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LazyScot · 11-10-2008, 11:34 AM

When I was in York there was a great tearoom called Taylors (of Harrogate); part of the chain that still makes Yorkshire Tea today. It did great teas (I remember Oolong as a favourite), coffees, sandwiches, cakes and cinnamon toast. Then Taylor's merged with Bettys, and Taylors became Little Bettys...

Patricia · 11-10-2008, 03:38 PM

I remember Betty's in York. It has memorable tea-cakes and a pleasant Earl Grey.

Sparrow · 11-11-2008, 03:24 PM

I once saw someone drink Earl Grey with milk in it.

Slite · 11-12-2008, 02:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sparrow

I once saw someone drink Earl Grey with milk in it.

Actually, us barbarians up here in the north of Europe quite often take milk in tea, no matter what kind it is

Patricia · 11-12-2008, 03:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sparrow

I once saw someone drink Earl Grey with milk in it.

It is awful, I know, but my partner drinks it like that.

zelda_pinwheel · 11-12-2008, 06:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patricia

It is awful, I know, but my partner drinks it like that.

don't they prosecute for that in england ? six months of hard labour, or something ? oh wait, you're in wales... different laws ?

ShortNCuddlyAm · 11-12-2008, 08:22 AM

I'm thinking I shouldn't say this here... but I drink Earl Grey with milk too (on the very odd occasion I drink it).

I also make it far stronger than it should be, which might explain the milk. Far prefer Assam though

zelda_pinwheel · 11-12-2008, 08:24 AM

i like chai with milk sometimes. but i rarely put milk in any of my tea.

worse than milk in earl grey : i once saw someone put SUGAR in LAPSANG SOUCHONG !!!! my eyes nearly fell out of my head.

Taylor514ce · 11-12-2008, 08:49 AM

I was with my bosses recently on a business trip. At the hotel breakfast buffet, my American boss wanted black tea. I happen to always carry tea with me on trips, so offered some up. My British (English) boss asked for a packet, so I obliged. They both then proceeded to pour milk into their tea, and stopped at the look on my face.

Howard, the non-Brit, explained how the habit started when he was in Ireland and the hostess asked if he wanted milk with this tea. "No".

Are you sure?

Oh, yes.

Cream, then?

No, thank you.

It's cream or milk, dear. Otherwise it just isn't civilized.

Uh... milk.

BookishDreamer · 11-12-2008, 09:31 AM

I grew up in a house where tea was made by the quart with liberal doses of sugar (aka heaping spoonfuls) and served with lemon and ice in a tall glass. The only time we had hot tea was if Mom was late brewing a pot and the ice melted before it had time to cool the tea.

Dreamer

Sparrow · 11-12-2008, 09:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

don't they prosecute for that in england ? six months of hard labour, or something ? oh wait, you're in wales... different laws ?

English law is remarkably lax about tea abuse (although coffee abuse can give rise to grounds for divorce

).

LazyScot · 11-12-2008, 09:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sparrow

English law is remarkably lax about tea abuse (although coffee abuse can give rise to grounds for divorce

).

As far as coffee is concerned, I though it was absence of grounds that was a cause for divorce?

(Here speaks a Gaggia snob

)

zelda_pinwheel · 11-12-2008, 09:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sparrow

English law is remarkably lax about tea abuse (although coffee abuse can give rise to grounds for divorce

).

Quote:

Originally Posted by LazyScot

As far as coffee is concerned, I though it was absence of grounds that was a cause for divorce?

(Here speaks a Gaggia snob

)

(i'd be more inclined to treat the absence of grounds severely as well)

nekokami · 11-12-2008, 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

I was with my bosses recently on a business trip. At the hotel breakfast buffet, my American boss wanted black tea. I happen to always carry tea with me on trips, so offered some up. My British (English) boss asked for a packet, so I obliged. They both then proceeded to pour milk into their tea, and stopped at the look on my face.

Howard, the non-Brit, explained how the habit started when he was in Ireland and the hostess asked if he wanted milk with this tea. "No".

Are you sure?

Oh, yes.

Cream, then?

No, thank you.

It's cream or milk, dear. Otherwise it just isn't civilized.

Uh... milk.

Speaking of uncivilized... where were you that the breakfast buffet didn't offer tea?!?

Taylor514ce · 11-12-2008, 05:55 PM

The Magnificent Mile DoubleTree. Horrible. The room was ok, but no bar, and the restaurant, dreadful. Some outrageous two-digit price for the "buffet", consisting of runny eggs and carbonized bacon, brick-hard biscuits, and the like. I've had far better hotel breakfasts at far "worse" hotels. Shameful.

11-12-2008, 08:49 AM	#159
Taylor514ce Actively passive. Posts: 2,042 Karma: 478376 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: US Device: Sony PRS-505/LC	I was with my bosses recently on a business trip. At the hotel breakfast buffet, my American boss wanted black tea. I happen to always carry tea with me on trips, so offered some up. My British (English) boss asked for a packet, so I obliged. They both then proceeded to pour milk into their tea, and stopped at the look on my face. Howard, the non-Brit, explained how the habit started when he was in Ireland and the hostess asked if he wanted milk with this tea. "No". Are you sure? Oh, yes. Cream, then? No, thank you. It's cream or milk, dear. Otherwise it just isn't civilized. Uh... milk. Last edited by Taylor514ce; 11-12-2008 at 08:59 AM.

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LazyScot DSil Posts: 3,201 Karma: 6895096 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Hants, UK Device: Kindle, Cybook	When I was in York there was a great tearoom called Taylors (of Harrogate); part of the chain that still makes Yorkshire Tea today. It did great teas (I remember Oolong as a favourite), coffees, sandwiches, cakes and cinnamon toast. Then Taylor's merged with Bettys, and Taylors became Little Bettys...

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Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	I remember Betty's in York. It has memorable tea-cakes and a pleasant Earl Grey.

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Sparrow Wizard Posts: 4,395 Karma: 1358132 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: Palm TX, CyBook Gen3	I once saw someone drink Earl Grey with milk in it.

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ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	I'm thinking I shouldn't say this here... but I drink Earl Grey with milk too (on the very odd occasion I drink it). I also make it far stronger than it should be, which might explain the milk. Far prefer Assam though

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zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	i like chai with milk sometimes. but i rarely put milk in any of my tea. worse than milk in earl grey : i once saw someone put SUGAR in LAPSANG SOUCHONG !!!! my eyes nearly fell out of my head.

11-12-2008, 09:31 AM	#160
BookishDreamer Cultural Artist Posts: 1,128 Karma: 12829 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Georgia Device: Sony 505, Kindle 2	I grew up in a house where tea was made by the quart with liberal doses of sugar (aka heaping spoonfuls) and served with lemon and ice in a tall glass. The only time we had hot tea was if Mom was late brewing a pot and the ice melted before it had time to cool the tea. Dreamer

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Taylor514ce Actively passive. Posts: 2,042 Karma: 478376 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: US Device: Sony PRS-505/LC	The Magnificent Mile DoubleTree. Horrible. The room was ok, but no bar, and the restaurant, dreadful. Some outrageous two-digit price for the "buffet", consisting of runny eggs and carbonized bacon, brick-hard biscuits, and the like. I've had far better hotel breakfasts at far "worse" hotels. Shameful.