{"id":7193,"date":"2026-03-05T15:17:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T07:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dulanretreat.com\/?p=7193"},"modified":"2026-03-05T15:17:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T07:17:49","slug":"a-small-ritual-for-the-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dulanretreat.com\/?p=7193","title":{"rendered":"A small ritual for the afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dulanretreat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/img_8451.jpg?resize=640%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-7192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dulanretreat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/img_8451.jpg?resize=1024%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dulanretreat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/img_8451.jpg?resize=300%2C400&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dulanretreat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/img_8451.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dulanretreat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/img_8451.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dulanretreat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/img_8451.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dulanretreat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/img_8451.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pu-er tea ring &amp; Baumkuchen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1 wp-block-paragraph\">The pu-er tea is a gift from a friend in Dali, Yunnan, thoughtfully packaged for export to France \u2014 the label entirely in French.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1 wp-block-paragraph\">The Baumkuchen comes from Japan. Originally a German tea cake, it has undergone the kind of careful refinement that the Japanese bring to even the simplest things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1 wp-block-paragraph\">The earthy groundedness of pu-er, paired with the gentle sweetness and delicate layers of Baumkuchen, makes for a quietly perfect afternoon tea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1 wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes wellbeing is nothing more than this: beautiful things, thoughtful gifts from friends, and a moment of stillness in the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pu-er tea is a gift from a friend in Dali, Yunnan, thoughtfully packaged for export to France \u2014 the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-live"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dulanretreat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dulanretreat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dulanretreat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dulanretreat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dulanretreat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dulanretreat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7193\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dulanretreat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dulanretreat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dulanretreat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}