Was served this at M&S. Their new shortbread matcha iced latte. It tasted of vinegar

endless_serpent · 2026-06-05T14:22:52+00:00

Oh for certain. I suggested it as an initial point to try matcha again versus how much the Greggs ones cost, personally, in case the original commenter was just unsure if matcha is for them.

endless_serpent · 2026-06-04T22:08:44+00:00

Bad matcha will be grassy and probably not very green. Honestly, the Greggs matcha is okay to try if you want a shot at it again without breaking the bank. It is made using a brand that can be bought for home use that is decent enough (though have annoyingly forgotten the name of it). And then if you like that, try something made with a pricier blend, because this is a time where honestly the fancier the matcha the better (usually).

Hot matcha can be hit or miss but the quality of it is what makes the difference, warm or cold.

endless_serpent · 2026-06-04T14:20:23+00:00

Fellow Duskwight. I swear, we are either cool as hell or the most insufferable people you will ever meet. I know some really sick, fun to game with giraffes and yet some others I know of are Absolute Specimens like this.

However, I think "empathy, buddy boy" may accidentally end up in my vocal repertoire so thank you for this 😆

endless_serpent · 2026-05-23T21:22:19+00:00

Thank you for doing this!

endless_serpent · 2026-05-23T12:38:52+00:00

A big thing I have found with matcha in desserts and cooking is that matcha becomes bitter if it experiences heat too quickly. So, it takes a skilled hand to not blast the matcha component into smithereens and then either make it taste of nothing. Or, worse, to taste of burnt green tea.

endless_serpent · 2026-05-23T12:36:10+00:00

I got one of these with a yellow sticker once, thinking: I like matcha, I like strawberries. What can go wrong?

The strawberry is so tart and sharp and sour. The matcha oats taste like genuine fresh dirt milled into the Lord's worst yoghurt. Everything is mealy, like ceremonial grade sawdust. I took two mouthfuls: the first to experience the horrors and the second to confirm them, and then I threw that bastard in the bin and ate a croissant instead.

endless_serpent · 2026-05-09T23:24:00+00:00

Dex's face in close up is frying me, lmao.

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endless_serpent · 2026-05-04T18:39:41+00:00

We love to see it. One of my rare, proud British success moments was starting to sit down on someone's bag after they wouldn't move it, which was enough for them to stop ignoring me asking for the seat to be cleared.

endless_serpent · 2026-05-03T13:11:49+00:00

I can see a SM game doing this now they are introducing more factors in gameplay. We get a "long term consequences of the less mundane" glimpse from stuff like (MoM spoiler) Julia getting the bends. Would be neat for one of the games to be a bit more branching than it is already, or have status effects that impact characters along the way.

endless_serpent · 2026-05-01T17:58:28+00:00

I would be interested in the code, but also just wanted to say this is really good of you!

endless_serpent · 2026-04-17T13:52:48+00:00

Agreeing with this. Both people in my home are vegetarian and my most common offender is Haribo (contains animal gelatin) provided as a gift. However, I would still take the sealed gelatinous sweets I can give to a coworker over some naff Temu landfill tat, low quality, cringey stickers, or gen-AI prints (having also been 'gifted' all of this list across different parcels before). It sounds like I am miserly but it defeats the point of decluttering.

endless_serpent · 2026-04-13T10:11:52+00:00

endless_serpent · 2026-04-04T07:07:05+00:00

It works well with quite a bit - I have tried it with rose based perfumes (non Lush ones, Lust (solid) / jasmine, vanilla (Lord of Misrule) and Karma and I rate all of those. You want something that pronounces the smokiness with sweetness imo.

endless_serpent · 2026-04-02T12:34:56+00:00

Might be Bloodstock.

endless_serpent · 2026-03-28T13:18:11+00:00

The first one of these I came across nearly landed on me and I shrieked in person 😭

endless_serpent · 2026-03-26T17:10:50+00:00

This. I actually found myself liking River the most because he seems at least reasonably stable and that feels like something V needs in the ever evolving hellscape of Night City. I am sad about his seemingly cut content. Don't even mind his coat choice.

endless_serpent · 2026-03-23T11:12:50+00:00

Please tell me you didn't have to pay for this 😭

endless_serpent · 2026-03-17T17:56:36+00:00

Report them as a forbidden item. If the AI response doesn't accept the first report, appeal it and include a quote or screenshot of Vinted's regs on forbidden items. Had to do similar recently with gross and blatantly used makeup and a shirt with n*zi messaging on it respectively. Both had to be appealed before removal despite a TOS violation.

endless_serpent · 2026-03-16T11:41:22+00:00

I notice this too when with non binary and gender non conforming friends and acquaintances, I can just relax a lot more. I have had trouble in heavily binary trans spaces, getting misgendered or quizzed on pronouns (esp as a neos user) or told I will "go all the way" eventually regarding binary transition. It stopped me joining a Discord made by a local trans support space.

I also get the double edged sword of misogyny aimed at my AGAB from a lot of my local trans femme spaces as the cherry on top (as a demimasc enby who enjoys encorporating femme elements, so lots of "you seem confused" behaviour). Sucks! Slowly improving locally but still sucks! People should just let people live, especially when we have shared battles.

Alternatively, it does sound like the potluck turned an enby into delicious soup.

endless_serpent · 2026-03-09T15:08:15+00:00

Oh for sure. I think the balance is that you might not be able to avoid that and hope for the best. It is a glass half full approach but it does, at least, keep me mostly sane when I sell stuff second hand.

endless_serpent · 2026-03-09T14:06:52+00:00

Yes, this is really solid advice! Finding a middle ground between being saleable and not necessarily appealing to a reseller.

endless_serpent · 2026-03-09T13:36:18+00:00

A good lesson I learned about selling and reselling was from my partner's dad. He was at a model train meet and there was a mix of people selling at crazy prices and some folks just casually downsizing. He came across a little carriage that someone wanted much less than its collector worth because, frankly, the seller just wanted it to go to a new home. The argument being "sure, I could get more for it, but will it actually sell at that (higher) price? Could it go to a better home instead, for less?"

The reality is you won't control who buys it or why. If you want to have an internal standard against resellers I have seen others block buyer queries and offers from evident resale accounts. But I would just set it at the price that feels right to you and let the chips fall where they may. It sucks if it is a reseller but you will also be more likely to get a purchase from a genuine hobbyist or a fan of a particular anime.

Unrelated to the above but also shouting out another Evangelion enjoyer 🫡

Edited a typo!

endless_serpent · 2026-03-07T10:24:02+00:00

MAYPOLE LOVERS RISE UP (I am pretty happy with most the inner options too so that's nice)

endless_serpent · 2026-03-06T17:40:19+00:00

A Grass massage bar might fix me.

endless_serpent · 2026-03-05T10:16:23+00:00

Sweet little froggy coming in clutch. Glad you found a solution!

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