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Can it be?
Can another Tuesday be upon us?
Yes, it can.
And I think we all know what that means.
It means there are only three days to go until the weekend!
More importantly, it means the return of the
feature mankind may only speak of in the most hushed of whispers and the most whispered of hushes.
It's the one in which the first person to comment gets to decide today's subject for debate.
Even I - Dark Lord of this castle - know not what that might be. Therefore, whatever it is you wish to state, enquire, query or debate, type it below and we'll shall see just what a day like Tuesday can bestow upon us.
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Please tell me the state of tea for you Brits!
Do you still drink tea? Is there still a “tea time” daily? Do you drink it in big 12-16 oz cups / mugs like we drink coffee? Do you drink more coffee than tea? Do you have any personal rituals around your tea, like eating certain cakes or cookies or sandwiches?
Charlie wants to know!
Well Charlie…
I don’t drink tea. At all. I have never enjoyed it, it tastes of brown paper. And I’m generally not a fan of hot drinks. They make me sweat.
I do, by all accounts, make a cracking cup of tea though. Just teabag tea but apparently the results are excellent, I’m told.
My wife drinks tea and coffee all day every day. Decaf, but gallons of it.
I never used to like coffee either but I began drinking it after a meal in restaurants because it balanced out the wine, and then the occasional cup at home. In the last two years I’ve started drinking it on Friday & Sat mornings as a treat, especially since my wife bought a fancy coffee-maker and the beans I get from Soho’s legendary Algerian Coffee House are superb. I have to have it with a lot of sugar though because I’m soft.
The downside is that on a Friday morning, all hopped up on caffeine and sugar, I can tend to make impulsive internet purchases. Struggling with that at the moment,
Thanks for the topic, Charlie.
I must confess I don't drink tea either.
Or coffee.
I drink both tea and coffee although almost all my coffee is consumed in cafes like Costa, Starbucks etc. Tea is still very popular in the UK and Ireland and not just "English" breakfast tea but other brands including green tea and flavoured teas. I like tea then a wee bit milk no sugar in a large cup. I can take it on its own or with a biscuit or a piece and jam ( ?!!).
Interesting fact ( of sorts) English tea was "invented " in Scotland not England, I have no idea why it was called English tea though ( although New York also has a claim to inventing the beverage
I've cut my tea consumption over the past few years and probably average 3 or 4 mugs a day now. Mostly English breakfast tea bags, but made in a pot (which should never be stirred) with a splash of milm, but no sugar. When I'm back in London (which has been more frequent recently) I treat myself to a bag of fresh loose tea from Fortnum and Mason. Usually the Darjeeling Flowery Tippy Finest Golden Orange Pekoe, the aroma of which is nostalgic of PG Tips tea cards, as saved by my grandmother (the cards used to smell of the tea). I'm probably kidding myself.
Australia has a really good coffee culture (lots of Italian migrants between the wars) based upon very good quality espresso. I probably average 4 cups a day, but don't have milk or sugar. Between the tannin, caffeine and alcohol, its no wonder my blood pressure thinks its Mount Everest.
DW
milk
In volume, I have 2 cups of tea, first thing in the morning ( to use only one tea bag, either in an extra large mug ( "Old Man's cup", or in the tea pot. ) I then have a decaf coffee around 11am. After that...whatever I feel like - but no evening drinks, to reduce getting up during the night.
With what beverages does Charlie slake his thirst?
Phillip
I used to drink tea regularly but recycling the tea bags was a nuisance so I switched to coffee. Nowadays the only coffee I drink is instant cappuccino and instant latte - just add boiling water and there's no need for milk or sugar as they are already included in the coffee powder. I also drink milk, water and squash - my favourite squash is Ribena but at the moment I've got a bottle of mango & passionfruit Vimto. As a treat I buy a couple of cans of fizzy pop every week - I especially like Coke and Dr Pepper but at the moment I've got a can of Tesco's lemonade :)
When I was a kid my friend Martin liked to dunk bread & jam into his tea. The bread & jam would emerge as a soggy mess and looked disgusting but Martin loved it.
I also knew someone who drank only fizzy pop and nothing else - no tea, coffee, milk or even water. I suggested he should drink water for health reasons but he said "No, I don't like the taste of water".
Charlie is basically a 12 oz / day decaf guy anymore. This is too facilitate sleeping and also facilitate not peeing, difficult enough given my lame bladder.
On weekends, though, he will indulge in a caf Tea or Coffee. Occasionally it's "English Breakfast" tea though he prefers green tea or white tea "pearls." He steeps his tea by putting the bag and boiling water in a coffee travel mug so that it is sealed tight and the pressure builds up! Be careful when you open that though as the tea will spray out!
Me and the missus did enjoy 3 consecutive days of hot cocoa drinks at a place called Burdick's in Boston a few weeks ago. We did not know it was famous until we noticed 3 consecutive days that when we showed up at 2 PM, the place was not at all busy, but when we left at 3 PM, the line was down the street!!! The hot cocoa was out of this world...
Well boys, Thanksgiving approaches us on Thursday and it is possible that BT, RED, MP, and I may go incommunicado... or not, lol.
That said, there are places around us now offering "High Tea" for $30- $75 a head. It's a ladies event. Not necessarily the poshest ladies but not for the McDonalds crowd, lol.
Also, as a kid, Charlie's dad took him and brothers ice skating / playing hockey on the lagoons near our house in Gary, Indiana. Lots of folks out there, especially b/c Chicago had the most bestest hockey plater at the time: Bobby Hull. As our energy would flag in in the cold, Charlie's dad would open up the thermos of hot black tea with a good helping of sugar stirred in! Man oh man... we were good for another hour after that!!!
Cheers Gents!
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