What is in your cup?

[Iridal]

Originally Posted by beppe

well, thank you. A good photographer can make the difference.

If that really were you, I would fly to Italy, snare you in my net and than gobble you all up.



Sorry, my hormones are playing up

[beppe]

Originally Posted by Iridal

I that really were you, I would fly to Italy, snare you in my net and than gobble you all up.



Sorry, my hormones are playing up

I have a bit of mileage on. But nothing essential, just few signs on the paintwork. and for your consolation i can tell you that some have already done that. And just to save you the fare, that I am already taken and I cannot be gobbled by more than one at the time. Sorry for that. It seems that I have a 10 years cycle. I just got into a new one, so you will have to wait for about that time.

Hey that would put you exactly in the right age bracket! 35 for me is the absolute maximum of perfection.

yes it is me, i am fed up of all this hiding. I might even shave.

Netting and gobbling? That sounds like a lot of fun. hmmm. you are a true temptation. Nahh, too young. than there is another problem. My colors are in the cool side, and yours seems to be on the warm. That would be embarrassing if we wanted to exchange clothes, right?

do remember the warning that your mother gave you about Italian men.

[Iridal]

Originally Posted by beppe

I have a bit of mileage on. But nothing essential, just few signs on the paintwork. and for your consolation i can tell you that some have already done that. And just to save you the fare, that I am already taken and I cannot be gobbled by more than one at the time. Sorry for that. It seems that I have a 10 years cycle. I just got into a new one, so you will have to wait for about that time.

Hey that would put you exactly in the right age bracket! 35 for me is the absolute maximum of perfection.

yes it is me, i am fed up of all this hiding. I might even shave.

Netting and gobbling? That sounds like a lot of fun. hmmm. you are a true temptation. Nahh, too young. than there is another problem. My colors are in the cool side, and yours seems to be on the warm. That would be embarrassing if we wanted to exchange clothes, right?

do remember the warning that your mother gave you about Italian men.

Ah yes, never trust an Italian man. Thank you for reminding me, I'll keep that in mind But seriously, your wife is one lucky lady! I already knew you were taken, I wasn't being serious about the gobbling ... Well, maybe a litte serious My hormones take over every now and then when I'm single

In my cup: plain water.

[Latinandgreek]

Ahmad Earl Grey tea.

[beppe]

Originally Posted by Iridal

Ah yes, never trust an Italian man. Thank you for reminding me, I'll keep that in mind But seriously, your wife is one lucky lady! I already knew you were taken, I wasn't being serious about the gobbling ... Well, maybe a litte serious My hormones take over every now and then when I'm single

In my cup: plain water.

Blush blush blush. Nice feeling. Thank you.
More than taken, which I know is the way of you girls, i feel ... Taken? yeah. I like it. I am taken. Oh joy. I am taken.
Somebody wants to take me?. No way, I am taken. And all those lights saying take me take me. Nah. Just teasing
You just gave me an idea. I'll change my exergum from wizard to taken. Right now.

hum? I might add a little spicy touch.
There

[ProfCrash]

Originally Posted by maianhvk

@ Iridal: hey hey, did you see that guy on train yesterday??


nothing in my mug right now. I drank up the milk yesterday, and right now I'm too sleepy and lazy to go make some tea.

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hmmm. why do people like teasing me? my landlord told me yesterday that if I could find a boyfriend in 2011, he would award me :|

I barely dated. I had three boyfriends of note before meeting my husband when I was 33. Heck, I knew him for three years before I even noticed him. It will happen when it happens.

[maianhvk]

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

I barely dated. I had three boyfriends of note before meeting my husband when I was 33. Heck, I knew him for three years before I even noticed him. It will happen when it happens.

oh come on! Viva freedom! Many couples have set bad examples and I don't want to be in the herd.

[mldavis2]

Fresh home-roasted Honduras Organic - Michelle Guevara Microlot. (That's coffee for the uninitiated ... )

[Iridal]

Originally Posted by maianhvk

oh come on! Viva freedom! Many couples have set bad examples and I don't want to be in the herd.

There are many couples who have set good examples too. My grandparents were together for 60 years. My parents are celebrating their 35th anniversary this year, they have been together for 40 years.

But freedom is nice too. For a while

In my cup: jasmine green tea.

Originally Posted by mldavis2

Fresh home-roasted Honduras Organic - Michelle Guevara Microlot. (That's coffee for the uninitiated ... )

That sounds really good!

[beppe]

nespresso deca. The tempests in my life will calm down sooner or later and I will drink tea again. Now it is time for fast drinks. Action, reactions, reverberations. Run here, run there. Stop a little moment, but just a little moment.
Luckily the tempests are just little practical inconveniences like ... Ah, but this is our nice thread. Just relax then, and enjoy. Yeah ... That feels good.

[astra]

Originally Posted by willijt

But sometimes a little bit of a tea "ceremony" or "ritual" is a nice way to punctuate a busy day. Maybe it's a brief escape. Before I retired, I was in the habit of having a least a morning and an afternoon tea event in my office. The tea preparation was at least as important to me as the enjoyment I found in the beverage.

To be honest (hides from the Italian man), I prefer to read a book as an escape if I get a minute. A cup of tea and a book....

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Are there any tea varieties that are reputed to help with headache pain? I am a lifelong migraine sufferer, and would like to find some remedies for the low-grade migraines (where I can sit up & function - it just feels like someone is drilling a screwdriver through an eye socket) so I don't have to always resort to narcotic (legally prescribed) painkillers that "dumb" me up.

Any suggestions or informational sources would be appreciated.

When I had the flipping spinal tap, I have gotten the same type of headache as migraine. I was told by my neurologist and the nurse who did the test to consume caffeine in big quantities. If migraine is that similar, then black teas should help you China black teas....yummy! Not all the medicine is yucky!

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Actually it was recommended to me - [I am a single malt whiskey fan - esp. of the Islay varieties] - as being the tea with a "smoky" flavor comparable to that of whiskeys with a high level of peat flavoring.

What a superb taste you have!

Originally Posted by Iridal

If that really were you, I would fly to Italy, snare you in my net and than gobble you all up.



Sorry, my hormones are playing up

Originally Posted by maianhvk

oh come on! Viva freedom! Many couples have set bad examples and I don't want to be in the herd.

You will meet your other half when it is supposed to happen. Not a minute sooner or later. I met my OH when I was 26. There was 3.000 miles between us and a few other insuperable obstacles. However, you cannot escape fate.
Re: bad examples.
My parents will celebrate 51 years together in 13 days.
My brother is married for 25.
My mother in law has been married three times. Only second time was lucky but he died of cancer Otherwise she has never been happy with men. That's why she never believed in me.

Don't hasten the fate. She will find you when she/he/you are ready.
If you are patient, you will never regret




Pure joy reading this thread. Beppe, you are the gentleman!
Gotta run to meet my better 24/33. After that I will post the second part of London.

[desertblues]

Water in my cup after working 14 hours at the polling station. Goodnight.

[astra]

I have visited three big tea shops.
East India Company, Fortnum & Mason and Tea Palace in Covent Garden.
Tea Palace I wanted to visit only out of curiosity because I had too many teas from the previous two Big Names. I was surprised. It was a more interesting shop than I expected. Apparently they sell not only tea in 100gr tins but in bigger and smaller tins as well. They had some 8 tea pots above small candles with tea and small glasses and I could taste the teas. Good selection. I didn’t talk to anyone there and didn’t ask whether they sell their own teas or rebranded.

East India Company.
We felt that we were not the usual type of their customer. It was not obvious but The Tea Master looked on us down his nose. His assistant, a very friendly girl from Japan, could not answer my question about The East India House Directors Blend Loose Leaf - blend of India, Sri Lanka, and Kenya. I asked whether the blend had Darjeeling as its ingredient. She kept on pointing to a tin with Darjeeling if I want to buy it. I tried to rephrase the question, no success. I assume my heavy Russian accent confused the poor assistant. She called the Tea Master who arrived 10 minutes later and answered my question (no it doesn’t contain Darjeeling).
After we bought some teas and wandered around the shop, all of sudden He came again. Told us his title, said that He was busy organising tea ceremonies. Showed us some tea that looked like Pu-Erh tuochas in the shape of a small heart. No, it was not Pu-Erh and it was a tea someone brought him, not for sale, just a bag of the small hearts, just brought to him apparently for no reason…a tea suitable for Valentine’s Day and he was very busy, he had to organise a tea for a big party of 300 people and could not spend with us anymore time……….

Anyway, we bought fewer teas than we planned because they don’t sell less than 100gr, although on their website it is possible to buy 25 and 50gr (I didn’t try, maybe it would not work). Thus, no Green and Ceylon. Only black teas, and only the ones that I wanted 100gr or more.

Royal Breakfast Loose Leaf - Assam&Ceylon;
The First Estate Assam Loose Leaf
The East India House Directors Blend Loose Leaf - blend of India, Sri Lanka, and Kenya
Keemun Downy Bud Tea Loose Leaf
Emperors Yunnan - Yunnan loose leaf black tea


Fortnum and Mason was more user friendly.
After we collected some tins, shop assistant took my list of teas and asked us to come one hour later - everything will be done. One hour later, a basket with many bags (many only 50gr to taste) and tins was waiting for us.

Black Stronger Tea

Queen Anne Blend Tea - blend of TGFOP Assam and Ceylon FBOP
Royal Blend Tea - low-grown Flowery Pekoe from Ceylon lends an uplifting note to the maltier Assam
Breakfast Blend Tea - unblended Assam
Assam Superb Tea
Assam Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe Tea
Irish Breakfast Tea - Assam and Kenyan
Regent's Blend - blend honours centuries of dealings with China, India and Ceylon

Single Estate Tea

Assam Mohokutie TGFOP
Assam Doomur Dulling TGFOP
Keemun Mao Feng

And a couple of Assam teas they don’t have online, so I hope I don’t like them too much...

Assam Hattialli FTGFOP
Assam Numalighur TGFOP1 Second Flush

Black Lighter Tea

Afternoon Blend Tea - blend of teas of Ceylon
Piccadilly Blend Tea - Ceylon blend
Russian Caravan Tea - Keemun and Oolong
Keemun Tea - Keemun
Yunnan Tea – Yunnan


And a few others:

Chai Tea - black tea spiced with Indian herbs; my comments in the tea list -

Test Chai Tea to answer the question (what is spicy tea!?!?) once and for all!

Mini Tuo Cha Pu'erh
Royal Pu-Erh loose leaf


So far, I tried only Royal Pu-Erh. Nothing outstanding. A bit softer flavour than in other Pu-Erh teas I tried so far.


Many teas. I am afraid I won’t live long enough to drink them all.

[beppe]

too late, i delete it

[beppe]

Originally Posted by desertblues

Water in my cup after working 14 hours at the polling staion. Goodnight.

That's where you were. I was worried. true