The Original Tea Room

It's a deal! You can have all my share of that!

 

Okay. I have to come clean. In the last 5-6 years Ireland has copped on to coffee. There is even a Starbucks about 25 minutes from here. I do like fresh ground coffee and I got a coffee grinder for my birthday earlier in the month.

I do like buying the beans now and grinding the coffee.

BUT, tea is still number one by far in this house.

 

The three top beverages in England (not counting beer) is tea, coffee and Coke...and in that order. Coke was brought to England in the 30's, but didn't take on until recent years.

Coffee was deemed to be a breakfast drink, whilst tea was the chosen beverage for all other times, including "afternoon tea" at 4M.

I got into the "American" coffee habit because few shops could actually make a cup of tea, and coffee was always on the stove top.

Oh, by the way, special thoughts to many in Western and Southern England suffering from great floods.

Cheers,

Jim

 

That is a praise!

We can celebrate over coffee :laugh:

 

Good news! PTL!

On the whole tea-coffee thing I tend to drink coffee when I'm out because experience has shown that, unless the person knows me well and how I like my tea (eg: at work) tea is mostly made in a way I don't like: I like it strong and muddy-coloured whereas most people - including cafes - do it weak and milky. I don't however like coffee first thing in the morning as I find the taste too harsh so will make myself a strong brew of tea to get me out of bed of a morning.

 

Top of the morning to my coffee drinking loyal British friends (and my non-British friends - also)!

In a few minutes I'll brew a concoction of white (pear flavored) - two green (manderin orange & blueberry flavored) - black (orange pekot) teas - place it in one of my eleven 52 ounce "Bubba Kegs" and enjoy it for most of the day.

White and green tea for the anti-oxidents - black, so it looks like tea - and the various flavors - cause it makes it taste good.

Since I found out the tea is beneficial for diabetics (I'm type 2) - I've been drinking the beverage.

When I was a child - mother would give us tea with sugar and milk - to help us feel better. I no longer put the milk in the tea - and cause I'm diabetic - I use fake sugar instead of the real thing.

Sheila - I'll be praying for Rob.

Jim - I've had three cups of coffee in my 58 years - two of them were in 1974 - one black - one with cream and sugar. Didn't like (hated) the taste of either - decided then and there that I wouldn't learn to cultivate a taste for something that tasted (IMHO) that bad. The third was a cup of flavored coffee - at my sister-in-laws home - I drank it all - to be polite - but my opinion of the beverage did not change.

I do think that the aroma of coffee is pleasant - especially at breakfast time. The smell of second hand coffee on someone's breath - is a completely different matter.

Enough about tea and coffee - ya'll have a great day!

Dan

 

I've got a cup of hearty black coffee myself as I pull my chair up to the table to join my friends and look sceptically at Dan's cup. BUT I do know I'll enjoy mine and he'll enjoy his hehe

 

Hello folks,

following-Him, if you'll teach me to knit, I'll teach you to crochet. Does that sound like a good trade-off?:wavey:

 

hi there

hello there guys , im new here , following-him directed me here , i am kinda new to gardening also , my big project this summer was putting 20 square meteres of decking in my back garden and trying to fix the moss problem on my back lawn , hope to chat with you all real soon .:wavey:

 

fuschia bush

hi there guys , its getting real cold now in scotland , i have a question for yous , i have a really large fuschia bush (its like a tree now ) should i cut it right back in the spring or just cut it back a little ....................?:BangHead:

 

this bush i s huge sis , its like 8 feet high , and 3 feet wide , it overtakes the garden when in bloom , but is lovely to look at .:thumbs: