Tea from the equatorial highlands of Uganda. The slow way up.
In Rukiga and Rutooro — two of the languages of Uganda's tea country — the word for highland is nearly the same, one consonant apart.
A highland is a height you don't reach in a day. You reach it in mornings — the slow way up.
From Uganda's equatorial highlands — equator sun, mountain cool. The altitude slows the leaf and deepens the cup.
A cup to open the morning and another to close the evening. A ritual, kept for its own sake.