Could well be off topic: better tea

Well done with the off-topic posts by the way Bill. Much more
entertaining than the boring old normal stuff!

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mikeos wrote:
charles wrote:

whiskey? some mishtake, shurely 'whisky'?

"Whiskey" specifically refers to Irish I believe?

precisely - and the Jim is in St Andrews, Scotland.

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On Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:03:44 +0100, mikeos wrote:

charles wrote:

whiskey? some mishtake, shurely 'whisky'?

"Whiskey" specifically refers to Irish I believe?

And the US.

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In message , Jerry Whatever
their other faults, those Yorkshiremen do seem to know a thing or two
about tea.
Ian

What other faults, pal?
Bill

Mushy peas for a start ;-p

How else are we to keep up our aggressive farting?

Bill

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Well done with the off-topic posts by the way Bill. Much more entertaining
than the boring old normal stuff!

I know. But some people think I'm a bad person for being off topic. Luckily
they cannot control me.

Bill

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In message , Jerry Whatever
their other faults, those Yorkshiremen do seem to know a thing or two
about tea.
Ian

What other faults, pal?
Bill

Mushy peas for a start ;-p

How else are we to keep up our aggressive farting?
Bill


We use Nouveau Cuisine Mange tout peas down south

Cla..arse!

Steve Terry

In article , charles
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In article , Jim Lesurf
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FWIW I stopped drinking 'supermarket teas' decades ago when I found
out what decent tea tastes like. Bit like the discoveries that 'CDM'
doesn't have 'chocolate' in the title for a good reason, and that
single malt whiskeys are somewhat different to branded label blends.
Curious that in the UK people make a fuss about the quality and taste
of beer, and even coffee, but tend to take tea for granted.

whiskey? some mishtake, shurely 'whisky'?

Yes. Typoee. :-)

But this reminds me of a story my mother told me. At the outbreak of
WW2, my father's TA regiment was posted to the Scottish Borders - I
believe to forestall any paratroop invasion. My mother as a wife of
only 3 months found accomodatiopn in Lauder to be near him. Friends in
India sent her a parcel containing substantial amount of tea. My mother
felt that she ought to pass this to the landlady, who went completely
overboard. "My, my, Indian tea, who'd have thought it, etc...." So my
mother asked what sort of tea she normally had. "We have Lauder tea,
from the grocers".

Two of the people in my old research group are knowledgeable enthusiasts
for single malts. IIRC when they were undergrads they helped promote the
Uni student 'Whisky Society'. This helped them experiment with a range of
cask strength special single malts, etc. All good research. Experiment is
better than theory.

A few years ago one of them was given a bottle of a mass-market blended as
an Xmas gift. He didn't know what to do with it for a while. However when
it was cold one morning he used it to remove ice from the pathway to his
house. I think the same brand is regarded as being 'good' in various export
markets. Certainly seems to sell well. Maybe cold weather is more of a
problem in those countries. :-)

Slainte,

Jim

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Well, I've just had a go with Bill's new system, and it doesn't work so well
for me.

The problem is the tea washes out of the little hole and into the mug, which
spoils the last inch of the drink. In fact, teabag tea is basically just
the sweepings up, so is much finer than "proper" tea and even more
disgusting to get a mouthful of.

I think I maybe made the hole too big, so will try again.

SteveT

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Well, I've just had a go with Bill's new system, and it doesn't work so
well for me.

The problem is the tea washes out of the little hole and into the mug,
which spoils the last inch of the drink. In fact, teabag tea is basically
just the sweepings up, so is much finer than "proper" tea and even more
disgusting to get a mouthful of.

I think I maybe made the hole too big, so will try again.

SteveT

Try with no hole at all and pour slowly.

Bill

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: In fact, teabag tea is basically just
: the sweepings up,

Urban myth