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∞ Hourglass-inspired tea timer both times and steeps hot tea.

No unnecessary bells or whistles (let alone a power cord) are needed for this elegantly simple tea timer-and-steeper to do its job. Just pour, screw, tip and wait.

A pair of identical glass vessels twist together mechanically via a plastic joiner piece to form the sealed middle between two hourglass-shaping bulbs, each sized for a single two-person serving of tea.
Three settings in the middle allow the user to select a duration for the steeping process, depending on tea types and personal preferences.
Once flipped, the top glass drains into the bottom and the loose leaves linger above – beautifully elemental and visually useful. Designed by Pengtao Yu.
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These days I just try to keep to myself; well aware I’ve lost touch with everyone else. I understand that I’m fading.

I understand that I’m fading away.

I’d rather play dead than play catch up. Because no one really cares all that much. I can’t keep having the same conversations. I look to the floor to keep concentration focused hard on every single word. My nails are dug deep and my stomach hurts.
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And while I was at the rally, Lennon showed up and him and my brother and I hung out and we walked to my house which is like, a few blocks away and ate dinner at Jeffery’s and watched South Park until he had to leave. It was nice.

I’m pretty sure I’ve just found my new best friend.
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Oh, right. I forgot to tell you guys about my day.

The art sled rally was lovely. There were a bunch of people and all of these really creative sleds and I couldn’t walk up the hills because of my stupid boots so my mom had to help me and it was really funny. We bought like this bucket of mini doughnuts that were made out of funnel cake batter and I ate like six and felt sick. But my family and I went out on the lake and I was scared the ice was gonna crack under my feet but then I sat on the sled and let my huge dog pull me across the ice and it was really fun. And I walked to the island in the middle of the lake that I’ve been wanting to go out to since summer and that made me feel nice.
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