Ben So Furry
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Are those in cup strainer things that you get from Whittards ok SHM?
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amnesiaseizure
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StoneHappyMonday
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http://www.sympathyteas.co.uk/products.php?cat=13
That's my teapot. The yellow one. Think they're all the same actually.
That's my teapot. The yellow one. Think they're all the same actually.
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amnesiaseizure
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Ok fait do's SHM, i get people who aren't so keen on the sugar.
I only use unrefined brown stuff though, that any better?
I only use unrefined brown stuff though, that any better?
I had tea foisted upon me from a young age, musta drunk a cup a day til I got to about, I dunno, 18 or something. Then I started drinking coffee & at this time I also came to live in England. Being a bit fucking anti-establishment by then, I was horrified by how ubiquitous tea drinking is in the UK so, along with most of our societys other irritatting addctions (alcohol, tobacco, cars, houses) I decided to eschew as many of them as possible. I drunk coffee for the next few decades almost exclusively. It seemed as if the only time I got offered & accepted a cuppa it was this tepid, pale cup of tastless dredge I find more pleasure soking my testies in.
THEN! Not more than a year ago, following something of a long, "fun" time I found that coffee was increasing my anxiety & depression, especially in the morning (but not as much as alcohol, which I've also quit recently) so I decided to switch to tea for awhile. I found making my own has greatly increased my enjoyment of it. I found that instead of getting me up & at it in the morning, tea rather mellowed, sometimes even counteracting my morning anxiety. I make small, light cups, gently sugared with no milk. I've been using soya milk since the mid-90's after being advised by health workers to remove dairy from my diet (I'm asthmatic) but soya milk does NOT work in tea (imo) so it's black tea for me.
I've since got something of a handle on my anxiety & it's errrrr "causes", & now that alcohol is almost entirely removed from my diet, I'm back on soya coffee. My 20 year hatred of tea has departed but I still only have it in the evening when I fancy a hot drink but don't want even a minor coffee buzz.
Y'know, I always set out to write a brief, concise post here on BL & I always ramble on for fucking ages! Sorry! Lol
THEN! Not more than a year ago, following something of a long, "fun" time I found that coffee was increasing my anxiety & depression, especially in the morning (but not as much as alcohol, which I've also quit recently) so I decided to switch to tea for awhile. I found making my own has greatly increased my enjoyment of it. I found that instead of getting me up & at it in the morning, tea rather mellowed, sometimes even counteracting my morning anxiety. I make small, light cups, gently sugared with no milk. I've been using soya milk since the mid-90's after being advised by health workers to remove dairy from my diet (I'm asthmatic) but soya milk does NOT work in tea (imo) so it's black tea for me.
I've since got something of a handle on my anxiety & it's errrrr "causes", & now that alcohol is almost entirely removed from my diet, I'm back on soya coffee. My 20 year hatred of tea has departed but I still only have it in the evening when I fancy a hot drink but don't want even a minor coffee buzz.
Y'know, I always set out to write a brief, concise post here on BL & I always ramble on for fucking ages! Sorry! Lol
jancrow
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HEATHEN
I agree with you here.
I don't like tea. I'm not Brit but I live here so I'm including myself. I don't like bacon either.
Boo, hiss. The Frenchies are notoriously bad at tea. I'm sorry but it's true. All that Lipton bunk. HEATHEN.
HEATHEN
I feel for you, man, same thing happened to me for about two years. It was horrible. There's decaf tea but it tasted really odd back then, don't know if they've improved it at all recently.
Suspicious of this, but support the general principle of a STRONG TASTE.
Hurrah!
Yuck, no thanks! Earl Grey's vile. I spat on his statue when I visited Newcastle for the first time.
Eurrrgh. HEATHEN. WASTEMAN.
Wonderful person. I have mine with semi-skimmed. The water has to be really properly boiling or you get that weird scum on the surface, the tea doesn't brew properly or taste right and has to be tipped down the sink.
True!
Exactly this.
This also!
Hurray! I love you!
Oh Nish, what can we do with you? I don't know whether I hate the fact that you don't drink tea or group it in with coffee as 'hot beverages in general' the most. HEATHEN.
I didn't know people didn't like tea.
Really people don't like it!?! Really!?!
This too.
Hooray! You rock!
Hooray! You're amazing.
Correct again!
FOR CHRIST's SAKE HAVE A CUP OF TEA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfRzBfYpyuA
StoneHappyMonday
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For you certainly.
Ben So Furry
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Had a thing for Ceylon when out somewhere in the world. PG Tips when I got back.
Crikey! You been busy, I didn't bother quoting the ENTIRE thing!
I take mine back & I apologise fror JANs post instead! Touch of obsession showing there Jan!
jancrow
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TEAOMETER
UP
Tips
Assam
English Breakfast
DOWN
Tetley
Earl Grey
Flavours
UP
Tips
Assam
English Breakfast
DOWN
Tetley
Earl Grey
Flavours
jancrow
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Hahahah, it's my DOC. I'm passionate / rabid / in love with it.
My gf did remark last night that my teeth are a bit less white than they could be. I drink slightly less than I once did, but I once drank in the region of ten pints a day of the stuff. Now it's more like six.
Ben So Furry
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Tea teeth. Proper. Beats getting them by using the cigarette method.
What was that tune Albion posted about tea?
When I say herbal - you say - No Thanks.
What was that tune Albion posted about tea?
When I say herbal - you say - No Thanks.
amnesiaseizure
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Assam does it for me
SHM you old charmer you The sugar just counters my internal bitterness. I'm horrid without it. And i nice teapot i must say, quite tempted by the red one, only £20from amazon.
SHM you old charmer you
The sugar just counters my internal bitterness. I'm horrid without it. And i nice teapot i must say, quite tempted by the red one, only £20from amazon.I see that you are in love with TEA! Or are you referring to that fine molecule, DOC? *slight derail*
parttime crackhead
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I'm not a fan of tea at all but I did get 2 cups made for me last weekend while sitting feeling rather rough & I have to admit that it squared me up a wee bit. Still prefer a rapid black as a muthafucka coffee but I don't think that would have helped the situation, the tea seemed to soothe the hangover pain & re-energise me at the same time. Final opinion = tastes pish, does the job.
2 cups of tea, 2 rolls & sausage & I was good to go - round the shop for more Wine.
2 cups of tea, 2 rolls & sausage & I was good to go - round the shop for more Wine.
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Assam does it for me
SHM you old charmer you
£20 well spent my friend, trust me. We paid £25. Or rather she did, then crapped herself because she thought I'd have a go at her for wasting money. You don't waste money on a proper teapot.
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swampdragon
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Pukka green tea with chai is my daytime DOC. Good stuff.
Or english breakfast with a bit of milk if I've run out.
Or english breakfast with a bit of milk if I've run out.
jancrow
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I meant Drug Of Choice. Oh YUM, I'm drinking a cup now, in bed, with sunlight pouring in da window. Bliss.