Here, you don’t need to go out and commune with nature to know when autumn has arrived – all you have to do is check your corner vending machine to see how many of the cold tea offerings have switched over to hot tea.
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Hey, that’s the same green tea we have on the ship. Ours isn’t sporting a seasonal orange cap, though.
Your ship has good taste! That’s my favorite kind of vending machine o-cha, only it’s sold in aluminum bottles, which nearly burn my hands when they first come out of the machine. I’m such a wuss, I only buy it when I’m wearing gloves!
We have a heated fridge in the ship store and those hot aluminum bottles are a blessing after spending hours in the meat locker…
(The meat locker is combat lol)