What is in your cup?

[Latinandgreek]

I love the Pizzicato Five cover of The Girl from Ipanema.

[jewelery]

Originally Posted by dreams

Coffee #2 in my cup

**maybe, we should start discussing our favorite types/brands? **

Jacobs this side.....at work now, so Nescafe` it is....

[astra]

Originally Posted by orlok

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

If the Mormons can do it, and the 7th Day Adventists can do it, so can the Teaists. It's a freedom guaranteed by the Constitution!

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I think the difference is in the culture. Coffee is a beverage for working. Tea is a beverage for socializing. Companies such as Starbucks and Tim ? have tried to change that image, but social coffee went out with the fall of the Greenwhich Village Coffeee houses of the 50's and 60's. Today's coffee drinker is too rushed to sit with a cup of coffee and just savor it, hence the rise in "travel mugs." Sort of similar to the difference between cigarette smokers and cigar smokers. One is for a 'fix' of the drug inside, while the other is to savor the experience.
This is NOT to say that there aren't those who enjoy both.

Interesting point of view


Cuppa #2
Assam Mangalam.
A perfect cup of black tea as the first cup in the office.

[Iridal]

Just got back from the hairdresser sporting a slightly different haircut (again!). I told her once that I trust her completely, and now everytime she says: you trust me right? Want to try something a little different? But I like it, it's shorter than last time. And it's easier to style. She told me to just use the hairdryer and then artfully mess up a little

In my cup: Rooibos crème caramel, the last cup *sniff* I'm going to visit the teashop in Ghent today and see if they have any ...

[orlok]

Originally Posted by Iridal

In my cup: Rooibos crème caramel, the last cup *sniff* I'm going to visit the teashop in Ghent today and see if they have any ...

You've mentioned this before, and it has finally piqued my interest. I'm gooing to see if I can locate some over here .

EDIT: Amazon sell it, but what the hell is a tea temple?

[Iridal]

Originally Posted by orlok

You've mentioned this before, and it has finally piqued my interest. I'm gooing to see if I can locate some over here .

EDIT: Amazon sell it, but what the hell is a tea temple?

Those look like teabages to me. Pyramid tea bags I think ... Maybe they call it tea temple instead of pyramid? I buy the loose leaf Rooibos crème caramel. I bought it at Eteaket last time.

[orlok]

Originally Posted by Iridal

Those look like teabages to me. Pyramid tea bags I think ... Maybe they call it tea temple instead of pyramid? I buy the loose leaf Rooibos crème caramel. I bought it at Eteaket last time.

Thanks, and UK based too. I'll give Rooibos with chillis a miss, though .

[maianhvk]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I think the difference is in the culture. Coffee is a beverage for working. Tea is a beverage for socializing. Companies such as Starbucks and Tim ? have tried to change that image, but social coffee went out with the fall of the Greenwhich Village Coffeee houses of the 50's and 60's. Today's coffee drinker is too rushed to sit with a cup of coffee and just savor it, hence the rise in "travel mugs." Sort of similar to the difference between cigarette smokers and cigar smokers. One is for a 'fix' of the drug inside, while the other is to savor the experience.
This is NOT to say that there aren't those who enjoy both.

good point of view K to you!

[orlok]

Right now, it's black coffee accompanied by toasted Hot Cross Buns. Mmmmm.

[bjones6416]

Black coffee in my cup. No walk this morning -- I'm getting ready to go downtown for jury duty.

[astra]

Originally Posted by Iridal

Those look like teabages to me. Pyramid tea bags I think ... Maybe they call it tea temple instead of pyramid? I buy the loose leaf Rooibos crème caramel. I bought it at Eteaket last time.

I think you are right. It looks like a very posh version of tea bags, £6.05 for 15 cups of tea

orlok
eteaket version looks like 30-40 times cheaper, and guaranteed better quality because it is a real tea
125g Caddy £5.99 is approximately 40-60 cups of tea. Depends on how much you want to put in a cup.



White yoghurt with cereal bars.

[orlok]

Originally Posted by astra

I think you are right. It looks like a very posh version of tea bags, £6.05 for 15 cups of tea

orlok
eteaket version looks like 30-40 times cheaper, and guaranteed better quality because it is a real tea
125g Caddy £5.99 is approximately 40-60 cups of tea. Depends on how much you want to put in a cup.

I agree, though the first time cost of buying the tea caddy or strainer needs to be factored in, as I don't possess one .

[Stitchawl]

Late afternoons were made for Fortnum & Mason's 'Ceylon Tea!'

Originally Posted by Latinandgreek

I love the Pizzicato Five cover of The Girl from Ipanema.

I checked out their version on YouTube... Too spirited for me. I'll stick with the original.

Originally Posted by astra

Assam Mangalam.
A perfect cup of black tea as the first cup in the office.

Isn't it wonderful that perfection can be ours so easily!

Originally Posted by orlok

EDIT: Amazon sell it, but what the hell is a tea temple

It's the marketing name for a stiffened gauze teabag in a pyramid shape. The idea behind it was to give the leaves more room to expand.


Stitchawl

[astra]

Originally Posted by orlok

I agree, though the first time cost of buying the tea caddy or strainer needs to be factored in, as I don't possess one .

True. I also forgot to add delivery charges to eteaket while I did add it to amazon.
Caddy is included into the price. They also have a superb range of strainers. I have medium. It is very fine indeed.
I guess you would need either small or medium sized.
Thus you could combine the delivery charges

[orlok]

Originally Posted by astra

True. I also forgot to add delivery charges to eteaket while I did add it to amazon.
Caddy is included into the price. They also have a superb range of strainers. I have medium. It is very fine indeed.
I guess you would need either small or medium sized.
Thus you could combine the delivery charges

I like your thinking. It's done!