Asakiyume mita

I figured it might be, from your description of Ragna, the owner. She's wonderful and, yes, intense. I met her first several decades ago when she started The Sundial, and she taught me an enormous amount about perennial herbs when I lived in the area and visited her shop and garden several times yearly. I still have and regularly use tea tools and a small mortar and pestle purchased from her shop. I rarely get down to CT anymore, but I wish I could go visit Ragna again. Someday.