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23 hours ago, BlutAusNerd said:

Lately I've been drinking coca tea, which is delicious. I don't think it's legal in this country, so I have to be grateful for some crafty smuggling.

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This country was built on smuggling. But I'm originally from Kentucky so I'm biased lol.

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Can't believe I've never noticed this thread. I'm a total tea snob, have been for probably half my life at this point. I've been drinking Harney & Sons almost exclusively for years. I love black tea, especially if it's a flavored blend of some sort. Of course, I like a regular breakfast blend too. Putting sugar in tea is blasphemy imho. But I love to make my tea in the morning with half hot water and half warm milk. I like herbal tea blends too, especially peppermint. Also a big fan of lavender and lemon verbena. 

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On 7/16/2016 at 4:14 PM, MacabreEternal said:

Normal tea. Tea in a mug with a splash of milk (skimmed) one in the morning if not working at home otherwise 2 or 3 in the morning and one mid afternoon.  Never seen the point of any other tea, although the girlfriend is an advocate of green tea and peppermint tea also.  I rarely pay for teabags though, because (until recently) I lived in hotels I would just pilfer their supplies that they left in my room each day and bring them home.

Other than normal tea I mostly drink beer and whiskey.

Good one re pilferage of teas and things from hotel stays. Most people do as surely they just bin them otherwise. I'm with you on whisky too. Got to be neat for me though. 

On 1/29/2017 at 10:46 AM, jfk36 said:

I will drink most forms of tea other than chamomile really. I am particularly fond of pu erh tea and wuyi rock tea however.

Have you tried any of the Chinese white teas. I'm sure there called that. There not black teas with milk either.😁 I bought some before. Was few years ago from great little tea/coffee place near where I grew up. I really enjoyed them. Very refreshing.

Im with you on chamomile tea. I don't like it. Leave it for others to enjoy 😜

 

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I'm mostly an iced tea drinker, but I occasionally drink hot tea at night. My favorites are green tea (during the day) and chamomile (night time, before bed). Can't go wrong with standard sweet black tea though, but that's because I live in the South and have become accustomed to sweet tea.

But to be completely honest, I'm more of a coffee guy than a tea guy. Particularly iced coffee. I drink an obscene amount of iced coffee, rarely drink hot coffee (unless it's cold out).

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3 minutes ago, JessieJim said:

Tea is, of course, good. But I prefer coffee, I usually drink a cappuccino from my Yama I'm a real coffee fan. I love the smell of coffee in the morning.

I love the smell of napalm in my coffee.

 

On 6/29/2022 at 5:23 PM, KillaKukumba said:

Make sure it's a good biscuit though. You don't want to be fishing that half soggy biscuit out with your finger :)

 

Yes, a soggy flaccid biscuit is never a good thing.

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I drink way too much coffee since long time - inherited from the time I have been working nightshift I guess. I still can't start up the day without 2x cups cups of coffee made from frseshly grinded beans. I have tried drinking a lot more tea during a period last year but apparently I can't handle tea, I was awake during some nights with some serious stomach pains. Since then I quit tea again and I never had i anymore. So got to stick to coffee drinking all day.

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21 minutes ago, JohanV said:

I drink way too much coffee since long time - inherited from the time I have been working nightshift I guess. I still can't start up the day without 2x cups cups of coffee made from frseshly grinded beans. I have tried drinking a lot more tea during a period last year but apparently I can't handle tea, I was awake during some nights with some serious stomach pains. Since then I quit tea again and I never had i anymore. So got to stick to coffee drinking all day.

Tea messes up my stomach too, unless I have it with food. I think it's the tannins. Red wine does the same thing. 

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I have discovered that one after effect of COVID for me has been a downturn in my appetite for coffee.  Used to be a bit of a coffee snob in all honest but tried some a couple of times since the VID and now it does not taste right.  Not saying it is a long term effect but certainly an annoying one.  I was also coming to the conclusion that coffee caused (or contributed to) my bloating in my stomach so was looking to ease off - although I only had one a day at breakfast.

Don't mind a decent brew of tea though and can on occasion still get the teapot out to fulfil the real English stereotype.  Although I suspect that me sitting in my battle vest drinking tea ruins that stereotype somewhat?  More into green tea nowadays though and it had become a staple of my routine at lunchtime if working from home.  Not thought to try with honey though.

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3 hours ago, MacabreEternal said:

I have discovered that one after effect of COVID for me has been a downturn in my appetite for coffee.  Used to be a bit of a coffee snob in all honest but tried some a couple of times since the VID and now it does not taste right.  Not saying it is a long term effect but certainly an annoying one. 

This happened to me with Covid too. Coffee tasted wrong and made me feel weird for a while afterwards. Thankfully not a permanent condition.

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My parents would spend their evenings when I was growing up as a young child in the 70's drinking tea along the lines of Earl Grey after dinner reading the Washington Post or whatever books they were into. They rarely watched TV and if they did it was a PBS Masterpiece Theater min series like Upstairs, Downstairs or I, Claudius. That show was sick. They'd often have tea cookies. But my Dad also loved good coffee.  It's funny how those formative experiences affect you.

I'm more of a coffee drinker, I can't drink coffee all day-it gives me the jitters and affects my sleep if I drink after 3 PM, unless I'm tired which is frequent during the week, I migt break down and get an expresso drink. Green Tea is supposed to have a lot of health properties. So, that' been my go to during the day. 

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8 hours ago, MacabreEternal said:

Don't mind a decent brew of tea though and can on occasion still get the teapot out to fulfil the real English stereotype.  Although I suspect that me sitting in my battle vest drinking tea ruins that stereotype somewhat?  More into green tea nowadays though and it had become a staple of my routine at lunchtime if working from home.  Not thought to try with honey though.

Hell no! I don't know what I'm basing this on, probably just my own errant thoughts, but it seems to me that heavy metal was born in the UK and it would stand to reason that battle vests were born there too. When I think of NWOBHM circa 1981 I think of shaggy haired punters standing out in the cold waiting to get into the venue in their battle vests and leather jackets. Like a Saxon song come to life. And Dickenson always liked to run around waving his UJ all over the show so that contributes to my thinking heavy metal as an English thing. So my conclusion is that battle vests are every bit as stereotypically English as your whistling tea pot or a can of Heinz beans for brekkie or Friday night fish & chips. 

Also, I'm glad to hear you're on the mend somewhat. Halfway back maybe?

My Kiwi wife was a morning cofffee drinker but an evening tea drinker, so I had to buy the requisite countertop fixture the electric kettle (I had never seen one of these before 2011, growing up we always had the old school stovetop whistling kind) and I stocked up on Dilmah Earl Grey (her preferred variety) and I learned how to steep the two teabags for just the right amount of time (one wouldn't do) and the exact amount of sugar (half a teaspoon) and milk (just a splash) to add. I learned to enjoy the art of making the perfect cuppa, even if I don't generally drink the stuff myself. Sort of like I learned the art of spreading the perfect thin layer of Marmite on buttered toast without ripping the bread, even if I wouldn't eat that shit on a dare.

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