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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post??? She drank her communion wine from a saucer???!!!
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Originally posted by kernelbogey View PostHence the expression, still in use in the '50s in Cornwall, 'a dish of tea'.'.
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Originally posted by Barbirollians View PostStrong builders tea , not much milk is my favourite but am also partial to a cup of Yunnan china tea and a china darjeeling mix on occasion but always very little milk . I find milky tea revolting .
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Originally posted by Beef Oven! View PostBack in antiquity (1960s) people ‘round my way loved sterraz in their tea! I’ve never had it, but I liked drinking sterilised milk. Can you still get it, I wonder?
I imagine that the advent of UHT milk has largely removed the need for sterilised, although the semi-skimmed and fullfat UHT still suffer from similar 'characteristic flavour' issues. The skimmed version has almost no taste and I used it for many years.
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Originally posted by Bryn View PostOn the subject of treated milk. I recall many Indian restaurants used to use evaporated milk in tea. Perhaps some still do. A Fijian colleague of Indian origin is certainly fond of its use. Come to think of it, he used to run a restaurant.
My Dutch in-laws used evap in their coffee as a substitute for the creamer they had at home(which as far as I could see was the same thing but often came in smaller containers.)
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Originally posted by oddoneout View PostAs a matter of interest does that term date originally from the time when tea cups were dishes ie without handles? I've heard it elsewhere and I'm sure that when I was a child one of my aged relatives used to say it.
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I commend Teapigs' Liquorice and Peppermint (70% L, 30% P).
I was alerted to it by a friend who had discovered it as a useful deterrent from drinking a random glass of wine too frequently with his spouse (!). It's quite sweet and very liquoricey, and I drink it as an occasional treat (not for his reason). A bit pricey, so a rare one!
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I had a very lovely grandfather who valued life highly (he went to prison for being a conscientious objector), but try giving him a cup of tea that wasn't full to the top and you risked the moment being your last. Amongst other things he introduced me to Lapsang Souchong as a child and I've always liked it since, its smokiness seems irresistible at the right moment and it carries with it for me, a fairly deep seated though illusory sense of belonging.
I'm always slightly disappointed when served tea in a cup in regular situations, there's something slightly etiolated and museum-like about the experience, like putting a child in a suit. Most people I know do serve tea in mugs, one even puts the mug on a doily in a saucer which I find a mildly amusing/appealing custom. When I was about twenty it was suggested to me that I stop drinking coffee to avoid exacerbating an ulcer like symptom, for some reason I took the advice to heart and haven't drunk it since.
I clearly haven't lived, as the idea of drinking my tea from the saucer seems an unsettling distance from any comfort zone I'm familiar with. I have a feeling that if I'd tried it as a child, I wouldn't be here talking about it today.
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Originally posted by kernelbogey View PostMy understanding is that the saucer, or dish, in the early days of tea drinking was on the deep side (you can still see such in antique and charity shops): the tea was decanted from the cup (holding carefully by the handle) into the dish in small portions and slurping in the erstwhile Beefy manner.
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Originally posted by oddoneout View PostA tin of evap or condensed milk stood on the table with the sugar was not unknown in this country either.
My Dutch in-laws used evap in their coffee as a substitute for the creamer they had at home(which as far as I could see was the same thing but often came in smaller containers.)
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Originally posted by Daniel View PostI'm always slightly disappointed when served tea in a cup in regular situations, there's something slightly etiolated and museum-like about the experience, like putting a child in a suit. Most people I know do serve tea in mugs[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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