What is in your cup?

[beppe]

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

One of the reasons I resteep is that the second pot will be decaffienate
It sounds like you prefered the second cup of the gunpowder green to the first cup.

That's where I learned this.

No. Not sure that I prefer it. It is cleaner, It is not a big deal really. I drank both cups happily. Now after about an hour I still feel it and I am very happy with it.

Thank you again Prof.

[beppe]

Originally Posted by bjones6416

Black coffee. Not all the way awake yet.

However, beppe's description of a tea flavor as a washed-out Mary Quant fabric brought a smile to my face.

I am glad.

But really, with this natural green teas, they are new to me and rather faint compared to the blacks. I feel that I lack the prejudices, that a priori that for Kant and Popper is needed to learn something. Therefore the delirium.

[beppe]

Originally Posted by astra

I don't know whether it is expensive or not, but they do ship overseas and have a good selection. NBTea

My source says this about NBTea:

Nothing But Tea - ship from England [recommended!]
A selection of teas from all over the world, especially focusing on the most unusual and "minor", for example, are among the few to have black tea from Georgia (former Soviet Republic), which I think is delicious!, As well as various tea produced in limited quantities and with full manual processing. Allow the purchase of free samples from 10 grams to almost every tea

hi astra and iridal. have a good day

[minspargal]

A small cup of coffee with lots of soy milk...wish i had a danish to go with it. Oh what the hey might as well go for the whole hog, i wish Antonio Banderas was here having coffee with me too.

[astra]

Originally Posted by Poppaea

My table is always clear of clutter, nothing more than my computer screen, the phone and the papers I am working on. No to-be-done baskets and the likes because I don't like to be distracted by clutter

I tried. Believe me I tried.
Cannot resist it though

"If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what then, is an empty desk a sign?"
— Albert Einstein

Originally Posted by beppe

A selection of teas from all over the world, especially focusing on the most unusual and "minor", for example, are among the few to have black tea from Georgia (former Soviet Republic), which I think is delicious!, As well as various tea produced in limited quantities and with full manual processing. Allow the purchase of free samples from 10 grams to almost every tea

hi astra and iridal. have a good day

This is where I have tried my first white tea (on recommendation by my brother) back in the days of yore. When I didn't know how to infuse teas and of course was disappointed.
Georgian Old Lady.

After lunch Pu-Erh aged.

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by minspargal

A small cup of coffee with lots of soy milk...wish i had a danish to go with it. Oh what the hey might as well go for the whole hog, i wish Antonio Banderas was here having coffee with me too.

ha! I immediately went to Banderas as Puss in Boots!

I have sparkling mineral water with lime picked from a friends tree in California and sent up here

[ProfCrash]

I had several people tell me that the trick to really appreciating white tea is to take a week and drink only green tea. People who drink a lot of black teas and oolongs are not going to be able to taste the more subtle tones of a white tea. Once you adjust your palate to the green teas you are in a better place to appreciate the white teas. I will normally only drink my white tea, I only have the one, after I have had a green tea or a bunch of water.

Had two cups of Rooibos Carmel Cream at home this morning. I love my new kettle. Working on pot one of Anna's,a balck tea with raspberry.

[Iridal]

Originally Posted by beppe

hi astra and iridal. have a good day

Hi Beppe, you too

Originally Posted by astra

I tried. Believe me I tried.
Cannot resist it though

I like it! You should see my desk at work. I find it a lot harder to find documents when my desk is clean than when my desk is cluttered.

My order from Eteaket has been shipped already! I'm really looking forward to trying some of the teas I ordered.

In my cup: water with teisseire.

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by Iridal

Hi Beppe, you too



I like it! You should see my desk at work. I find it a lot harder to find documents when my desk is clean than when my desk is cluttered.

My order from Eteaket has been shipped already! I'm really looking forward to trying some of the teas I ordered.

In my cup: water with teisseire.

what's that?

[Iridal]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

what's that?

It's a kind of sirop you can add to water. It comes in different flavours: grenadine, citrus, mint, ... We even have light version these days. Teisseire is the brand name, but I'm sure there are other brands as well.

[astra]

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

I had several people tell me that the trick to really appreciating white tea is to take a week and drink only green tea. People who drink a lot of black teas and oolongs are not going to be able to taste the more subtle tones of a white tea. Once you adjust your palate to the green teas you are in a better place to appreciate the white teas. I will normally only drink my white tea, I only have the one, after I have had a green tea or a bunch of water.

Thanks
I am going to keep that in mind. I might inadvertently have been doing something like that. Drinking it after drinking water or prolonged period of time of not drinking anything. I can now put 2&2 together...

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by Iridal

It's a kind of sirop you can add to water. It comes in different flavours: grenadine, citrus, mint, ... We even have light version these days. Teisseire is the brand name, but I'm sure there are other brands as well.

ah! ok. there was something similar in Germany. I really liked having that for the kids

[desertblues]

Cold Arabica-coffee.

[ProfCrash]

Note to self: Do not resteep Anna's. It is dull and boring.

[Poppaea]

@Beppe/desk

Good try! Try harder

@astra

"If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what then, is an empty desk a sign?"
— Albert Einstein

Yepp, that's the idea! Sorry, could not resist

You lose that feeling of being over worked, that I'll-never-be-able-to-finish-all-this. Makes me faster. I concentrate on one task and then the next one. Period.

All I do is taking advantage of the fact that desks come with drawers. I use a file system like this with numbers from 1 to 31. Papers get sorted to when I have to handle them and that is it. I will take out my work for the day in the morning, have room for everything else that might show up and when there is time left I will tackle the next folder.

Also I made it a habit to file everything the moment it is done rather than having whole filing days that seem to be a chore to almost every one.

This way my office is always neat and I can use the little brains I have for the work at hand and not for worrying on how to cope with everything. BTW, when in working in an office I do my "official" job, mulit-language secretary/assistant, which means I have not only to organize myself but my boss, too.