Mastress Alita’s sipdown challenge Saturday, November 13th: National Hug a Musician Day – Fleet Foxes
Ok, this is not actually a sipdown – I’ve too much of it for that as I tend to hoard my Whispering Pine Teas, but the theme of today felt like a good reason to pull some out!
Every time I see this tea’s name Fleet Foxes “Meadowlarks” gets stuck in my head. It’s like magic. Annoying magic. Whispering Pines whole vibe reminds me of Fleet Foxes, and indie/chamber folk acts in a big way for some reason (it’s 2012 again, folks). Fleet Foxes is from Seattle, Washington, which is around my neck of the woods, and their music tends to sound like quintessential Northwest Coast (their sound also has an uncanny tendancy to transport the unsuspecting listener to inside a Starbucks… circa 2012).
Like the subject music, this tea is deceivingly simplistic and “quiet”; it’s a soft green tea, with light notes of sweetgrass, snow peas, and soybeans. At first it feels like there’s a lot of space between the delicate flavours, but over time (and sips) the vanilla-floral note of orchid (not a little unlike a heliotrope) builds into a vivid and decadent hue. Its veggie and floral-sweetness creates a heady nectar on a pillow of soybean cream. I can see why others don’t have time for this kind of thing but it feels like home to me (and also being warm in a field, which is a comforting thought as it currently pisses outside like it’s inclined to do at this time of the year).
Steep Count: 3
PS – less is more with this one.
“Meadowlarks”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46OArhzGITI
Flavors: Cream, Floral, Garden Peas, Nectar, Orchid, Soybean, Sweet, Warm Grass, Vanilla, Vegetal
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Whispering Pines’ vibe reminds you of Fleet Foxes, reminds me of northeastern Ohio mushroom eaters circa 2008. Early to mid 2010s was the last of my regular access to good music, so my tastes are kind of stuck there and have been going way back since discovering my roommate’s record collection. I refuse to pay for Spotify or whatever the heck subscription services are out there.
Spotify was something I listened a lot to when I was working in-office setting. 8+ hour playlists.. if you don’t pay you get ads like a radio station though. Can’t say I’ve really “discovered” any keepers through it either.
2008-2015 was when I discovered a lot of music too. I don’t really listen to a lot of folk myself, but one of my roommates in 2011-12 was all about the “trendy” stuff of the day: Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens, Iron & Wine, Mumford & Sons, etc – plus some “classics”. She blasted it in our rental and a tiny bit of it stuck. lol
I’m a Fleet Foxes fan too! Fun fact: their song ‘Sunblind’ mentions Jeff Buckley which was one of my music choices yesterday. :D
Easter eggs! I missed that reference; got to go back and listen to that song (album) now.
I enjoyed our musically-inclined sipdowns a lot. :)
Whispering Pines’ vibe reminds you of Fleet Foxes, reminds me of northeastern Ohio mushroom eaters circa 2008. Early to mid 2010s was the last of my regular access to good music, so my tastes are kind of stuck there and have been going way back since discovering my roommate’s record collection. I refuse to pay for Spotify or whatever the heck subscription services are out there.
Spotify was something I listened a lot to when I was working in-office setting. 8+ hour playlists.. if you don’t pay you get ads like a radio station though. Can’t say I’ve really “discovered” any keepers through it either.
2008-2015 was when I discovered a lot of music too. I don’t really listen to a lot of folk myself, but one of my roommates in 2011-12 was all about the “trendy” stuff of the day: Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens, Iron & Wine, Mumford & Sons, etc – plus some “classics”. She blasted it in our rental and a tiny bit of it stuck. lol
I’m a Fleet Foxes fan too! Fun fact: their song ‘Sunblind’ mentions Jeff Buckley which was one of my music choices yesterday. :D
Easter eggs! I missed that reference; got to go back and listen to that song (album) now.
I enjoyed our musically-inclined sipdowns a lot. :)