Tea drinking

[kernelbogey]

My father liked strong tea - lifelong Ty Phoo drinker.

On one occasion when we were holidaying with him and my parents in law, mother in law brought him a cup of tea which he judged to be on the pale side. Casting a cynical eye at the contents of the cup, he said 'This is water bewitched and tea b'damned.'

My mother in law chuckled the rest of the day over this.

[Daniel]

Yes - but it does taste better if the mug is bone china, rather than ... t'other stuff. (?Earthenware? ?Stoneware? ?Pottery??)

That would depend for me on the tea I guess. If builder's then a big earthenware mug is perfect, if something more scented then bone china does seem a bit more agreeable.

[P. G. Tipps]

... if, as I suspect, ferneyhiccup is referring to Mary Queen of the Scots - she were a Catholic and probably would not have taken Communion in Both Kinds but only in the form of a wafer. No saucer required.

Au contraire ... almost certainly a paten ('saucer' to the ungodly) would have been used when la reine reçut le Saint-Sacrement.

[vinteuil]

Au contraire ... almost certainly a paten ('saucer' to the ungodly) would have been used when la reine reçut le Saint-Sacrement.

... well observed!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

That would depend for me on the tea I guess. If builder's then a big earthenware mug is perfect, if something more scented then bone china does seem a bit more agreeable.

Oh - I find that good, strong tea (Yorkshire, Tetley's ... whatever) somehow tastes even better in china mugs than it does in earthenware. I know that this is illogical, but there it goes ... always have.

[cloughie]

Oh - I find that good, strong tea (Yorkshire, Tetley's ... whatever) somehow tastes even better in china mugs than it does in earthenware. I know that this is illogical, but there it goes ... always have.

I'll drink it out of ought provided it's clean!

[cloughie]

My father liked strong tea - lifelong Ty Phoo drinker.

On one occasion when we were holidaying with him and my parents in law, mother in law brought him a cup of tea which he judged to be on the pale side. Casting a cynical eye at the contents of the cup, he said 'This is water bewitched and tea b'damned.'

My mother in law chuckled the rest of the day over this.

My father would have looked out of the window and said 'It looks like rain'

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

My father would have looked out of the window and said 'It looks like rain'

"Yes - but it tastes like tea."

(A rather wonderful Great-Aunt would say it was so weak it had to cling to the side of the cup.)

[Bryn]

I still recall my youthful shock at seeing tea drunk out of jam jars in an episode of Z Cars.

[jean]

And then, they discover the magic herbs, and the course of history is changed...

[cloughie]

[QUOTE=ferneyhoughgeliebte;599135]"Yes - but it tastes like tea."

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Aye 'appen

[Daniel]

Oh - I find that good, strong tea (Yorkshire, Tetley's ... whatever) somehow tastes even better in china mugs than it does in earthenware. I know that this is illogical, but there it goes ... always have.

Not illogical at all, we're very much in BAL territory here, you've gone for a Venzago Bruckner and I've opted for Celibidache.

For some reason I just find the physicality of an earthenware mug somehow suits the physicality of the strong tea (the same for china and a more delicate tea).

[Nick Armstrong]

And then, they discover the magic herbs, and the course of history is changed...

Un nuage de lait dans mon eau chaude is a taunt I've heard many times from the unrulier element of the French side of the family, when I'm over there and request tea (not often, all they seem to have over there is that Lipton Yellow Label which is to tea what Starbucks is to coffee: weasel pee )

[Beef Oven!]

Un nuage de lait dans mon eau chaude is a taunt I've heard many times from the unrulier element of the French side of the family, when I'm over there and request tea (not often, all they seem to have over there is that Lipton Yellow Label which is to tea what Starbucks is to coffee: weasel pee )

Starbucks is terrific - have you forgotten this country’s coffee history?

[Nick Armstrong]

Starbucks is terrific - have you forgotten this country’s coffee history?