@SlowRain

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A Canadian expat ESL teacher in Taiwan, interested in books, coffee, movies, straight razors, fountain pens, the Middle Ages, rum...and rain.
@babelcarp
Here's one more pic of the labels.

@babelcarp
Hi! How have things been with you?

I was recently gifted two bricks of pu'er tea, and I was wondering about the quality. Also (don't get offended), what would be the best way to make iced tea with it (in ~1L batches)? I'd prefer cold brew or else ice-drip as opposed to brewing hot and then adding ice.

Thanks!

If anyone wants to see what a relatively successful battle against Covid looks like, you can see it in this chart. There may be flare-ups, but there will be no 2nd wave.

This would actually taste pretty decent if you could just get rid of the Coca-Cola flavor.

Interestingly, the can says "Made with real coffee from Brazil", but no mention is made of real chocolate.

#Coffee #Chocolate #CocaCola #Coke

I'm only batting .500 when it comes to Plantation rums. But, while the last one struck out badly, this one is a home run white rum. It works well in both a daiquiri & in Coke.

#Rum

This should be interesting.

#FountainPens #FountainPen

Our pandemic outbreak is subsiding here in Taiwan, and today was my first day back in the classroom in over 2 months. These are the pens that I inked up, & the inks I used.

#Taiwan #Covid #Covid19 #FountainPen #FountainPens

We're about 2 months into this outbreak. From a high of 535 cases in one day, we were just 37 today. But, we did have 76 cases yesterday (40+ cases from mass testing at 3 wholesale vegetable markets alone, in addition to regular testing being done), so there's still work to be done. Fortunately, half of the cases testing positive are already in isolation because of contact tracing.

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Taiwan reports 39 new COVID-19 cases

https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202107040011

#Taiwan #Covid #Covid19 #Covid_19

Taiwan reports 39 new COVID-19 cases, pushing total case numbers past 15,000 - Focus Taiwan

Taipei, July 4 (CNA) Taiwan reported 39 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, the lowest number recorded since May 14, pushing the total number of cases reported in the country past 15,000, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).

Taiwan is about a month & a half into its domestic Covid outbreak. Our cases today are 1/5 of what they were from their peak in the middle of May.

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Taiwan reports 109 new COVID-19 cases, 11 deaths

https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202106200005

#Taiwan #Covid #Covid19

Taiwan reports 109 new COVID-19 cases, 11 deaths - Focus Taiwan

Taipei, June 20 (CNA) Taiwan on Sunday reported 109 new cases of COVID-19, all but two of which were domestically transmitted, as well as 11 deaths from the disease, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).