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Old 10-02-2011, 02:28 PM   #15464
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Welcome back, Astra! I hope your fast went fast!
It was bearable

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Tea really is nice to come home to, isn't it.
Most certainly Yes!
I never thought I would think about it this way but here I am.
Another funny thing from the fast. When it was over and they offered me something to drink, for a moment I contemplated what my brother-doctor suggested. Sweetened tea. 10 years ago if somebody would tell me that one day I would shudder only thinking of drinking sweetened tea, I would I don't today because I could not stand this idea We change, don't we?

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Regarding your comments about Yorkshire teas... It really IS a very cheap tea, but surprisingly good taste for one. It doesn't measure up to a Fortnumb&Mason tea, or an East India Company tea, but then, it doesn't cost what they cost either. I put it just a notch above Twining's "Prince of Wales" tea, cheap but good tasting.

I do, however, find a BIG difference between their 'Gold' and the regular Yorkshire. I really don't care for the 'Gold.' It just seems bitter to me.
The opposite over here
I noticed the bitterness in "Standard" Yorkshire and didn't in its Gold version. I didn't notice any flavour in the former at all. Using your scales, I would put it a notch above Twilight English Breakfast and the Gold version two notches only. I am going to give a few more chances to Gold as a breakfast tea and in the office only to finish the 250g. The "standard" will get the last chance in the office tomorrow. If it is as bad as Twilight, as much as I hate to do it, it will go to r/bin

My cup is empty. Finished cooked Pu-Erh.
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