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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
And then there is tea.
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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
Good morning, each and every. Sunshine today with a mug of Golden Assam T.F.G.O.P.1 Sort of makes sunshine inside and out!
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May I join in with Assam Hattialli FTGFOP? Wonderful morning liqueur indeed
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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
Would this mean that deVinci's painting should be called 'The Last Dinner.' 
I always knew it as 'The Last Supper' which I never thought correct either.
It really should have been "The Last Seder" if we want to be accurate. |
To confuse people with foreign words even further?
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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
High Tea is waaaay different. It's even waaaay different in places that have High Tea! In some places it's tea served with finger sandwiches and in other places it's a normal luncheon. Many tea shops serve High Tea as tea with small pastries. Personally, I used to enjoy what we called 'High Tea' when I lived in the commune back in the 60's, but that was very different indeed. 
We tried the High Tea at the 'Raffles Hotel' in Singapore the first time we visited, just to experience what we 'thought' was going to be an elegant experience. Turned out to be just an expensive experience of bad tea served with cookies on the lawn... so much for tradition!  |
I have not attended any High Tea in the UK yet, but to be honest
Turned out to be just an expensive experience of bad tea served with cookies is how I see it. It is more of a ceremony/tradition than enjoyment of a good quality tea, I think. They will steep a couple of Lipton tea bags in a very posh/posh looking? tea pot for you. I suspect that hotels, restaurants, cafés don't bother with steeping tea leaves. There is no demand*. Only specialised tea rooms/shops such as the ones I visited in Bath (Tea House Emporium), London (TeaSmith and hopefully in future The Chinese Tea Company), I know about one in Edinburgh that I will pay a visit if I am there, practice steeping good teas nowdays. They don't bother calling the ceremony High Tea though
Probably don't want their names to be associated with bad reputation
* When in in Bath, the owner told us that people cannot comprehend how a tea, s simple tea can costs a lot of money. Coffee? Yes. Tea? No. It must be cheap. It is only tea for goodness sake!
It is sad that in the country that used to be famous for tea, people forgone such a delicious drink for the sake of others. I live in a small town, population approx. 80-90K and 160K county. There is not even one tea room in the area.