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Post by Prince Hal on Jan 16, 2019 14:59:05 GMT -5
I used Cream in certain teas during in the winter. Odd...but okay. With a touch of ginger?
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jan 16, 2019 16:07:59 GMT -5
I used Cream in certain teas during in the winter. Odd...but okay. Maybe a different kind of Cream?
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Post by Confessor on Jan 16, 2019 19:29:33 GMT -5
Odd...but okay. With a touch of ginger? And that concoction resulted in him seeing God.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2019 23:01:54 GMT -5
And that concoction resulted in him seeing God. -M
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 16, 2019 23:20:54 GMT -5
And that concoction resulted in him seeing God. -M False advertising.
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Post by beccabear67 on Jan 17, 2019 0:27:30 GMT -5
I prefer Peter Green. And speaking of green... who the @#$%^&! would put milk or cream in green tea??? Good lord no, standards haven't fallen that far have they? I do remember when you had to explain hot tea in many parts of the U.S. I take orange pekoe but it seems like most places sell something labelled English Breakfast. I'm not quite sure of what I'm getting there. Luckily I have had success finding Yorkshire Tea in it's familiar packaging in a Safeway when I'm in Oregon, whew! Tea and biscuits represents civilization to me and have always traveled with a stash and electric kettle. It is hard finding anything like proper tea biscuits sometimes though. I prefer Ginger Nut and Malted Milk biscuits, Custard Cremes for special occasions.
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Post by Confessor on Jan 17, 2019 0:42:24 GMT -5
And that concoction resulted in him seeing God. -M I've seen that photo before. The dog was apparently a Jimi Hendrix fan.
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Post by Confessor on Jan 17, 2019 0:57:34 GMT -5
So do I...but then, post-Cream, I'm really not much of a fan of Eric Clapton's guitar playing or songwriting. I mean, he's an extremely talented guitarist, no doubts there, but, I think after about 1970 or so, his playing really lacked "soul" for want of a better word. Peter Green's playing, on the other hand, had soul in spades. To be honest, I'd rather listen to one of Syd Barret's one-string guitar solos than anything Clapton did after the '60s. At least Syd's playing had a bit of fire and guts to it. ...but it seems like most places sell something labelled English Breakfast. I'm not quite sure of what I'm getting there. Luckily I have had success finding Yorkshire Tea in it's familiar packaging in a Safeway when I'm in Oregon, whew! Tea and biscuits represents civilization to me and have always traveled with a stash and electric kettle. It is hard finding anything like proper tea biscuits sometimes though. I prefer Ginger Nut and Malted Milk biscuits, Custard Cremes for special occasions. English breakfast tea is essentially a blend of different black teas from places like Ceylon and Kenya. It's what we call "tea" over here. Although weirdly, over the past 15 years or so, the term "English breakfast tea" has gained traction -- especially on cafe menus and the like. Yorkshire Tea is English breakfast tea. Do they have Jammie Dodgers over in the States and Canada? They are by far my favourite biscuit to have with English Breakfast tea.
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Post by berkley on Jan 17, 2019 3:30:16 GMT -5
I've never been a great tea-drinker myself but that made me a bit of an oddity where I grew up, in Nfld, where pretty much everyone drank it day in day out back then (not sure how it is now, but I suspect it's died down a bit). And in Nfld, it was pretty much universal, in my experience, that Carnation milk was added to it - Carnation is a brand of tinned, evaporated milk. I never heard of Jammie Dodgers, but they look similar to the Jam Jams we used to have in Nfld:
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Post by The Captain on Jan 17, 2019 7:50:31 GMT -5
Do they have Jammie Dodgers over in the States and Canada? They are by far my favourite biscuit to have with English Breakfast tea. I can't necessarily speak for other areas of the US, but my wife had the hardest time finding them locally for our older daughter's Doctor Who-themed birthday party a couple of years ago. She didn't find the authentic ones but did locate a reasonable substitution that fit the bill at a Big Lots store.
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Post by brutalis on Jan 17, 2019 8:07:19 GMT -5
Try being me. My entire family, grandparents, aunts and uncles and cousins and nieces are all madly insane coffee drinkers and I am the ONLY tea drinker in the lot. Where the hell did that come from? When growing up there was a pot of coffee brewing every minute of the day and my parents and grandparents would drink only coffee for morning breakfast, at lunch and dinner. Perhaps that smell of brewing coffee and cigarettes (they went hand in hand ALL day long) is why I have never picked up a cigarette (do like an occasional cigar) and prefer my tea. Family looks at me like I am crazy and jokingly ask if the mailman was father.
Speaking of which: I receive a monthly order from Canadian company called Tea Sparrow that delivers 4 different prepackaged loose teas. Every 14th of the month they ship for around $15 a new pack of tea's from different companies all around the world. Each pack will make 8-10 cups of tea hot or cold. Receive some very tasty blends and if you find any which you really like then you can go on line and order from the company in larger packs:
Mixes like Organic Pear Green tea, Nut Crunch Roobios (green roobios, fruit pieces, hazelnut), Snowflake (black tea with coconut and marzipan), Organic Cacao )organic chocolate herbal tea), Organic Hawaii Cocktail (pineapple, mango papaya, lemon, dog rose and raisins), Strawberry Cream (strawberries and pears), Organic Kanchenjunga (Tibetan floral tea), Organic Jasmine Green tea, Arabian Nights ( sweet concord grape combined with tropical fruits in earthy green tea), Iron Goddess of Mercy (crafted only twice a year in spring and in winter is an oolong tea from Taiwan), Ginger Fresh (ginger and licorice and mint great hot and iced), Mount Kenya Estate (black tea, malty, smooth and works well with milk and honey) and many others are just some received in the last 3 months.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 17, 2019 11:40:16 GMT -5
I've never been a great tea-drinker myself but that made me a bit of an oddity where I grew up, in Nfld, where pretty much everyone drank it day in day out back then (not sure how it is now, but I suspect it's died down a bit). And in Nfld, it was pretty much universal, in my experience, that Carnation milk was added to it - Carnation is a brand of tinned, evaporated milk. I never heard of Jammie Dodgers, but they look similar to the Jam Jams we used to have in Nfld: I love those type of cookies. Can't find them in a grocery store, but they are sold in bakeries.
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Post by beccabear67 on Jan 17, 2019 13:31:34 GMT -5
I'm glad to see we have such civilized members here who appreciate the hot sustaining drink of both the intellectually erudite as well as dedicated craftspeoples (I like builder's strength meself). I don't know much about all the fancy teas other than I see them often when visiting someone new in the states. Delighted to hear I drink tea they pull out all these things with fruits and exotic substances said to cure things! I've never found the Jammie Dodgers here though, not that I've looked all that widely, we get pretty much whatever Tesco's makes, or Peek Freans. We used to get really nice fresh crumpets but not anymore. I do get Stroopwaffels and Speculaas made in Holland though. Mike Myers must get the Dodgers though as he would mention them when doing that Tommy Cooper type MC on the new Gong Show. Ack, canned milk in tea, that's probably what gave my Nederlandse grandmother a fatal heart attack at 54. The family swore off it then. She also used to pour grease from the pan of sausages onto the potatoes too though. Don't try this at home kids. I probably owe whatever good health and habits I do have to my Mom's side. Although there was always bread and butter on the table there was also fresh from their garden veggies of all kinds, plus apples, cherryplums, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and strawberries from the yard as well. And fresh or home canned fish, chicken, venison, moose, free range eggs and home baked breads. I did spend most of each summer working, weeding, picking, and canning though, and being told how it's a good life if you don't weaken.
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Post by Rob Allen on Jan 17, 2019 14:56:23 GMT -5
Lately I've been drinking Irish Breakfast tea, which is a primarily Assam blend. When dining out I'll take Darjeeling or Earl Grey. No milk in any of them, but honey is welcome.
I've tried PG Tips, which claims to be the most popular tea in England, but found it unremarkable.
Among herbal "teas" (more properly, "tisanes"), I like mint, raspberry leaf (which is advertised as being especially good for women, but I like it), and an Asian fruit called bitter melon. In the summer, iced tea made with English/Irish Breakfast tea and bitter melon is extraordinary.
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Post by brutalis on Jan 17, 2019 15:45:47 GMT -5
I was an Earl Grey drinker long before Jean Luc Picard ever set sail to the stars aboard the Enterprise. I was gladly surprised to see so much mention of one of my favorite tea's in a favorite television show. And I wonder how much this may have increased sales of Earl Grey at the time?
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