que ce thé pourrait encore vieillir. Toutefois, qui aurait la patience d’attendre ce thé alors qu’il est si bon à boire maintenant?

Alternatively: An Open Letter to Cheaters.

A little while ago, some of you may have seen me reblogging the Call Out Post, that my bae, @actualaster, wrote about academiafantasia. He’s responsible for my friend @odetosebastiana‘s recent breakdown. To make a long story short, he allegedly cheated on his girlfriend with Sebz without telling either of them and led Sebz on, toying with her feelings, and lying to her. Sebz has been getting a lot of hate and several anon messages about what she’s been saying and about what the call out post said. Many of the messages are worded very similarly to the way academiafantasia writes. I can neither confirm nor deny that those messages are from him (deductive reasoning is flawed and it’s all conjecture without proof) but it seems highly likely that if they’re not from him, they’re from someone who knows him well, or someone who is deliberately borrowing exact phrases to make it seem as such. I can’t understand the motivation behind such messages, either, unless they know academiafantasia personally. There have been a few that have asked “why are you getting innocent people involved in your personal business?” in response to Sebz alerting people who RP with academiafantasia (henceforth referred to as AF) that he has wronged her and is the reason behind her current mental state.  Why would anyone but him or someone with a vested interest in defending him care about a call out post? Why would they care if Sebz is making people aware of what he did to her? “It’s defamation of character” or “She’s lying” are really the only two defenses I can fathom for motivating this behavior. And to this, I say: “If he didn’t want Sebz telling people ‘by the way, this guy is the reason I’m fucked up right now’, then maybe he shouldn’t have done what he did that caused her to be fucked up.” Now, I can’t say I know the whole story. I can’t say I know all of what he did or what he didn’t do. I wasn’t there. But he has admitted to wronging Sebz in this post, so I’m honestly inclined to believe whomever can convince me with as much evidence as they can provide. Thus far, Sebz has been the most convincing because nothing she has ever said on the subject struck me as inconsistent or incongruous. Her story has remained more or less the same. So for the time being, I believe Sebz. And I believe she has every right to alert people to his wrongdoing, especially since he’s all but admitted to doing exactly what she’s said. I was also recently, alerted to the existence of this post he made. And it just blows my mind. 

I don't know if it's just because it's nothing like what I would write for my bae, and it could just be a personal opinion, but what he wrote doesn't even sound sincere to me. It also seems so incongruous because if you love her so much, why the hell did you cheat on her? It might just be me, but when I read that post and compare it with what Sebz has told me, all I get from it is: "Oh, my perfect woman! I love you! Wait, no, hang on. I smell a vulnerable chick nearby. I must fuck it. *cheats on her with Sebz* Well, that was a fun way to fuck up my relationship! Bye crazy bitch I'm going back to my 'perfect woman' it was fun sticking my dick in you!" 

Like... where does one get the gall? Where does one purchase enough gall or balls or whatever form of gumption one needs to do something like that and not be sick with themselves? Like, I get that temptation exists. I get that we're all human. But if a real life fucking Ideal Man™ came along and was like "Hey, wanna bang?" I'd be like "Okay, wow, that sounds great, and that's really tempting, but let me call my bae and ask because they'd probably want to join but this is a serious request and it needs confirmation, hang on one sec." Like, my partner would be PART OF IT if I was going to have sexual exploits with someone else. That's what love means to me.  Like, how does he just... fucking justify two-timing both Sebz and his “perfect woman”? Like Polyamory is great and all and as you can see I'm 100% for it, but like... polyamory means NOT CHEATING but getting the consent of everyone involved. Like, my bae is perfect and I couldn't be tempted to leave them if I tried! I could only be tempted to open the relationship. If Ideal Man™ was like "Nope, I don't do threesomes." I'd be like "Bye bitch. If I'm gonna come, my bae should come, too (assuming they want to.) Just... cheating but calling the girl you cheated on your “perfect woman” is unfathomable to me. These are two scenarios that do not match in my head. How could you betray your “perfect woman?” Either she’s not so perfect or you’re a scumbag for cheating on her.

Like I could understand if he was going for an open relationship. I could see how he could justify that to himself and still be able to live with himself. But how does he just... fucking lie to both of them and then act like "Oh, well, my perfect woman forgave me so everything is okay now, LOL, why are you trying to commit suicide, why can't we be friends after I told you I loved you and then literally broke your heart by being a dick?" I just really can't fathom how he even lives with himself or how she even took him back. Like really, I get that she's a cheater too, and that's the reason, because "Oh, I forgive you, I cheated once too." but like... Where does one even obtain the ability to do that? 

Humans are petty creatures and we're like "Okay, I cheated but let me explain why." I get that. That part I understand. Nobody likes negative consequences so being a dick like that makes sense psychologically. What DOESN'T make sense is... humans are fucking petty. Where is the "Do as I say not as I do" mentality? Because from what I know, cheaters don't like being cheated on because they justify it as "Oh, cheating is okay for ME to do because it benefits ME and I'm in control. It's not okay for other people though because if they cheat on me, they're taking advantage of me." Like... where is that? How is that not a response. What kind of bizarre relationship are they having where she can just be like "It's okay." Like... either they have an ideal relationships (unlikely because it's full of LIES) or they have the sickest relationship I've ever seen. I'm fucking baffled.