What is in your cup?

[Stitchawl]

I am a old timer I travel the road
I sit in my waggon and lumber me load
The hotel's me jungle the cab's me abode
I’m well known to Blondie and Mary.
my liquor is diesel oil laced with strong tea
The old Highway Code was me first ABC,
I cut me eyeteeth on an old AC
I’m champion at keeping them rolling.

I sit in my cabin and boiled in the sun
Been snowed up on Scarps on the Manchester run
I crept through the fog with me 22 ton
of fish that were stinking like blazes.
From London to Glasgow to Newcastle quay
From Liverpool, Preston to Bristol City
the plons on the road give the thumb sign to me
I’m champion at keeping them rolling.

You may sing your soldiers and sailors so bold
but there’s many and many a hero untold
Who sits at the wheel in the heat and the cold
And day after day without sleeping.
So watch out for the cops and slow down at the bends
And watch all you gauges and check your big ends
And zing with your lights as you pass an old friend
You’ll be champion at keeping them rolling.

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwrkaJvfe0I )

Good morning, all! Monday morning and I'm ready to hit the roads. Breakfast is high carbos and fats to keep me warm, and a big mug of Ahmad English Breakfast tea to get my motor turning. Long ride planned for today, and it's bloody cold outside! I'm taking a thermos of hot tea with me for road stops. With air temperatures around zero, the 'wind chill factor' at 60kph will be close to -30. Riding like this takes some extra pocket hand warmers taped over my kidneys and the backs of my hands. And a LOT of hot tea!

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

As for teas, I tend to remember what I like and know where I got it from. If I don't like it, I end up giving it away. If I like it and run out, I set the tin aside until it is refill time and then I look at the tins and order what is needed. Ones that I have out grown, like Earl Grey, I'll finish and remove the label from the tin.

That's my method as well. It's not as organized as Astra's, but I don't experiment with as many teas as he does, which makes up for it. I have all my tins on the tea shelf, and when one is empty, I just refill it. Well, actually, I usually wait until several are empty, then sit down and fill tea bags for all of them.

Time to hit the roads!


Stitchawl

[Kevin8or]

Happy birthdays, happy vacations, happy "new tea" days.

I'm in a routine of Peets coffee during the day and Lung Ching Dragonwell tea in the evening/night. I feel silly posting the same beverages day after day. Until I buy a new variety of tea or coffee -- or until I feel less silly about repeating myself -- y'all know what I'm drinking.

[ProfCrash]

Water at the gym and after the gym. Making Grilled Chicken sandwiches for dinner. Probably have a salad to go with it. Yummy

[CWatkinsNash]

Originally Posted by orlok

Where to? You could get anywhere from anywhere in 12 hours over here, and still have time for a hot meal and a good night's sleep .

From Nashville to central Florida. It ended up being closer to 11 hrs, even with several stops.

In my cup - decaf coffee that my Mommy made for me.

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by Kevin8or

Happy birthdays, happy vacations, happy "new tea" days.

I'm in a routine of Peets coffee during the day and Lung Ching Dragonwell tea in the evening/night. I feel silly posting the same beverages day after day. Until I buy a new variety of tea or coffee -- or until I feel less silly about repeating myself -- y'all know what I'm drinking.

Ah, but there is strong precedent for it, Kevin8or, so you should, IMHO.

Lapsang Souchong.

[Bookpossum]

A mug of black coffee following lunch. We tend to have coffee after breakfast and lunch, and either a green tea or black tea after dinner. Favourites are Twinings green tea and their Russian Caravan tea.

[maianhvk]

Toffee flavored ice cream with toffee fudge and choc caramel...

[Bookpossum]

Do you wait until it melts and then drink it?

[The Terminator]

Root Beer float.

[maianhvk]

Originally Posted by Bookpossum

Do you wait until it melts and then drink it?

Ah no, that would be horrible. I was only describing what was in my cup

[Bookpossum]

Originally Posted by maianhvk

Ah no, that would be horrible. I was only describing what was in my cup

Just checking!

[phenomshel]

It's empty. It was a glass of milk, though.

[dreams]

Peppermint mocha in my cup and after dinner chocolate cheesecake.

[maianhvk]

This and this and then this ... with mango smoothie...

[bjones6416]

Black coffee. It's cold outside here, too. I'm going for a walk if I can make myself get up from this warm chair and step out the door. Not really wanting to, though.