[ She laughs a little. Caught in the act. Been here too long today already. ]

Owner keeps telling me that I should take a break but it's difficult to when the tea leaves are growing out bitter. I would prefer to resolve this so the customers of the tea house would be able to enjoy themselves.

[ There is a momentarily serious expression. ]

The ratio differs for each species and these plants are slightly different from home. The location does also matter. The acidity levels of the soil is completely different from home although these plants seem to be used to this.

[ And she would continue except Makoto has come all the way here, she really shouldn't spend the entire afternoon talking about the plants. So she's dusting herself completely off and going to borrow a blanket from the tea house. ]

We can set up in the gardens if you would be happy with that. The flowers there bloom so well and I've seen a lot of new sprouts recently. I wonder what could have caused them?

[ I hear oranges are great for flowers. ]