What is in your cup? - Page 1031

aceflor · 10-01-2011, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by astra

A belated Shana Tova u metuka! (Happy and sweet New Year) 5772.

Nice to have you back!

I am just back from lunch

(it is 10.40 pm, that gives you an idea of the lunch

) with friends, drunk I am afraid, so I won't stay since I'd post things I'd definitely regret later

.

Kisses to everyone (there we go...

), nighty night.

astra · 10-01-2011, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by aceflor

Nice to have you back!

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Originally Posted by beppe

^ astra
Ciao bello. It is nice that you are back.

Latinandgreek · 10-01-2011, 08:26 PM

Welcome back, Astra!

kindlekitten · 10-01-2011, 09:25 PM

glad you are back amongst us!

Latinandgreek · 10-01-2011, 10:07 PM

Mint tea in my cup.

dreams · 10-01-2011, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

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Good morning, everyone! <snip>

Stitchawl

I must admit that when you log on with your good morning songs they give me a nice pick-me-up in the evening. Thank you.

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Originally Posted by astra

I am back! with a steaming cup of Milk oolong.
Still alive

although 3kg lighter

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Welcome back, astra.

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Originally Posted by VydorScope

Just put my son hard to work harvesting my splenda crop (1 plant) so he is pulling the leaves off one by one. Told him if he did that (it will take him a few hours) I would pay him enough to buy the XBox 360 game he wants. He been at it a while now and is starting to re-think the commitment LOL

That reminds me of the times I made that same type of deal with my son so I could get all the acorns picked up. After doing it for a few years, he finally caught on about how long it took to do the front and back yards. The last time I tried to make a deal with him he offered a trade; he would clean the bathrooms (1 hour) and I could do the acorns (4 hours).

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Strawberry Coffee in my Christmas Mug

Strawberry Coffee

Hot chocolate in my mug.

phenomshel · 10-02-2011, 01:03 AM

Cream tea - first cup of hot tea for the year. I can't drink it hot in the summer.

astra · 10-02-2011, 04:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Latinandgreek

Welcome back, Astra!

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

glad you are back amongst us!

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Originally Posted by dreams

Welcome back, astra.

Ta!

Good morning, and a cup of Yorkshire Gold is sitting on a bedstand next tome

Stitchawl · 10-02-2011, 05:46 AM

Welcome back, Astra! I hope your fast went fast! Sorry I wasn't here earlier to greet you, but we left early this morning for a ride.

Tea really is nice to come home to, isn't it.

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. Frankly, I wish I liked it better as I generally believe things called 'gold' or 'superior' or 'Excellent' are more suited to me, despite reality which proves me wrong...

Stitchawl

aceflor · 10-02-2011, 06:38 AM

Hi everyone,

slightly (but only slightly) hangover, so it will be water today for me.

Enjoy your Sunday you all.

GeoffC · 10-02-2011, 07:39 AM

Green Tea (using leaves these days....)

VydorScope · 10-02-2011, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by dreams

Strawberry Coffee

Yep, found it on the clearance section at Target. Never seen it before! Grinds are a bit stale so can not get full effect, but still tasty. More of that in my cup this morning.

and Welcome back to Astra! (yeah, Im a bit slow... lol)

beppe · 10-02-2011, 08:57 AM

a glass of Italian Tokay, that cannot be called like that anymore, but that it is nevertheless quite agreeable.

astra · 10-02-2011, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Welcome back, Astra! I hope your fast went fast!

It was bearable

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

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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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

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.

astra · 10-02-2011, 03:42 PM

A cup of China oolong organic.

I dug out 2 old samples from NBTea today when I did spr...autumn cleaning on tea shelves.
Tastes like a diluted roasted Tie Guan Yin Oolong.

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Latinandgreek Warrior Princess Posts: 5,038 Karma: 9724231 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-505; PRS-350, PRS-T1, iPad, Aura HD	Mint tea in my cup.

10-02-2011, 01:03 AM	#15457
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	Cream tea - first cup of hot tea for the year. I can't drink it hot in the summer.

10-02-2011, 05:46 AM	#15459
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	Welcome back, Astra! I hope your fast went fast! Sorry I wasn't here earlier to greet you, but we left early this morning for a ride. Tea really is nice to come home to, isn't it. 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. Frankly, I wish I liked it better as I generally believe things called 'gold' or 'superior' or 'Excellent' are more suited to me, despite reality which proves me wrong... Stitchawl

10-02-2011, 06:38 AM	#15460
aceflor Wizard Posts: 3,472 Karma: 48036360 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: where the sun lives, or so they say Device: Pocketbook Era, Pocketbook Inkpad 4, Kobo Libra 2, Kindle Scribe	Hi everyone, slightly (but only slightly) hangover, so it will be water today for me. Enjoy your Sunday you all.

10-02-2011, 07:39 AM	#15461
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Green Tea (using leaves these days....)

10-02-2011, 08:57 AM	#15463
beppe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,161 Karma: 81026524 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Italy Device: Kindle3, Ipod4, IPad2	a glass of Italian Tokay, that cannot be called like that anymore, but that it is nevertheless quite agreeable.

10-02-2011, 03:42 PM	#15465
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	A cup of China oolong organic. I dug out 2 old samples from NBTea today when I did spr...autumn cleaning on tea shelves. Tastes like a diluted roasted Tie Guan Yin Oolong.