Things to do/avoid in Barcelona?

Will be visiting for three days - are there things you guys would suggest I do/experience and any tourists traps or unpleasant aspects I could avoid?

To note, I'm not a drinker or eat pork so night life and such probably won't be something I'd do

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u/ThatAsianGuy_42 — 25 days ago
▲ 21 r/tea

Jin Jun Mei price differences

Can a 3x price difference between justified?

I have a whole bag from Mei Leaf and it's *okay* but wondering how expensive should they get?

u/ThatAsianGuy_42 — 3 months ago

Heatwave making it difficult to read quran

For reference, my average reading time per page had 2x or more since the heatwave has started

What used to make me 20 minutes on a bad day to finish 4 pages now takes me 30-45 minutes

Although Arabic is not language I know or have an easy time dealing it, it seems like after years of reading I'm suddenly reading it as if it's the first time - stumbling, making constant mistakes, loosing pace

I've been reading for years and my average time for my daily sessions have always been 10-20 minutes max but for the last few weeks I'm easily reaching 30+ for the most simplest readings

I'm unsure if I'm just severely dehydrated, I already do not do well in modest temperatures; I need rain and ice cold temperatures just to be at homeostasis

Any advice on how to deal with humid/hot temperatures and Qur'an?

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u/ThatAsianGuy_42 — 3 months ago
▲ 39 r/Incense

First set of Japanese incense

First on the list was Friends of Pine (tall box at the left)

Two packets on top: Mexican Copal and Dragon's Blood

What am I burning next?

u/ThatAsianGuy_42 — 3 months ago
▲ 4 r/tea

Using tea as incense/bakhoor/perfume

I'm quite into perfumery and incense and I'm also into tea

I've soaked tea in alcohol and then made plans to use it in perfumes but I'm wondering about *burning* tea as an incense - is this something that can be done or has been done?

I'd love if I could smell puer tea while drinking it

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u/ThatAsianGuy_42 — 4 months ago
▲ 20 r/tea

Thoughts and opinions?

The fifth tea I've bought for storage (to keep for a few years) - first time ever buying from TWG

This is, supposedly, a 2018 Puer tea for £108.

Won't be drinking it or opening it anytime soon but have in fact bought it

Opinions? Thoughts? Fill me up with buyers remorse

Currently have 5:

1 from The Chinese Tea Company (favourite)

3 from Mei Leaf (eh...)

1 from TWG - no opinions but is fancy and overwhelming in the store

Any other places to buy good cakes from?

u/ThatAsianGuy_42 — 4 months ago
▲ 32 r/Incense

Branching into premium Japanese all natural incense

Grew up with the zamzam brand incense, discovered Oud and then into Hainan aloeswood incense

Now I want to try some Japanese ones - they're branded as "premium" though not sure what that entails

Anyways, here's my first pick of the craft, any opinions before purchasing?

u/ThatAsianGuy_42 — 4 months ago
▲ 4 r/tcltvs

Soundbars for best connectivity with TCL

Hey all I'm currently watching the old X-Man and Spiderman marvel series from the 1990s and the colours are top tier, love the visuals and art work

I'd want to take it up a level by using good quality sound, currently have the TCL C6K and want a good soundbar that works well with TCL and has 5.1 sound system

I know eArc is preferable but TCL does have an internal+Bluetooth option and an auto option so maybe I could get a soundbar that works simultaneously with the internal audio to provide a full surround sound system? I'm not sure if that's a good thing or bad

Either way, what's a good soundbar for the TV? I'd like to stay with TCL simply because of brand consistency (don't want to mix and match) but if another brand is recommended that's fine too

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u/ThatAsianGuy_42 — 5 months ago

Looking for pure skin safe ethanol in the UK

I'm trying to make all natural perfumes and need to dilute it, the closest I've found to 200 Proof or 96%/100% ethanol is from Extract Lab (https://extract-lab.co.uk/product/extract-labs-ethanol/)

I'm wondering if in the UK it's possible to find non-denatured ethanol or pure clean ethanol without additives etc that I can use for my perfumes while keeping it skin safe?

u/ThatAsianGuy_42 — 5 months ago