What is in your cup?

[pdurrant]

Coke Zero #1 just finished. And once I've finished reading messages here, it's time for an office tidy, a VAT return, and sending off my records to the accountant.

[aceflor]

Originally Posted by beppe

washing his hands?
powdering his nose?

good morning.
Is your husband in? my wife is. Big girl arrived yesterday night late, loaded with gifts.

Nope, bloody airberlin has no flight on friday, and the saturday flight is always either full or 3 times the normal price (we cannot book more than 1 month in advance or we'd end up cancelling or changing most of the flights which is very expensive). He uses the sat for the paperwork and meets our clients on thu and fri. That is just until november, then comes a new schedule at airberlin.
It is a strange way of life, being dependent from an airline, but it is only every second or third week, the rest of the time he works from Spain, at home, while the kids are at school, and is there for us entirely in the rest of the day. We have a much better family life here.

[bjones6416]

Sipping black coffee and playing with the cats. I'm skipping my walk this morning because I'm going on a multi-generational trip to the fair. My sister and I are taking her son and his wife and their 2-year old daughter as well as our mother (age 90). Four generations, so we'll be that group with both a stroller and a wheelchair that everybody has to dodge on the midway. Wish me luck!

(I'm actually really looking forward to it. I love going to the fair -- when I was a child, it was a highlight of the year. Livestock exhibits, handicrafts, carnival rides, and fried food. )

[VydorScope]

First drink of the day... Black Silk with a touch of splenda

[pdurrant]

Coke Zero #3. And yes, I still need to tidy the office. Sigh.

[aceflor]

Originally Posted by bjones6416

Sipping black coffee and playing with the cats. I'm skipping my walk this morning because I'm going on a multi-generational trip to the fair. My sister and I are taking her son and his wife and their 2-year old daughter as well as our mother (age 90). Four generations, so we'll be that group with both a stroller and a wheelchair that everybody has to dodge on the midway. Wish me luck!

(I'm actually really looking forward to it. I love going to the fair -- when I was a child, it was a highlight of the year. Livestock exhibits, handicrafts, carnival rides, and fried food. )

A trip to the fair is definitely a good ersatz to a walk. Fair's visits (plenty of ferias right now in my area) are a great treat for the kids, but we parents are dead tired afterwards.

Originally Posted by VydorScope

First drink of the day... Black Silk with a touch of splenda

what is in splenda ? is it aspartam ?

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Coke Zero #3. And yes, I still need to tidy the office. Sigh.

another procrastination professional around here I see

[RainingLemur]

A nice, tall, frosty vessel full of dihydrogen monoxide. Eventually, I'll grab some moo-juice, but I need to avoid dehydration after running around with the monster all morning.

[beppe]

That's dinner for the reunited family.
Steamed spinach, creamed with Greek yogurt and stuffed with shrimps. A dash of nut meg.
Dessert is peach, kiwi, orange and berries.
Sauvignon from NorthEast of Italy.


oops, a kiwi joined the spinach

[HomeInMyShoes]

Iced tea. It has been forever since I remember a 30C day in September here.

[astra]

Oh, finally I am here. Only now I finished cutting the b&%$£y green grass. I hate it hate it hate it!
I am soooooo glad it is over, done and in the past

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Started this post 3 hours ago and got distracted.

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I have finished Fortnum and Mason batch I purchased in February in paper bags from Black Stronger Tea series.

Queen Anne Blend Tea [blend of TGFOP Assam and Ceylon FBOP] 9/10
Regent's Blend [blend honours centuries of dealings with China, India and Ceylon] 8/10
Breakfast Blend Tea [unblended Assam] 6+/10.

I have two more blends from Black Stronger Tea series but in caddies.
Royal Blend [low-grown Flowery Pekoe from Ceylon lends an uplifting note to the maltier Assam]
Irish Breakfast Tea [Assam and Kenyan]

And two from The East India Company
The East India House Directors Blend
Royal Breakfast

Accordingly to our Black Tea guru, Mr Opsimath, Royal Blend & Royal Breakfast are supposed to be very good, so I prolong and postpone the ultimate pleasure
In between the three blends Breakfast Blend Tea was most boring. It was very good (literally) breakfast tea (having it with food) but on its own it missed something. Probably because it was a blend of the same type of tea vs. other blends.
Meanwhile I opened English Breakfast from Tea House Emporium from Bath. It was the first black tea blend I tried and loved when I dived into tea sea one year ago. I was very curious whether I was going to like it as much after I tried many others. Not bad. Probably close to Ahmad English Breakfast but not a match to the first three Fortnum and Mason blends I finished.
Stitchawl. You guided me to the land of good black teas

Before I hit on caddies, I am going to try Yorkshire and Yorkshire Gold tea. I am looking forward to try them but Gold one will be an interesting one because I used to drink it in tea bags for a few years and thought it was the best tea in tea bags.

Along with Black Stronger Tea series I bought two from Black Lighter Tea.
Afternoon Blend Tea [blend of teas of Ceylon]
Piccadilly Blend Tea [Ceylon blend]

One year ago Taylors of Harrogate's Pure Ceylon tea impressed me. It was something new, I could actually taste tea flavour!? WOW! Since then, I tried many others and drank Ceylon less and less. So, as I expected Piccadilly Blend Tea was a disappointment. I think Ceylon is not my cuppa. Something is not right with it for my palate.



Anyway, I just finished post dinner cooked Pu-Erh and planning on suffering jogging a mile, but not sure I have got the willpower....

[astra]

Originally Posted by aceflor

Where is Stitch ? At this hour he should have posted.....

I hope Japan is in place and whole.

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

Iced tea. It has been forever since I remember a 30C day in September here.

30? In Regina?

Last time I was in Regina it was -42 overnight.

Local, organic apple juice. But as soon as I finish building this server, I'm going to sit down with my Kindle and a bit of 16yr. old Lagavulin.

[astra]

Back from ...where I was supposed to be and a cup of Twinings's White Tea silver tips is ready.

[beppe]

A small lemoncello.

But I have a thing for you, it's the instructions to make pasta at home without the machine. Little girl had it for the first time and, not only she wolfed it down and asked for more, but she declared that it was her favorite food ever.

Pasta.pdf

[beppe]

Originally Posted by astra

Oh, finally I am here. Only now I finished cutting the b&%$£y green grass. I hate it hate it hate it!
I am soooooo glad it is over, done and in the past

get a robot, it will change your whole life.