The Great British Tea Debate!

[Shadow of an Illusion]

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Foetus In Fetu

I like the smell of coffee but not the taste.

Nonsense! I'll find a cup of coffee you would love. They're are so many different flavours. It's just like tea. You can't dislike tea in general, just a certain flavour. There's bound to be one out there that someone would like!

Pfft, all different shades of the same. I'm sure.

I've never tried it, but do people here think that Bovril is probably > coffee?

Yes. Although thats not too hard.  

[Ferretessa]

Mmm I like both tea and coffee, however I would have to say that I drink tea more often out of the two. I cant wait to visit Britain and taste a real cup of tea though. I'm sure it's much better than anything I make at home.  

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Ferretessa

Mmm I like both tea and coffee, however I would have to say that I drink tea more often out of the two. I cant wait to visit Britain and taste a real cup of tea though. I'm sure it's much better than anything I make at home.

It depends where you go really, it could easily not be.

...there's also the risk that you'll have grown to love bad tea. Much like most children and their love of bad chocolate.  

[Ferretessa]

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Ferretessa

Mmm I like both tea and coffee, however I would have to say that I drink tea more often out of the two. I cant wait to visit Britain and taste a real cup of tea though. I'm sure it's much better than anything I make at home.

It depends where you go really, it could easily not be.

...there's also the risk that you'll have grown to love bad tea. Much like most children and their love of bad chocolate.

So true. Perhaps when I go I'll ask one of you where I can get a good cup of tea. =^^=  

[A Lost Iguana]

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It depends where you go really, it could easily not be.

...there's also the risk that you'll have grown to love bad tea. Much like most children and their love of bad chocolate.

It's easy to get a good cup of tea. Make it yourself. I've never bought a good cup of tea.  

[Ferretessa]

A Lost Iguana

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It depends where you go really, it could easily not be.

...there's also the risk that you'll have grown to love bad tea. Much like most children and their love of bad chocolate.

It's easy to get a good cup of tea. Make it yourself. I've never bought a good cup of tea.

That's a good point as well..  

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A Lost Iguana

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It depends where you go really, it could easily not be.

...there's also the risk that you'll have grown to love bad tea. Much like most children and their love of bad chocolate.

It's easy to get a good cup of tea. Make it yourself. I've never bought a good cup of tea.

Well that's just it.

I like the tea I make, other people praise me for my teamaking and are also impressed with it.

Though sometimes, on occasion, I'm still insecure as to whether I'm doing it properly.

One of these days I'll decide that whatever tradition says, I'm still better at it.

However, not yet.

ninja  

[Ferretessa]

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A Lost Iguana

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It depends where you go really, it could easily not be.

...there's also the risk that you'll have grown to love bad tea. Much like most children and their love of bad chocolate.

It's easy to get a good cup of tea. Make it yourself. I've never bought a good cup of tea.

Well that's just it.

I like the tea I make, other people praise me for my teamaking and are also impressed with it.

Though sometimes, on occasion, I'm still insecure as to whether I'm doing it properly.

One of these days I'll decide that whatever tradition says, I'm still better at it.

However, not yet.

ninja

If you enjoy the way you make it and others do as well, then what does it matter if it's done properly or not. It's good.. that's all that really matters in the end.  

[Boolean Julian]

Having said that I like coffee, I can't stand BAD coffee.  

[Koshkah]

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What sort of tea do people prefer?

Earl Grey, usually..

Deffinately Earl Grey but we normally only have that on sundays which is a damn shame! Wait today is sunday hurrah Earl grey all round!  

[Spatterdash]

I am fond of tea, but I don't drink it regularly. Unlike my parents, I do not have a caffeine addiction or a voluminous gut that can take in the huge intake of tea of the average Brit. I'm sure I'll get used to it eventually.
Although tea is part of the British stereotype, we are not actually the world's greatest tea consumers. That honour goes to the Irish, and Ireland is at least part of the British Isles (if not the UK), so it nearly counts.
"Will ye be having a cup of tea? Go on. Go on, go on. Go on go on go on go on..."  

[Angilwingz]

Tea. Coffee.
Coffee. Tea.

Yeah, you pretty much have to make it yourself.  

[Shadow of an Illusion]

I overdid the tea yesterday. >.< Didn't realise I had two teabags in the pot. I knew I would be pushing it even if I hadn't but...
So I'm a bit tired, due to the fact I was still very awake at 1.30 am.
It was stress related. Could have all been averted by having a chocolate stash but it was eaten. I didn't fancy trying to get the last crumbs out of the mousetraps.  

[girl_no_13]

How much did you drink? Because I've drunk a lot of tea and never overdone it, yet.  

[Shadow of an Illusion]

It was only 4 cups in the space of two hours. Which I know isn't a huge amount even if the cups were really mugs and three of the mugs I had accidently made double strength. It was mixed with stress though and I had been trying to cut down a little.
Anyway, I'm pretty sure that was the reason I was still lying awake in bed thinking "Whee!! want to run around and do mad stuff!! and be really awake!!! Wheeee!!!" at 1.30am on a school night.

Still haven't caought up on that sleep yet.