Fluttermoth
Cult of Jari
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I hope it's flat shoe, not performance or big lickJaneD,
Yes, horses are specially trained.
I hope it's flat shoe, not performance or big lickJaneD,
Yes, horses are specially trained.
I think it is the acidity of coffee. I don't drink coffee if I feel unwell, but I will sip a hot cuppa lightly steeped tea.I have to confess that when I am sick, hot tea with sugar and milk makes me feel better than coffee with sugar and cream.
I don’t know why this is so ?
Is it puerile?I got some puer recently
Stock up.T2 Tea are closing all of their UK stores. I will miss their pear teas
https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/t2-tea-announces-closure-uk-25977389
^this^. Now, I've not had much experience with American restaurants, but their "sweet tea" is awful - I like iced tea.Tea in American restaurants is usually crappy.
'Sweet tea' here is just overly sweet iced tea.....apparently the style comes from the southern states,.^this^. Now, I've not had much experience with American restaurants, but their "sweet tea" is awful - I like iced tea.
When I went to New Orleans and visited the French Quarter, I was near Cafe du Monde and I was excited to have a good coffee and a beignet.
What a disappointment. It was more like lukewarm, weak drip coffee. The beignet was like a plain doughnut. I could have gotten these anywhere.
I guess I should have realized that the word cafe was used more like cafeteria. I was hoping for something outstanding, since it claimed to be of the world.
I did enjoy chatting with the singer (who lived in Treme) of Jazz Cats who played live jazz there. I bought their CD.
I was very disappointed in the beignets, especially as I'd never had one before. Probably will not again.'Sweet tea' here is just overly sweet iced tea.....apparently the style comes from the southern states,.
One has to ask for expresso or dark roast if you want strong coffee.....but you'd think they could make a decent beignet
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I've never been there, but I understand the Cafe du Monde coffee is mixed with chicory. Originally a way to stretch the coffee budget, some New Orleaners developed a taste for it.When I went to New Orleans and visited the French Quarter, I was near Cafe du Monde and I was excited to have a good coffee and a beignet.
What a disappointment. It was more like lukewarm, weak drip coffee.
I never stand on the curious Yorkshire Tea blend that is: Toast & Jam flavoured.Where do you stand on the curious Yorkshire Tea blend that is: Toast & Jam flavoured?
We have something like that in. It's a 'bedtime' decaffeinated flavoured brew. Might indeed be of the Yorkshire brand, I'll have a look.Forum members: I've recently experienced a strange phenomenon, and I've not yet recovered. I'm not sure that I should be liking it as much as I do, but....I may have become mildly substance-dependant.
Where do you stand on the curious Yorkshire Tea blend that is: Toast & Jam flavoured? Be very careful- I had no idea what I was letting myself in for. Because if you suspend your disbelief, and just....drink....it's nearly incredible. Yet common sense says it should not be. Help!!
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The awful thing was 18 years ago. Life went on but I never again made tea in a teapot or even the vacuum flask.Haven't used a teapot for years. Used to have a big aluminium teapot which lasted for aeons. I'd make a new cosy for it now and then.
However, there was a scare about aluminium being linked to dementia around the time the whole family seemed to leave home at once so it fell into disuse.
Its replacement was a large steel vacuum flask. I stopped using that when something so awful happened to the family that I couldn't even plan far enough ahead to my next brew.
These days I make brews in big mugs with one of those one-cup fast-boil hot drink makers. They're great. I gave my mother one. She has about 100 brews a day so it saves her money.
Railway tea.Yes. Hot as hell. But not out of a flask...never out of a flask; instant coffee actually tastes nicer when it's been in a vacuum flask for a couple of hours - but tea tastes like three day old horse-piss that's been passed through a rusty steam engine.
My friend still uses a teapot and, apparently, it's now almost impossible to find tea cosies!The awful thing was 18 years ago. Life went on but I never again made tea in a teapot or even the vacuum flask.
However, I've recently come across the flask and a steel teapot, tucked away in a cupboard, waiting patiently to comfort me.
The time may be near.
I'll have to make a cosy for the pot though. Can't have it going cold.
Currently eyeing up the lining of an old hi-viz coat someone gave me to harvest.
Hmm, a hi-viz tea cosy? Are there such things? There might be.
When I was a small child, adults would sometimes give us some of their tea to drink from the saucer. I thought it was to cool it for us.That's interesting, I was aware that putting milk first was considered more "common", that would explain why. I put milk last, simply because it's easier to judge the correct amount.
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Tea cosies, yup, I have never bought one. Sometimes I've been given very twee knitted ones, like little Rasta hats. (Rasta headwear did of course use to be nicknamed 'tea cosy hats'.)My friend still uses a teapot and, apparently, it's now almost impossible to find tea cosies!
Anyway, @Yithian spotted that a couple of years ago.Forum members: I've recently experienced a strange phenomenon, and I've not yet recovered. I'm not sure that I should be liking it as much as I do, but....I may have become mildly substance-dependant.
Where do you stand on the curious Yorkshire Tea blend that is: Toast & Jam flavoured? Be very careful- I had no idea what I was letting myself in for. Because if you suspend your disbelief, and just....drink....it's nearly incredible. Yet common sense says it should not be. Help!!
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Where do you stand on the curious Yorkshire Tea blend that is: Toast & Jam flavoured? Be very careful- I had no idea what I was letting myself in for. Because if you suspend your disbelief, and just....drink....it's nearly incredible. Yet common sense says it should not be. Help!!