mascot

So...about our mascot...
One day, some trendy girls came into Churchill's and ordered matcha. Matcha is something that people think they like because it's trendy, and then when they actually taste it they wonder "do I have to pay hard-earned money for this algae crap?"

So, these two girls ordered a pot of green algae (note: Matcha is not actually algae. Its similarity to pond scum merely refers to appearance and taste. Matcha is actually real tea). To make Matcha, which is powdered green tea bearing an uncanny appearance to dried pond scum, you have to whip it up with boiling hot water in a bowl to create a toxic-looking green froth. Then you add more hot water and whip it some more and put it in a teapot, add more water, and serve it up to the trendy girls who then take one sip and leave the rest untouched. So, a lot of slimy green residue is left in the pottery Matcha bowl.
Said bowl found its way to the kitchen where Allison and I were cooking, and Quinton was washing dishes. Quinton, being the inventive and sanitary dishwasher that he is, began using the Matcha goo to make football lines under his eyes, as well as a mustache.
Immediately, we all began to sing: "Matcha Matcha man...I wanna be a Matcha man..."
And then Jill ran to get some paper and render her own anime-style artistic version of our newly created mascot: MATCHA MAN.

I probably did not need five paragraphs to tell that story, but I really wanted to stress how much like algae Matcha looks and to discourage people to never, ever order it in a tea room, no matter how many celebrities swear by it. Please understand that celebrities have lots and lots of money to throw away on culinary delights such as Matcha and Foie Gras (because after all, who wouldn't want force-fed goose liver?).

Ciao.