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[tealin]

The friend I was paintchatting with had a phone call, and I have always been jealous of people who can paint glass effects realistically, so I painted my refreshing beverage. Matcha lemonade. Best thing ever (or at least this year, in the liquids department). I have to keep going back to Canada so Blenz can keep telling me what drinks are new and delicious. They're 3/3 so far. Also painted my snack. Blueberries = August. That one had been recently washed, that's why it's shiny. They're not usually shiny. But they are usually delicious, as that one was when I decided it was done being my model and I ate it. BC goodness. Thank you, gigantic Sikh blueberry farms, for letting me take part of thy bounty. I don't know what I shall do in September, which is blackberry season, because store-bought blackberries just ... aren't ... right.

It's bloody hot and I can't sleep and the internet is not cooperating. Don't make me watch Road to Perdition again, Internet!


MATCHA LEMONADE
1 cup lemon juice
2 tbsp matcha (green tea) powder
Sugar/Sweetener to taste (I use about 3 tbsp stevia)
2 L water

Mix the matcha powder with enough water to make a liquid about the consistency of paint – it works best to add and mix water gradually, working from a thick paste up to liquid, to avoid little powdery lumps. Add this to the lemon juice and sugar/sweetener. I mix it all up in an old 2L pop bottle and then fill the rest with water but it's probably classier to use a pitcher.

Comments

[octaveleap.livejournal.com]

Very well done! At first glance I honestly thought it was a photo. I love glass effects. (And blueberries!)

[charlottestone.livejournal.com]

That blueberry looks so pretty. And I've never tried matcha lemonade, but now I shall seek it out...I think it's the little diving board that did it for me.

[robyinatree.livejournal.com]

It sounds stupid but your picture is making me really want some of that lemonade.
It just looks so thirst-quenching :)

[fani.livejournal.com]

Matcha lemonade?

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Yup. Just added the recipe.

[chainedwind.livejournal.com]

Well, the wild blackberries are gone by now. At least the ones around my house are.

[dispergo.livejournal.com]

Both look impossibly delicious right about now.

And bee tee dubs--would it be alright for me to add you as a friend? You seem really cool, and we share many interests~ :D

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Yeah, friend away! :)

[followthatcab.livejournal.com]

Have you had the iced matcha latte though? Oh, BLENZ!

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

I've had their matcha latte (that was awesome beverage #1) and the iced version, but there's something about the water-based tangy matcha lemonade that is much more satisfying on a hot summer day. Theirs still tastes better that mine (I suspect their matcha is much fresher) but somehow I can't justify the $503.95 it would cost to pick one up every time I felt like it...

[http://users.livejournal.com/__lys_fleurx__/]

I miss your cartoons and miscellaneous doodles.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

[Un]Fortunately I'm working on stuff that I like and is challenging enough that I don't have to have a doodle pad nearby to collect all the stuff I'd rather be doing.

[http://users.livejournal.com/__lys_fleurx__/]

That's really wonderful, but I still miss seeing your artwork.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

You'll see it in 2009! :D

[http://users.livejournal.com/__lys_fleurx__/]

oh, why specifically 2009?

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780521/

[http://users.livejournal.com/__lys_fleurx__/]

You're working on that! I've noticed that the princess uses he same movements as Mulan. I love the classic revival going on with this one.
It looks amazing! I'm so proud of you. :)

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

You have a VERY good eye: she's animated by Mark Henn, who also did Mulan.

I'm glad you like the revival style ... I know a few people (not at Disney, but whose opinions I respect) who are frustrated with how it looks like it's 'straight out of 1992.' It's good to get outside perspective on this stuff sometimes; the world of animation can get a bit insular.

[veronikamg.livejournal.com]

What part of it is your doing then? Are you allowed to tell so we can keep an eye out for it? :)

[phonixa.livejournal.com]

Oo, i must try that! I keep forgetting to pick up some matcha powder, mostly because I haven't the slightest idea where to buy it. Where I live is not exactly the paragon of classy living.

We do have a huge blackberry bush in our backyard and my dad made vats of blackberry jam. Blueberries are the best though.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

I've always wanted to try blackberry wine – my cousins on the island used to make it but they haven't ever since I reached drinking age (argh).

You can get matcha at T&T, if you're ever back in a city that has one...

[ardys-the-ghoul.livejournal.com]

I'd like to try some of that, but I live in Indianapolis, and I have no idea where I would get it around here.

For some reason, I've never cared for blueberries. I don't know why. Strawberries are my personal favorite.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

I suspect you can find it at Asian (specifically Japanese) food stores, as well as some specialty coffee shops ... I think I've seen it at Coffee Bean; I know Blenz sells a matcha kit, though it's expensive, and I think they're only in Canada anyway. Starbucks sells matcha drinks but I don't know if they sell the powder ... I've found the best prices and selection at Asian food stores. The price varies widely and is probably a good indicator of quality, but for a mutt drink like this, the cheap stuff is fine.

More blueberries for me! Ahahaha!

[veronikamg.livejournal.com]

Do you think Vietnamese stores would have it? We don't have any Japanese or Chinese stores in my little home town, but we have a Saigon Market.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Maybe ... there was a Vietnamese place (Southeast Asian anyway) where we used to go in Utah (not the epicentre of Asian-American culture) that had a fair selection of generally Asian stuff. It's worth a shot ... they might be able to order some if they don't have any.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

I should add that you could make a version like lemonade in which you add brewed green tea to the lemon/sugar mix instead of just water. It'd be different but probably good ... in a different way ... I know green tea and grapefruit juice is good and that's kind of the same principle.

[thegina.livejournal.com]

nice blueberry!! This looks digitally painted, is it?

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Yep, in OpenCanvas. It has this thing where you can draw on one file at the same time as another person, lots of fun for artists separated by cruel distance.