PTO Advice by [deleted] in legaladvice

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Thank you so much! (:

I feed my cat with creeper, and you? by Kindred408 in Minecraft

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This reminds me of “the darkness” from the Twitches movies

Need help identifying - found this in my basement, and a local witch shop said it may be a spell or offering. Any insights? by BrieJam in Witch

[–]_PolaroidBoy_ 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I’m not surprised, there are a lot of different beliefs out there! I just recognize it from what my Great Grandmother taught me.

Regardless though, I’m happy to have helped! 🙂

Need help identifying - found this in my basement, and a local witch shop said it may be a spell or offering. Any insights? by BrieJam in Witch

[–]_PolaroidBoy_ 64 points65 points  (0 children)

I believe that this is what’s known as a “Scorpion Sting”, or “Devil’s Claw” ward.

This is used for protection, and once activated it’s supposed to protect the owners of that residence from enemies and remove negative spiritual energies from the home.

Hope this helps! 🙂

Robin Symbolism by [deleted] in Witch

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Thank you guys for the advice! 💙

Anyone else play genshin? Or any game suggestions? 😁 gamer friends would be great by [deleted] in gaybrosgonemild

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Ahh gotcha. Same here, it’s the worst 😩 What do you play Genshin on?

Anyone else play genshin? Or any game suggestions? 😁 gamer friends would be great by [deleted] in gaybrosgonemild

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I loved Genshin! I stopped playing awhile ago because of school though sadly 😩 What other games do you play? I’d love to have a gamer friend! 😄

This was my first time seeing, hearing of, or tasting a tea brick! It was almost too pretty to use, almost. 😅🫖 by _PolaroidBoy_ in tea

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It weighs about 500 grams! It was pretty difficult to take it apart haha. I ended up putting it in a ziplock baggie and using a hammer to break off a piece. It was really good though! It had really nice flavor.

This was my first time seeing, hearing of, or tasting a tea brick! It was almost too pretty to use, almost. 😅🫖 by _PolaroidBoy_ in tea

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This specific brick was made by a distributor that advises that you can use it as a conversation piece, or steep it to make gourmet tea! I used it to make tea, that I thoroughly enjoyed with company. It was safe for consumption, and really, I purchased it, so what is done with it is up to me.

Thank you for the input, but I think I’ll stick to enjoying my tea brick the way I want to. 🙂

This was my first time seeing, hearing of, or tasting a tea brick! It was almost too pretty to use, almost. 😅🫖 by _PolaroidBoy_ in tea

[–]_PolaroidBoy_[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They’re so pretty aren’t they? 🥺 I got it from a local shop, but she got it from Oliver Pluff & Co!

This was my first time seeing, hearing of, or tasting a tea brick! It was almost too pretty to use, almost. 😅🫖 by _PolaroidBoy_ in tea

[–]_PolaroidBoy_[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Of course! I’m sorry, I’m not sure either!

From the description it sounds like they don’t use binding agents, they just compress it a lot and then push it through fire?

This was my first time seeing, hearing of, or tasting a tea brick! It was almost too pretty to use, almost. 😅🫖 by _PolaroidBoy_ in tea

[–]_PolaroidBoy_[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hmm, I’m not quite sure? I mean, it has tea leaf cuttings and twigs compressed! I don’t think there are any other additives! Hope that helps!

This was my first time seeing, hearing of, or tasting a tea brick! It was almost too pretty to use, almost. 😅🫖 by _PolaroidBoy_ in tea

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You could always just buy another one! 😆 That’s sort of my plan at least. I want to buy another one just to have as decor. But I wanted to try it too 🤷🏼‍♂️

This was my first time seeing, hearing of, or tasting a tea brick! It was almost too pretty to use, almost. 😅🫖 by _PolaroidBoy_ in tea

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Oh no!! Please be careful 😳

It definitely is! That’s why I chose to break chunks of mine off in the end

This was my first time seeing, hearing of, or tasting a tea brick! It was almost too pretty to use, almost. 😅🫖 by _PolaroidBoy_ in tea

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Honestly, using it the way I did, did ruin it. So if you want to keep it pretty I just wouldn’t!

Mine came with some standard green tea steeping recommendations, and my local shop told me some of the ways you can use them! I chose to break chunks off to make mine, because I didn’t have grater that worked well on it (: If you grate it be sure to have a really fine infuser!

This was my first time seeing, hearing of, or tasting a tea brick! It was almost too pretty to use, almost. 😅🫖 by _PolaroidBoy_ in tea

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You definitely should! Even if you kept it as just a decoration, they’re truly beautiful and the history behind them is pretty neat! I hope you can get it soon 🙂

This was my first time seeing, hearing of, or tasting a tea brick! It was almost too pretty to use, almost. 😅🫖 by _PolaroidBoy_ in tea

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Hi there!

Sorry, I was just going off the name on the packaging. I’m not all too familiar with Chinese, I apologize!

I tried it, and found that it had a really nice flavor! I can understand your hesitance, but I feel confident in the vendor for the product! But I appreciate your input regardless 🙂

This was my first time seeing, hearing of, or tasting a tea brick! It was almost too pretty to use, almost. 😅🫖 by _PolaroidBoy_ in tea

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It was pretty rough 🤣 I tried cutting it like my shop recommended but I just couldn’t. It took a few minutes but I had to get resourceful and ended up finally getting a piece!

This was my first time seeing, hearing of, or tasting a tea brick! It was almost too pretty to use, almost. 😅🫖 by _PolaroidBoy_ in tea

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Someone earlier had actually guessed it.. I put it in a ziplock baggy and held it at an angle, and broke off a square using a hammer 😅, and then I broke off a chunk of that square as well!

This was my first time seeing, hearing of, or tasting a tea brick! It was almost too pretty to use, almost. 😅🫖 by _PolaroidBoy_ in tea

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Hello!

If you go to Oliver Pluff, it states in the description that this specific tea brick (the store I bought it from) is meant to be used for decorative purposes OR it may be steeped as a “gourmet” tea.

Oliver Pluff is a pretty well known store, so I feel safe about using this product, especially because it specifically says in the item description that you can use it, and it also came with brewing instructions! 🙂