General Chat

Careful Maggie, Tea is full of "Oxalates" and are not good for Kidney Stones,Apparently "Herbal Teas are low in it and make a good alternative to ordinary Tea.**M**

Maggie ~ I think you're related to my DH :-D

Builder's tea, white 3 sugars in his 500ml cup.

I think it must go back to his Cornish ancestors....... something to wash down the pasties.

Being a pleb, I've never been bothered about 'scented' teas, and for choice, I like a good 'builder's' tea. Don't really care what the make is, as long as it can produce strong tea in a short time, with milk and 2 sugars. :-D

Found out 4 years ago I only have one kidney - in perfect working order. Now I know I only have 'Kevin', I take good care of him. Obviously, 54 years of builders tea and very little bottled water intake have done him well. (too much water can remove vital minerals from the kidney, tea introduces them) Beatrice the bladder is in cracking form too, she's actually very pretty!

Colleague at work got into the 'scented' stuff. First it was green tea.
I Google Green Tea (UK sites only) . 'Good for the kidney' are the initial results. I put two words- and kidney- after it. Yes, in moderation.

Just put 'Tea and Kidneys' in Google, and you'll find, with the slightest kidney problem, that what I call 'scented' teas aren't too good.

I'll stick to my good old builder's tea, thank you. I owe it to Kevin :-D

DH drinks tea.. made in a pot. There's a filter in the pot, to put the tea in, so no need for a tea strainer and he doesn't get a mouthful of tealeaves.

I can't stand the smell of it........ dark brown out of the pot, loads of milk and lots of sugar (his tea "cup" is a biggie, 500ml, close to 1 pint).

I think I was put off tea by what I was given as a child; what I call Scottish Mother tea... very milky with 2 sugars, no wonder I can't stand it.

He has coffee the same way as I do........ strong, black & no sugar. So strong you can stand a spoon up in it :-D

I agree Andy Earl Grey is the best ;-) ;-)

True enough Merlin but how much is a reasonable bottle of single malt? Def. a better sensory experience than any tea.

When I met my OH in Paris she insisted that she hated Whisky. At that time in France the choice in supermarkets was poor - Johny Walker or Hague. Then one day I was hours late back to my office so a bored lady waiting rooted around and found my bottle of Macallan.

Now she is a keen fan of malt whiskey but still won't drink tea with or without milk.

So it goes.

For the price of 4 cups of that tea,you could get a reasonable bottle of malt. :-D :-D No Contest. ;-)

I think it was Jacksons of Piccadilly that did a very nice English breakfast tea? but the main thing is not whether the milk goes in first ( it does) it's the water.... the difference between a cup of tea in a hard or soft water area is significant.

In any case you need loose tea to read the tea leaves it's just not the same if you can't do that ;-)

Long ago it must be I cut my business teeth working for a tea & coffee broker at Hay's Wharf, Pool of London, then the ground zero of tea in England. I learned a thing or two, how to trade and of course how to set up tea tasting with all the rows of samples, spittoons and such. I also learned a great deal about tea.

Driving north from the new London Bridge the view of the Galleria and others replacing the old view of Hay's, Butlers and so on, no ships is very sad. London moves on as it always has but I am not alone in questioning just where it is going.

I dislike Earl Grey. I have no idea who it is meant for me but def. not for me. This is a good beginner's guide to tea in England.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_leaf_grading

Put the kettle on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_Nz8IpMBX0

No we are not the only ones who have milk in tea,,,,,,,milk is taken in tea all over the world,,,,,,,,,,

seems Rollo is a tea snob,,,,,,,,

Earl Grey is a cup of perfumed water........as is all flavoured tea,imo,,,,,,,,

tea you can stand yer spoon up in is the way to go,,,,,,,,,,,, ;-) :-D

Two or three times a week I get to look after my very aged parent. For those visits I currently have Twinings Assam which for a box of 50 bags £ 2 (Tesco) doesn't strike me as especially expensive. It is not bad and I even take a splash of milk but no sugar.

Aged parent of course likes 3 lumps and being a northerner I have to put 2 bags in her cup ( will not use a mug they are for "miners" - like her grandpa for instance ) or it will be too weak. Her home brew of choice is Yorkshire ( weeps ). Shall we have a quiz about milk in first or not (larfs) ?

To find out your income bracket for tea go here:
http://goo.gl/RTq58g

It is interesting to see that Rochester & Strood are not quite as well britched as once thought. My rellies there complain about SE train fares and the sad state of the railway. Obviously they rarely use SW Trains who are top of my hate list (*). Lousy on board tea as well.

(*) Orange/EE were recently deposed from top of the list after delivering (free) a mobile phone booster which gives a steady 4 bars indoors. I kind of miss the acerbic banter with customer support though. It won't do 4G. Who cares. Have a nice cup of tea.

Rollo - please do remember that every one has different palates.....and disposable incomes!

Sains currently has Taste the Difference Earl Grey T-bags on offer. 3 boxes of 50 for £3 working out at £1 per box. A box of 100 usually costs £2.50ish. As OH is the only one in this house to drink tea, we aren't going to faff around with loose.
People who drink far more tea than him are probably going to use something more economical.
Green tea is an acquired taste - if taken on an empty stomach, it makes some people feel sick!

Only the English put milk in tea.
As a result they will drink any old fannings off the floor :-(

The Scottish tea looks to be "white tea" and thus not to be taken with milk. White tea is a new food fad after green tea supposed to help your heart. It won't help nearly as much as an hour playing squash or racketball.

Price? Well Waitrose ( who else? ) have it in stock 50p off right now.
"Dragonfly Organic Swirling Mist White Tea 20 sachets 36g
£1.69 (£4.70 per 100g)"

Would I drink Typhoo, Yorkshire Tea and all that stuff brewed and mashed dark gloopy brown spoon standing up in the sugar ? Of course not. Neither do my northern rellies in Sheffield and Harrogate.

I don't like tea, but it would be interesting to see how many people would pick this expensive cuppa out as being the best taste from half a dozen different unnamed brands.

I hate tea leaves in me mouth,,,,,,,,, ;-) :-D.

Earl Grey rules.

Andy

Oh yes you can!

Loose Yorkshire tea.

I don't like tea bags because you can taste the bags.

cant beat Yorkshire Red teabags good an strong with flavour,

Chrysanthemum tea is the only one I drink.

I thought it was expensive, until I saw this story :-0

I only drink Punjana tea :-D :-D