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To Janson, CT, Sil, and the other Brits

The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, OmeganautRegistered User, ClubPA regular
edited June 2008 in Social Entropy++
How do you take your tea?

Is it considered poor form to use teabags and not loose tea?

Recently, I've been enjoying tea more. I am particularly fond of Earl Gray with cream and two sugars.

I think we should institute Tea Time here in the states. Just a regularly planned break right in the middle of the day to have a nice hot beverage with a pastry or little sandwiches.

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  • FAQFAQ Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    bovril is better than tea in every conceivable way

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  • MikeRyuMikeRyu Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Personally I like it dark and strong.

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited June 2008
    I prefer hot bean water over hot leaf water, myself

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2008
    Rankenphile wrote: »
    I prefer hot bean water over hot leaf water, myself

    Coffee is vile and disgusting.

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  • DynagripDynagrip Break me a million hearts HoustonRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2008
    Pretty sure Silmaril loathes Earl Grey

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  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Eh, wot?

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I'm more of a green tea person, myself.

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  • MikeRyuMikeRyu Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I drink either depending on my mood. Today was a tea day, yesterday was a coffee day.

    About the loose leaf thing, I use teabags but I have meant to start drinking loose leaf tea for a while now, especially since I have managed to educate myself away from the horrors of instant coffee.

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited June 2008
    The Geek wrote: »
    Rankenphile wrote: »
    I prefer hot bean water over hot leaf water, myself

    Coffee is vile and disgusting.
    so's your face, buttface

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2008
    I haven't tried many different kinds of tea. I would like to, though.

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  • LarlarLarlar consecutive normal brunches Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited June 2008
    Tea is nothing more than hot leaf juice.

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  • gazamcgazamc Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    At work. I have the ol' Tetley teabags with a spot of milk (on a night shift add two sugars)

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2008
    Rankenphile wrote: »
    The Geek wrote: »
    Rankenphile wrote: »
    I prefer hot bean water over hot leaf water, myself

    Coffee is vile and disgusting.
    so's your face, buttface

    So's your butt, facebutt.

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  • Dr.FunkensteinDr.Funkenstein Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Eh don't really care for tea

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  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I don't like tea, but I despise coffee.

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  • KrentzKrentz Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I use this thing for steeping loose-leaf tea:
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    It works awesome and I love buying the tea samplers from adagio.com

    (plant post)

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited June 2008
    heh

    krentz

    they had those on thinkgeek for a while

    and the tea they had in there?

    yeah, you could totally tell it was mushrooms

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  • babyeatingjesusbabyeatingjesus Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    you fools. There's only one Tea.
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  • MikeRyuMikeRyu Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Why Krentz, you must tell us about this amazing looking device!

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  • KrentzKrentz Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    ^ tryin' this

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  • GafotoGafoto Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Geek, the British don't know anything about being British anymore.

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited June 2008
    ahaha it's still there

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    liberty caps say what

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  • KrentzKrentz Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Yeah there is no way you would put that much tea leaves in there.

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  • BigDesBigDes Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I don't drink tea. Or Coffee. Or hot chocolate. I like cup a soup though.

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  • UsagiUsagi Nah Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Green tea with just a little bit of honey or rooibos/honeybush by itself, both are delicious.

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  • MikeRyuMikeRyu Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    BigDes wrote: »
    I don't drink tea. Or Coffee. Or hot chocolate. I like cup a soup though.

    I'm afraid that your avatar says otherwise.

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  • bongibongi regular
    edited June 2008
    with milk

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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I do not like hot liquids

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  • babyeatingjesusbabyeatingjesus Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    The Lovely Bastard wrote: »
    I do not like hot liquids

    liar

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  • KrentzKrentz Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    This is what an ingenuiTEA should look like after brewing a cup:
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    Just a little on the bottom. Not filled halfway up.

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  • bongibongi regular
    edited June 2008
    i use a teabag too because it's easy

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2008
    So what is all special about that cup?

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  • MikeRyuMikeRyu Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I guess I should feel shame as an Englishman for asking this but does loose leaf really taste that much better than from a teabag?

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  • KrentzKrentz Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    It's not a cup, it's a brewing pot basically. You put your loose-leaf tea in there with some hot water. When it's done you put it on top of your mug and it drains out the bottom.

    It's fast, convenient, and doesn't make a mess.

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    i like bubble tea

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2008
    Krentz wrote: »
    It's not a cup, it's a brewing pot basically. You put your loose-leaf tea in there with some hot water. When it's done you put it on top of your mug and it drains out the bottom.

    It's fast, convenient, and doesn't make a mess.

    That's pretty cool.

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  • drhazarddrhazard Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Anyone who drinks their tea or coffee straight/black is doing it wrong. I do decaf coffee, quite a bit of milk, two Splendas. That, or rooibos with some milk. Also, my dad bought me one of those brew pots from Teavana. It's just another thing my parents bought me that I never used. (How often can I get out to get loose tea?)

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  • MikeRyuMikeRyu Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Only a very little bit of milk in the tea though to take the edge off.

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2008
    Splenda? What is wrong with you?

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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    babyeatingjesus wrote: »
    The Lovely Bastard wrote: »
    I do not like hot liquids

    liar

    what

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