Belated gratitude

[sammywol]

My conscience has been pricked and I must tell the whole interwebs of the kindness of daftnewt who, hearing of my addiction to tea-earl-grey-hot!, sent me a lovely box of sample teas - all in neat, teeny, shiny metal cannisters too! - all the way from Canada. I may even manage to persuade Mr wol to try the Green Earl Grey Tea as he isn't usually big on the

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[enigmaticblues]

Oh! I love that book! I've been meaning to re-read it, but I think it's going to have to wait until I get through a few of the unread ones.

[sammywol]

Did you ever read her Damiano series? I think they would be right up your street, although TWTBD is far and away the best thing she ever wrote imho.

[enigmaticblues]

Oh, yes. I bought the book that had all three in it after I'd read TWTBD and The Grey Horse. I just loved her writing so much. It's been such a long time since I read it, though, I don't remember much.

[mrs_dm]

OH,I love Earl Grey tea, it's my favourite. I think it's also cool that it's Jean-Luc Picard's favourite too. (Make it so, indeed!). But it always bothered me that he took it with lemon, no milk. Sometimes when I order it in a restaurant, they make the same mistake.

Now, call me crazy, but Earl Grey is BLACK TEA with bergamot, not herbal tea. As such, I think it's best served up with milk and sugar.

Don't get me started on being a tea drinker in predominantly coffee-oriented North America. I usually have to search far and wide to find a good cup of tea. I once had a real English tea in Devonshire (clotted cream and all), and I can tell you, it was a religious experience.

[purpletigron]

Green tea isn't a herbal tea ;-)

TWTBD I loved.

[sammywol]

Usually Earl Grey is black tea. I am assuming that the green Earl Grey tea is just green tea flavoured with bergamot. However a lot of people take their black tea with lemon. I used to when I was a teenager and mad for all things sour tasting and still would if the choice was lemon or cream in the true Upper Crust style - I HATE tea with cream; it's just too heavy tasting. I am currently addicted to Twinings decaff Earl Grey as it has a wonderful hit of bergamot and I can drink as many cups as I wish without feeling the caffeine nausea. *slurps*

Could not bear sugar in Earl Grey though. Brrrrrrr! Herbals teas I do not take with lemon, but with HONEY!!!!!! Very not slimming!

Clotted cream is a religious experience and a strong argument for the existence of a benevolent deity but then it would want to be seeing as how much each mouthful brings one closer to a the afterlife.

[mylescorcoran]

I'm waiting for the shipment of newt-crafted wine and beer. Yums!

[sammywol]

Very heavy sadly. Although if we are not careful we might be sent a kit and so our lives will fill up with more junk as demijohns bubble away under the kitchen counter.

[daftnewt]

Hee hee. Well, if you want to help with the postage...

The wine kits are bloody heavy, as I can attest having heaved a couple-three dozen of them around today. Might be better to send you carefully packed filled bottles ;)

[daftnewt]

You're welcome! I hope your head is all cleared up, and do let me know what you think of the different blends. I haven't tried the Green Earl Grey; I had a pot of the Russian after work today.

I have read Tea With The Black Dragon, many years ago. I remember enjoying it, but that's all! Clearly time for a reread...