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Tea - The last great bastion of Britishness
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It seems to work for me, but it could be all in my head.
Even if it doesn't work it's damn delicious and should be tried anyway.
in her travels, my sister bought for me some Spanish tea that i have, shamefully, yet to try. incidentally, if anyone runs across 'Noches de Grenada'(sic), please let me know what's in it. i'm going to finally try Alhambra in the morning; "Black tea blend with bits of almond, cinnamon, orange peel and safflower and malva flowers. Intense aroma and rounded taste."
e: oh, uh, chamomile is more for a calming effect. if you want good throat stuff, look for slippery elm, marshmallow root and licorice root as ingredients. also, instead of using cough drops, consider sucking on a hard candy; it encourages saliva production just as well (to lubricate the throat [heh]), but since your throat isn't numbed out/'feels better', it keeps you from damaging yourself further by chatting away like normal.
I don't drink sweet tea as much as I used to but I always try to have a fresh pitcher on hand for company. I went to make a new pitcher this morning, though, and realized my sister had bought the Bi-Lo store brand instead of Lipton when it ran out while she was visiting me.
And people, if your sweet tea tastes like sugar water, you are either adding way too much sugar or not steeping it long enough.
Durham is definitely the North Pole, especially when your Uni room has no heating for the entire first year. Used to have to sleep fully dressed and with a hat on.
Room mate used to keep milk on the windowsill, along with his rugby gear which lent an interesting aroma to the room.
O_o
What is wrong with students
As for the rugby kit, it was wet and stinky and better on the windowsill than in the room proper.
Bah, I just want a cup of tea now but I'm meant to be in bed already.
My new tea steeping mug thing came with a free serving of green tea with mango. it was ok but not something I would intentionally buy.
love it
Also it ended up a bit cloudy, which I seem to remember is wrong. What do I do to prevent that?
edit: this is incredible.
I enjoy listening to rap in various accents.
Chap hop just has no flow
it's all jaggedy and disjointed
I mean I know it's not tea but it's got a decidedly tea-like flavor plus other flavor and I think I'll make another cup.
Lemongrass and ginger is my go-to when I have a cold.
but I haven't even used it since I got my english breakfast + tea brewing mug thing.
After hearing you all go on about Jaffa Cakes so much I decided I needed to try them, and felt I had a pretty good chance of finding them here, as the biggest specialty grocery store around here is run by a British ex-pat and maintains a fairly large British import section. Sure enough, I got a box today.
They're...interesting. Dark chocolate + orange isn't a flavour combination I would normally have sought out otherwise, but it is neat. I could see growing to like these, though I probably won't as they're rather pricey imported.
Even Usagi likes it and she's usually more into green teas.
I loves me some chocolate-coated digestives and Hobnobs.