hot not tea

raga or the 10,000 things (6), by freda karpf

Except from riding the waves:  a tale about being home in the world by freda karpf    @thewildblues 

     Because the guardians of sanity and discretion said you can’t have more black tea.  Because even too much black tea can cause shaking. You know by the stains on your teeth you can’t have more black tea. Because your body is saying so.  Because you had to do loops between your office, the kitchen, dining room and living room to calm down the shpilkes.  When you can’t have more black tea there is hot not tea.  This is everything you like in a cup of black tea without the black tea. Here is how you make it:  Boil water. While waiting for that to boil, get a ceramic cup you love to hold, add your milk of choice, the same amount, maybe a tad more that you would add to tea; add your sweetener of choice. Maybe a tad more.  Hot not tea is in the Tao.