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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
 Good morning blues, blues how do you do? I said;
Good morning blues, blues how do you do? Well;
I'm doing alright, Lord, blues how are you?
Sun's up, Yorkshire tea in the cup, bowl of rice and miso soup next to me, getting ready to face the new day. YIPPEE!!
My wife has a lecture to attend in downtown Osaka this afternoon so we'll go in together, have lunch at 'The Outback' restaurant, then I'll head off in search of some Fortnum & Mason 'Royal Blend' and 'English Breakfast' teas. I almost remember where I found them the last time. I hope I'm correct. F&M used to have a stall inside one of the larger department stores but that closed down some years ago and I couldn't find any of their goods for quite some time. I'm happy to see it's come back to town!
Several people now have agreed that Liptons tea works well for ice tea (I think so too) but is horrible for hot tea. I wonder why that works this way? 
I also like to use Lipton's powdered ice tea, unsweetened, which is really, for me, doing a 180 regarding tea!
I remember when Celestial Seasonings ONLY sold 'Red Zinger' and it was the only drink socially acceptable in our commune!  Today it holds the market share world-wide for herbal teas. They must be doing something right! 
Stitchawl |
why do I find it extremely troubling that there is an Outback in Osaka?
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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
How could it burn your hands if you wear gloves when drinking from it? 
Which leads me to the next question;
How hot do we drink our teas and coffees?
I'm a wuss. In Japan, it's called having 'a cat's mouth.' I can't drink very hot stuff. I watch these guys in the stand-up noodle shops slurping down boiling hot noodles and soup and I cringe. Even with my tea I need to let it cool down a bit before drinking. If I'm going to try drinking it right after steeping I have to add one small ice cube just to drop the temperature a bit. I need it be be about 80°-85° before I can even begin to enjoy it!
This insulated cups would be the death of me. I'd never be able to drink my tea! It would stay too hot. So, how about you? Do you drink boiling water? Or are you like me, and let it cool down a bit?
Stitchawl |
ha! I didn't know there was a term for it! I always wondered if I had burned my tongue badly when I was little and didn't remember it. I am a total wuss about really hot liquids!