#gongfucha

My pinned #introduction was outdated, so here's an update. I'm a scientific programmer and educator who mostly writes code. I currently work as the lead engineer at @grantwitness.org where I mostly maintain a bunch of data wrangling code and occasionally use it in analyses. I also mentor data scientists for @Posit Academy. My background is in plant chemical ecology and population ecology and for my PhD I studied #tea and did field work in China. I love tea and practice #GongFuCha when I can. I love #foraging and tasting new things. I'm learning #woodworking and trying to not be a perfectionist at it. I currently live in #Tucson but the #BayArea will always be my home.

I really love it when teas remind me of specific pieces of media or characters, and somehow this 2016 Jingmai Moonlight White Tea from Nari Tea Lab suddenly brought to my mind the video game series Borderlands! I think it's because of its minerality, woodiness and dried flower taste, which put me right back on the arid planet of Pandora! It also has citrus peel and strong menthol notes, which felt refreshing in this warm sunny day. I certainly wasn't planning on feeling nostalgic about my long nights playing video games with friends during my IT studies days, but it's not an unwelcome feeling at all 💚 #tea #teaTime #Nari #NariTeaLab #whiteTea #MoonlightWhite #gongFuCha