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u/romwell · 1 pointr/Brooklyn

Uh-oh, tea snob detected! I'll counter-snob you by saying that if you like flavored teas, then you are in the wrong thread.

I kid, of course; but really, the teas I am talking about are in a different league.

Of course, tastes differ, and that tea is the best to my taste. That said, it's not easy to find black Sri-Lankan tea of that quality elsewhere even for a higher price.

I have visited many tea stores, and while there is a huge variety of green teas and oolongs, plain black Ceylon teas is somewhat a void - there would usually be some "English Breakfast" blend, an Assam, a couple of more, and then a bunch of semi-fermented teas from China and a bunch of flavored/mix ones (earl gray, fruity, and so on). It's not hard to visit a store with a hundred teas on sale, and no good black Ceylon tea at all!

One measure of tea quality is the leaf size, and the teas I mentioned are really OPA, not BOP (you know what these mean, right?), and unwrap to about an inch in length. By that measure alone, Ahmad is hard to beat.

These brands (Ahmad in particular) are popular in countries like Iran, where tea is a big part of the culture (unlike in the US, where tea drinking is a matter of fashion these days, but which lacks a long tradition of drinking tea ever since that Boston incident).

Here's Ahmad OPA on Amazon, and here are some reviews on RateTea. Again, many things are a matter of taste, but you can see that it's a strong contender nevertheless.

It all comes down to what your yardstick for tea is and what you are going for. If you want to get a really good Iranian-styled tea, then you get this tea, maybe with a little bit of Earl Grey added.

u/squindar · 1 pointr/Brooklyn

BHS and the Brooklyn Collection at the Central (Grand Army Plaza) branch of the Brooklyn Public Library are both great resources.

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online is a great resource for 1841-1902.

Stiles' History of the City of Brooklyn is good up to 1867.

1940's, 50's, and 60's stories can be found in It Happened in Brooklyn - an oral history of growing up in the borough.

For various neighborhoods' origins, the best resource I've seen is Neighborhoods of Brooklyn by former borough historian John Manbeck.

An unusual but fascinating history is Of Cabbages and Kings: Agriculture and the Formation of Modern Brooklyn.

tl;dr: there's a lot out there...can you be more specific? ;-)

u/anubis2051 · 1 pointr/Brooklyn

I'd recommend starting here on the Dodgers, but I highly recommend picking up The Greatest Ballpark Ever if you can get your hands on it. A fantastic history lesson on Brooklyn and the Dodgers

u/zck · 4 pointsr/Brooklyn

>I don't know what to do with freeweights and would love a partner for this.

A book that might help you is Starting Strength. It's a great way to start with free weights, and focuses on large movements -- you'll be doing squats and presses rather than arm curls -- so you get the biggest effect for your time.

u/riggawaggel · 4 pointsr/Brooklyn

I actually don't know, but if you just need basic truss rod/action adjustments, I would recommend learning to do it yourself. It's really not that hard and the tools can be found at any local hardware store. Adjust in this order:

Truss Rod: You will need Feeler Gauges and a Capo on the first fret. press down with one had on the low E on the fret where the neck meets the body and stick a feeler gauge (.010") between the fret and the E string halfway between the first fret and the one you are pressing (usually 8th or 9th). Adjust the truss rod until the gap allows the gauge to slide in without pushing the string, and with no residual gap. The truss rod section of this page is good.

Bridge Height: You need a 6" Steel Ruler to measure the strings to your comfort, around 5/64's of an inch on the low E and 4/64's on the high e measured at the 17th fret. Adjust the bridge height with a screwdriver or allen wrenches as applicable.

Nut Height: You'll need your feeler gauges again and nut files that match the gauge of each string. You may be able to find a cheap alternative in a hardware store. As a rule of thumb, any tool branded as a luthier tool probably has a dirt cheap exact alternative at your local hardware store. Nuts should be filed down so that the string lays in halfway in the groove, halfway over the top. Bottom of the trough should be filed down to be .010" from the top of the first fret (use the feeler gauge).

Intonation: quoting from that fender link i posted above
>Set the pickup selector switch in the middle position, and turn the volume and tone controls to their maximum settings. Check tuning. Check each string at the 12th fret, harmonic to fretted note (make sure you are depressing the string evenly to the fret, not the fingerboard). If sharp, lengthen the string by adjusting the saddle back. If flat, shorten the string by moving the saddle forward. Remember, guitars are tempered instruments! Re-tune, play and make further adjustments as needed.

skipping the nut height isn't the end of the world if you dont want to shell out for the files.

Edit: oh and pretty much any tool has a high quality demo video on stewmac.com so check those out.

u/ejanaox · 2 pointsr/Brooklyn

if you're wondering about the classic brownstones that define brooklyn's boom in the late 19th century, check out the articles about the architects on brownstoner. there are only like 5 of them.


here are two good ones to start:

u/removenonnumeric · 2 pointsr/Brooklyn

My friends all make fun of me for being paranoid. I dunno. Frees a pocket as well.

http://www.amazon.com/Travel-Accessories-Clip-Wallet/dp/B000BKQHI8/ref=pd_sim_sbs_sg_3/190-4120656-4372629

I also have one of these
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000OJIMNO/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_2?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B000O1AKZ0&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1YVYNDJA1BD21PMH954V
that I cut the wings off of and sewed so it's thinner. It's better quality but I didn't do a good job and it looks kind of ghetto :/ I like it better b/c it's more like a pocket in your waistband. You don't have to take it out to slip bills or a metrocard out of it.

u/phil_s_stein · 3 pointsr/Brooklyn

The book The Invention of Brownstone Brooklyn: Gentrification and the Search for Authenticity in Postwar New York has a fair bit about him as well and is a good read if you're interested in city planning and twentieth century Brooklyn history (specifcally the fight against Moses in the 60s).

u/death_to_topknots · -1 pointsr/Brooklyn

If only there were some kind of "container" that you could.... maybe... store water in? Check your bathroom, there might be a big one in the corner that holds 40 gallons or so. Or you could even buy [something like this](Coleman 5-Gallon Collapsible Water Carrier https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000088O9Y/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_UoRSzb8510FBH) and fill it up?

I'm just spitballing here.

Btw, water in bigger buildings is gravity fed from storage tanks on the roof. Just... so you know :)

u/webauteur · 1 pointr/Brooklyn

There are several travel guides for Brooklyn now. The Brooklyn Experience is pretty good.

u/ShadowBanBrigade · 1 pointr/Brooklyn

I recommend this book, it was on my syllabus for an undergrad class about the Architectural History of NYC https://www.amazon.com/Architecture-New-York-City-Structures/dp/0471014397