Tea Thoughts; Twinings Defence

[evasearchin]

Darn, I did these a long time ago. And to be fair I've not had "strange" tea for a while... Maybe a year.

I liked this tea. Not too fruity. Sort of earthy. I let it infuse for the recommended 2-3 min and it was fairly rich in flavour which is good; the teabag was a year old! But individually wrapped.  Had a coffee sort of feel, I had it after a

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[baron_waste]

So did you mix “Defence” yourself, blended from other teas?  The good old Star Trek term IDIC comes to mind (from before “diversity” was Orwelled into its exact opposite) - there's no limit to the subtle strangeness you could find, if you start mixing and matching!

[And what's a good Englishwoman like you doing drinking coffee?  You might think it fashionably daring to show sympathy for those rebellious Americans and their French 'friends,' but such behaviour causes talk.  You may find your social calendar a trifle thin this coming Spring!]

[evasearchin]

I'm hoping this is the right mobile button to click reply on this phone app!

http://www.twinings.co.uk/tea/fruit-herbal/blackcurrant-echinacea-vitamin-c-20-envelopes

No wonder I couldnt find some today. I beleive they may have renamed the product. Use to say DEFENSE in big bold letters across the box. But yes no need to mix.. The companies are doing it themselves; the tea aisle is full of variaty; such is the benefit of capitlism! However I did find myself thinking they lacked echinacea and nettle combinations...

And coffee! Oh theres a right coffee craze taking over the uk at this moment.. Though some would argue "coffee houses" have been an important part of London economy for 100s of years!

Re: Coffee Houses

[baron_waste]

Well, now that is true, of course.  'Twasn't 'til later that it took on Political Implications.

I was telling a friend of mine at work about this, how the French in North Africa encountered the Muslim cultures there and got coffee therefrom, and “the enemy of my enemy is my friend,” so the American colonists threw over their British tea (literally, in one instance, when the “Boston Tea Party” threw a cargo of tea into the harbor) and took up with French coffee, which is why it's the defining beverage in this otherwise Anglophone country.  He was astounded - he'd never heard it all put together like that.

See

http://baron-waste.livejournal.com/187429.html

Re: Coffee Houses

[evasearchin]

Haha, What political implications does coffee have now? The story of America taking up coffee to p** of the Brits is definitely amusing, but I can't see coffee playing a wider political game now?

Re: Coffee Houses

[baron_waste]

Oh, it has none, now. I was being facetious,

“You might think it fashionably daring to show sympathy for those rebellious Americans and their French 'friends,' but such behaviour causes talk. You may find your social calendar a trifle thin this coming Spring!”

- but it would have been better to write it in proper 18th century faſhion.