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mdw
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response 18 of 229:
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Nov 5 11:56 UTC 1995 |
I have found that the proper way to enjoy earl grey is with lemon.
I agree earl grey by itself is sort of scary stuff - it always
reminded me of mosquito repellent. But with lemon & sugar, I
find that it turns into pure ambrosia.
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popcorn
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response 19 of 229:
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Nov 6 05:18 UTC 1995 |
I even like it straight up.
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freida
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response 20 of 229:
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Nov 12 08:09 UTC 1995 |
I love english breakfast and ceylon teas...I make them in my automatic drip
coffe maker and I make them rather strong. I don't drink coffee. I like mine
with just enough milk, the thin stuff, to cool it to drinking temps. I drink
about 2 pots a day. For herb teas, we all like raspberry, red zinger or lemon
zinger. My husband loves sleepy time tea. I also like mint tea when I am
not feeling well. Got sick of constant comment a while ago.
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popcorn
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response 21 of 229:
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Nov 12 16:57 UTC 1995 |
I've been drinking a lot of "Harvest Spice" (I think that's its name)
tea, from Celestial Seasonings, at work lately. I tried their Bengal Spice
flavor, too, on the theory that it has cardamom in it and cardamom is one of
my favorite spices, but the resulting brew seemed to be all aroma and no
flavor. Which led me right back to Harvest Spice again. Yum!
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md
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response 22 of 229:
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Nov 13 16:13 UTC 1995 |
Harvest Spice is wonderful.
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bmoran
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response 23 of 229:
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Nov 16 15:21 UTC 1995 |
I've been trying some of the over 100 kinds of tea we have at our store.
One thing some people forget is that tea must expand to three times its
dried state to fully infuse. So fill your tea balls and spoons only about
a third of the way, and use the proper amounts. About a teaspoon per six
ounce cup, so a mug (mostly twelve oz) would be two teaspoons. Three mins.
steeping for green teas, four to five for blacks. Herbal tisanes (there is
no "tea" leaves in them) are pretty much to taste, but often not more than
ten mins.
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denise
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response 24 of 229:
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Nov 29 16:18 UTC 1995 |
I'm a big tea drinker, too... I drink more iced tea than hot tea, but I
do enjoy them both. Am currently drinking ginger-peach iced tea. For
hot teas, depending on my mood, sometimes I drink them 'straight',
sometimes with cream, sometimes with sugar or sweetner. Down south,
here in NC where I am currently residing, when one orders iced tea,
95% of the time you'll get it already sweetend unless you specifically
ask for unsweetened tea... I used to always drink my iced tea unsweetened
but have gotten into the habit of drinking sweetened, mainly because
at restaurants, its easier [and fresher], though I'm trying to break myself
from that habit!
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iggy
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response 25 of 229:
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Dec 17 13:45 UTC 1995 |
well, i got a teapot and teaball, and even dug out a fancy teacup!
i'd been making a lot of tea of late.
a friend told me to try boiling a mixture of half milk and half water,
then steeping the tea in that. i was skeptical, but it is actually
pretty good!
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chelsea
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response 26 of 229:
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Dec 17 14:10 UTC 1995 |
I've wish I liked tea. The tradition is so elegant.
But I can't seem to aquire a taste for it.
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chelsea
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response 27 of 229:
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Dec 17 14:11 UTC 1995 |
s/acquire/aquire
Think I'll get some cooffee going.
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arabella
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response 28 of 229:
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Aug 3 19:00 UTC 1996 |
"I like coffee,
I like tea,
I like the Java Jive,
and it likes me."
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iggy
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response 29 of 229:
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Sep 28 13:53 UTC 1996 |
in about 3 weeks, marcvh and i are going to victoria, B.C.
word has it that it is the most british of all canada.
so, i'm going to drag marc off to a tea whn we are there.
i've heard that the empress hotel is wonderful, except the
more i found out about it, themore inclined i am
to take tea elsewhere.
it is 20 bucks a person, AND you have to dress up for it.
but you do get tea, crumpets, jam, strawberries, cream, teacakes, sandwiches.
we'll probably go to the james bay tearoom. i dont think you have
to be formal there.
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chelsea
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response 30 of 229:
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Sep 28 14:53 UTC 1996 |
I suspect you'll love Victoria, Christine. John and I were there
not too long ago and enjoyed it a whole lot. Leave at least one
night free to wander down along the water's edge where there
are street artists galore.
Too, as of last weekend the currency exchange rate was 34%.
So the price of that High Tea isn't all that bad.
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md
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response 31 of 229:
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Sep 29 15:34 UTC 1996 |
We enjoyed afternoon teas at a hotel in Mayfair when we were last
in London. Can't get much more authentic than that, you'd think,
and yet the tea itself seemed a minor part of the affair. I was
and remain cheerfully ignorant of that particular Britishism.
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iggy
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response 32 of 229:
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Oct 23 12:50 UTC 1996 |
ok, i did it.
i thought it would be straightforward tea, but it wasnt quite..
marc and i had a seat next to the window, and could see the horse drawn
carriages going up and down the street. nice view. when the tea came, it was on
a tray with all sorts of food on it. sandwiches <egg salad, tuna> a lemon tart,
2 spherical baked dough balls. <i assumed these were scones>, jam, a bowl of
whipped cream <!> a bowl of something else, i think the waitress said it was
trifle.. it seemed to be a fruit pudding mixed with cake and covered in whipped
cream. plus a teapot covered in a cozy, and cream and sugar for the tea.
at the time, the place was fairly empty so i couldnt take my
]cues from other people.
i had no idea if i were to eat the trifle with a spoon
or smear it on the scones. and the bowl of whipped cream was
a puzzle to me. <blush>
i ended up putting jam on the scones and a little blip of whipped cream.
that seemed odd, the whipped cream.
i alternated putting a bit of trifle on the scones, and eating it
with a spoon.
could any knowledgable person offer ant hints on this matter?
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e4808mc
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response 33 of 229:
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Oct 24 03:19 UTC 1996 |
Oh,my, am I envious or WHAT!!
You had a wonderful High Tea. The 'whipped cream' was probably Devonshire
cream, a slightly thickend, or 'clotted' cream.
Trifle is a sweet that is layers of cake, fruit, custard, and whipped cream.
Sometimes it also has sherry in it. It is usually eaten by itself.
The scones were meant to carry the butter, the jam, and the Devonshire cream.
High Tea is often like a light supper, hence the sandwiches. I've had mixed
grill (grilled tomato, sausage, & other things) sometimes instead of
sandwiches.
Then you had lemon tarts, which possibly were small pastries filled with lemon
curd, which is also sometimes offered as a spread, like jam.
It sounds like a *very* lovely tea, my dear.
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iggy
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response 34 of 229:
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Oct 24 12:46 UTC 1996 |
thanks for the information on the tea!
and yes, it was very nice. i used it as a light late lunch.
i had heard the term clotted cream before.. but the reason i called
it whipped cream was that it had the appearance of coming out of a can.
but.. it did seem a bit heavier than the stuff we buy here in the grocery
stores.
i asked my brother about it, and he thought that the clotted cream
was supposed to go in the tea. i didnt think so, as there was already
cream on the table for it.
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e4808mc
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response 35 of 229:
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Oct 24 17:28 UTC 1996 |
Clotted cream is a spread for breads, not an addition to the liquid.
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headdoc
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response 36 of 229:
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Nov 10 08:22 UTC 1996 |
In the South of England, we loved Scones, clotted cream and strawberry jam
with tea. Devonshire especially features clotted cream. You can buy it here
at Merchant of Vino in the exact jars they sell it in over there. It doesn't
have a strong taste but a delicious consistency, and I am sure, tons of
calories from fat. But once in a while, you have to party. I could never
understand how the English have high tea like that, then drink pints of beer
(do you believ the size of those pints?) and then go home to have dinner.
And most of them are so thin. Good genes, I guess.
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scott
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response 37 of 229:
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Nov 10 14:12 UTC 1996 |
No, most of the dinner food is so incredibly bland that they just sit down
and talk, then go to bed. ;)
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void
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response 38 of 229:
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Nov 19 06:28 UTC 1996 |
a british pint is twenty ounces.
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denise
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response 39 of 229:
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Dec 23 16:38 UTC 1996 |
Early last week, I was in Ashevill, NC with a friend-where we did the
Christmas candlelight tour of the Biltmore Esate [the largest
private 'home' in the country; built over 100 years ago by George
Vanderbilt. The house is really decked out for the holidays--and
the 'grounds' are absoloutely wonderfu, too [over 80,000+ acres!].
On Tuesday afternoon, before heading back to 'reality' [home], we
had a lovely "English" Tea at a place called [none other than]
Chelsea's Tea House! This place was incredible... as was the tea selection
AND the plate of foods that came with it--including several kinds of 'finger'
sandwiches, scones with cream and jam, quiche, a bowl of cake/fruit&cream,
and all sorts of delicious desserts. I do plan on going back again
sometimesoon! [Its only a 4 hour drive away! :-) ]
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abchan
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response 40 of 229:
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Dec 23 16:44 UTC 1996 |
Finally, another person who doesn't think a 4 hour drive is that long! :) :)
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popcorn
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response 41 of 229:
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Dec 24 23:10 UTC 1996 |
(I drove 10 hours yesterday)
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abchan
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response 42 of 229:
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Dec 25 18:30 UTC 1996 |
Whereto? (I'm assuming from A^2)
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