Im4Him Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 I like tea, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickRitaMichael Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 Hot chocolate is my hot beverage of choice. Why wasn't that an option? I feel discriminated against Did you know that hot chocolate has as many antioxidants in it as a glass of red wine...and it tastes SO MUCH BETTER! yeah chocolate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paladin D Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 I like both, but I prefer Cappucino... which is pretty close to Coffee. I need to try Coffee with some good ole cream, it tastes awful plain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 15, 2004 Author Share Posted January 15, 2004 OK then, here it is: 1. Get a teapot – you can’t make tea properly in a cup! 2. Get some good tea – PG Tips and Yorkshire tea are both good, don’t know what you can get in the US though. Apparently loose tea is best, but most prefer bags for convenience 3. Boil the kettle (sorry to be obvious!) 4. Warm the pot (rinse it out with a little of the boiled water) – I don’t know why you do this, but successive generations of English parents insist that it is so (must be magic or something!) 5. Put tea into the pot (two to three bags/spoons depending on how strong you like it! 6. Pour in the hot water 7. Give it a stir and leave it to brew for a good five minutes 8. Put milk and/or sugar into each cup depending on how you like it 9. Stir the tea again and pour some into each cup 10. Sit back and enjoy one of the finest pleasures the Lord has blessed us with :D ! Oh yeah, and what you want to dunk in is a COOKIE – sorry, I forgot we call biscuits different things (cheers Jasjis)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrushedUnderfoot Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 I prefer coffee with milk and 5 teaspoons of sugar, but I drink neither of them very often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasJis Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 Richard, You can get Twinings in the States. But it doesn't seem as good as what in-laws bring from England. According to my Brit mother-in-law, you pour hot water in cup before brewing to warm the cup and rinse it. She never brews in the pot as she grew up brewing by the cup. Maybe it was War economics or something so you wouldn't waste tea if you brewed by the pot. She always insisted on buying electric teakettles that plugged into the wall. She said that's how it was when she grew up in London. She used to have to sepcial order them, but now they're common in the States. Another thing I've noticed. Americans do not drink tea as hot as Brits do. When visiting England, I was always surprised how hot the tea was at people's homes and in pubs. Tea is better hot. Ah. A piping hot cup of tea and a fry-up! Brilliant for a cool morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 I do occasionally drink tea even though I love coffee. I can get PG Tips and Typhoo here ... I like PG Tips best for bagged teas, then I have a couple of loose leaf teas I also like. I don't usually make a whole pot, though, because I'm just one person. I brew it in a mug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 (edited) OK then, here it is: 1. Get a teapot – you can’t make tea properly in a cup! 2. Get some good tea – PG Tips and Yorkshire tea are both good, don’t know what you can get in the US though. Apparently loose tea is best, but most prefer bags for convenience 3. Boil the kettle (sorry to be obvious!) 4. Warm the pot (rinse it out with a little of the boiled water) – I don’t know why you do this, but successive generations of English parents insist that it is so (must be magic or something!) 5. Put tea into the pot (two to three bags/spoons depending on how strong you like it! 6. Pour in the hot water 7. Give it a stir and leave it to brew for a good five minutes 8. Put milk and/or sugar into each cup depending on how you like it 9. Stir the tea again and pour some into each cup 10. Sit back and enjoy one of the finest pleasures the Lord has blessed us with :D ! Oh yeah, and what you want to dunk in is a COOKIE – sorry, I forgot we call biscuits different things (cheers Jasjis)! You warm the pot so you are not putting boiling water into a cooler pot because a] it could crack, b] it could cool down too quickly. Cheers! Edited January 15, 2004 by cmotherofpirl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pio Nono Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 JMJ 1/15 - First Thursday Most assuredly, I am a coffee drinker. In my room at the sem (more like a closet than a room, really), I have a little Krups coffee maker and an espresso machine. I'm the kind that drinks coffee at all hours of the day (or night), especially now that a study has come out that says men who are prone to Type II diabetes lower their risk of actually contracting the disease by drinking six cups of coffee a day. Of course, nicotene helps reduce the risk for Alzheimer's disease, so that doesn't mean that doing these things is actually healthy in the long run. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marielapin Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 I drink neither tea nor coffee. But I love sodas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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