Adventures in Sinaesthesia: Red Tea and Morality
So to inaugurate my new series of Synaesthetic adventures--blueprints for little themed adventures for all your senses--I give you my plan for a very nice afternoon that challenges all your senses. Put the pot on, and brew some nice Rooibos tea. I like it with milk and a tiny bit of sugar, but you can have it plain, put some masala in it, or just load it up with sugar, like Mma Ramotswe does. Have it alone, or with a side of watermelon or peanuts, or, if you are feeling super expansive, you could make yourself a fruitcake (Mma Ramotswe loves cake).
Play one of my favorite--and one
of the most sincere--bands, Amadou and Mariam, who are from Mali, not Botswana. Any album will do; I love these two. Spritz on something nice and unique--I recommend Benetton's Tribù, not because it sounds vaguely 'ethnic' (and typically Benetton) but it somehow works as a very lovely tea scent, and although Red Bush is not technically a tea, I believe it shares some qualities with the admittedly strange Tribù. If I had to describe this fragrance, I would have to say it is a peppery, spicy, vaguely woody, rosy/cedary tea scent, but if you haven't checked it out, do so, since it is both super cheap and very unusual.
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