Where are the coffee grounds for that special “earthy” note?
🌟 🎄 🎅 The UnOfficial Official 2025 PM Secret Santa Thread 🎅 🎄 🌟
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I am partial to Balkans, Orientals, VaPers, and Virginias. I have enough English and Aromatics at this point.
Som Besths!
Som Besths!
Save some for an extra week of aging, then label it “small batch limited release”.
Then the "lucky" victim can sell it on tinbids for $100/oz. The gift that keeps on giving!
I'm a tea drinker, so I used tea leaves, but I can scrounge some coffee grounds from the dumpster outside of the local coffee shop. Will it help balance the blend, or will it make it too wet to smoke right away?
My secret santa dumpsterfire package has been shipped to the lucky victim recipient!
Som Besths to all!
Som Besths to all!
I am thankful for this thread... I had no idea Mariah Carey sang that song until now.
That is not a joke...
That is not a joke...
My recipients package is assembled with some items found from the firepit and boxed up. Not yet shipped. So really no official update. #stillabottomlister
Hold the proverbial horses, just noticed there is available to purchase a $750 bag of Esoterica….
I think secretly we all wish we were you and did not have this knowledge.
well I have it now, so i guess I can still be a PMSS 2025 card carrying member.
Just checking in on all of you - how are you all feeling today?
I think I need a 2nd giftee, I'm not having enough challenges from the first one you gave me.....
Been on a trip all week and am wiped out from having to leave for the airport at 4 AM this morning to make the first flight of the day.
Now relaxing on my front porch, contentedly smoking a bowl of Momoyama with a frantically happy dog draped across my lap.
I’ve been following the proceedings while away. My recipient has a much better cellar than mine, (I know this because we’ve traded blends in the past) so I will have to give some consideration as to what sweepings will be most appropriate for the occasion.
McClelland won’t do as he’s loaded with the stuff.
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Started off a little hungover, but doing better now thank you for asking. Got my match’s shopping done, packed it up and headed to the post office tomorrow at lunchtime to send it off!
How are you feeling, Santa Mike?
My sister is on her way to my house from the Memphis airport. My nephew and niece arrive on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. They don't know their mom is coming. So I need to have a conversation with my niece to see just who she thought was going to be the designated asshole to come get her from the airport in lieu of cooking turkey dinner. Her excuse is that she didn't want to ask (even just fucking ask) her lab partner to do the lab a day early so she could fly out Wednesday. I can then have the convo with her about treating my sister like shit the last 4 years when she is going to school for free because of my sister. Don't get me started on my BIL who isn't even invited to this dumpster fire.
My wife, once she understood the scale of shitstorm descending on our farm, decided that it would behoove her to go visit her parents (81 and 84 years old) in Havasu. I was the one who suggested it, since I got to spend 3 days with them this summer (They are awesome, btw) and they aren't getting any younger. My brother and his family, along with my dad are readying the popcorn maker to watch the drama unfold.
And I get to cook the whole dinner: one baked turkey because my darling niece is allergic to peanuts; one deep fried turkey because fuck her, I am having a deep fried turkey... in peanut oil; a 10lb boneless rib roast; two types of sweet potatos (sis can't eat dairy and I thrive on butter); Watergate salad; 2 kinds of mashed potatoes because, sister; green bean casserole; 2 types of stuffing; veggie tray with Uncle Dan's Southern Style Buttermilk Ranch (which is ironically from Idaho); pecan and cherry pies; and lots of dinner rolls.
Edit: So, yeah, a bit apprehensive is how I am feeling. With a healthy dose of vexation.
My wife, once she understood the scale of shitstorm descending on our farm, decided that it would behoove her to go visit her parents (81 and 84 years old) in Havasu. I was the one who suggested it, since I got to spend 3 days with them this summer (They are awesome, btw) and they aren't getting any younger. My brother and his family, along with my dad are readying the popcorn maker to watch the drama unfold.
And I get to cook the whole dinner: one baked turkey because my darling niece is allergic to peanuts; one deep fried turkey because fuck her, I am having a deep fried turkey... in peanut oil; a 10lb boneless rib roast; two types of sweet potatos (sis can't eat dairy and I thrive on butter); Watergate salad; 2 kinds of mashed potatoes because, sister; green bean casserole; 2 types of stuffing; veggie tray with Uncle Dan's Southern Style Buttermilk Ranch (which is ironically from Idaho); pecan and cherry pies; and lots of dinner rolls.
Edit: So, yeah, a bit apprehensive is how I am feeling. With a healthy dose of vexation.
Praying for strength for you brother, that sounds like a handful! Here’s hoping everything goes as smoothly as possible.
