Time for Tea

Anything goes! Use this forum to get to know each other.
User avatar
Rob Houghton
Posts: 16029
Joined: 26 Feb 2005, 22:38
Favourite book/series: Rubadub Mystery, Famous Five and The Find-Outers
Favourite character: Snubby, Uncle Robert, George, Fatty
Location: Kings Norton, Birmingham

Re: Favourite brand of tea?

Post by Rob Houghton »

sixret wrote:Maybe it's because you are a coffee drinker, Rob? :lol: :wink:
I very, very rarely drink coffee - maybe once a month at most - but just recently not even that. I'm very much a tea drinker...but I like my tea to taste of tea, not roses! ;-)
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'

(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)



Society Member
User avatar
Daisy
Posts: 16632
Joined: 28 Oct 2006, 22:49
Favourite book/series: Find-Outers, Adventure series.
Location: Stoke-On-Trent, England

Re: Favourite brand of tea?

Post by Daisy »

I'm with you there Rob. I have tried a few variations on the theme, but give me a good old cup of "ordinary" tea every time.
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.

Society Member
User avatar
Julie2owlsdene
Posts: 15244
Joined: 24 Jul 2007, 20:15
Favourite book/series: F.F. and Mystery Series - Five get into Trouble
Favourite character: Dick
Location: Cornwall

Re: Favourite brand of tea?

Post by Julie2owlsdene »

Tea which tastes of roses and other things isn't really tea to me, it's just a flavoured hot drink. :lol:

8)
Julian gave an exclamation and nudged George.
"See that? It's the black Bentley again. KMF 102!"

Society Member
User avatar
Daisy
Posts: 16632
Joined: 28 Oct 2006, 22:49
Favourite book/series: Find-Outers, Adventure series.
Location: Stoke-On-Trent, England

Re: Favourite brand of tea?

Post by Daisy »

Julie2owlsdene wrote:Tea which tastes of roses and other things isn't really tea to me, it's just a flavoured hot drink. :lol:
Exactly, Julie.
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.

Society Member
User avatar
Rob Houghton
Posts: 16029
Joined: 26 Feb 2005, 22:38
Favourite book/series: Rubadub Mystery, Famous Five and The Find-Outers
Favourite character: Snubby, Uncle Robert, George, Fatty
Location: Kings Norton, Birmingham

Re: Favourite brand of tea?

Post by Rob Houghton »

Yes - I agree. I was friends with a woman who always drank 'fruit teas'. To me, they looked just like Ribena or something made with hot water. I quite like a hot Ribena, especially when I have a cold - but I wouldn't class it as a 'tea' - and yet many fruit teas are not exactly 'tea' as I would describe it, either! 8)
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'

(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)



Society Member
User avatar
IceMaiden
Posts: 2290
Joined: 07 Jan 2016, 18:49
Favourite book/series: Too many to mention! All of them!
Favourite character: George
Location: North Wales

Re: Favourite brand of tea?

Post by IceMaiden »

Something rather peculiar has happened, I have, almost by accident, discovered a likeness for a cup of tea :P . I have never liked tea, it tasted horrible, so bland and dull (even with some sugar in it), I couldn't understand why people rave about it or always felt better after a cup, but a couple of weeks ago I went to do a home visit for a customer and while waiting for the village bus, they offered me a cup. Not wanting to be impolite, I accepted and requested two sugars, thinking if it was sweet I could drink it better. They piled in two large spoonfuls of sugar and handed it me while we were chatting away. I took a sip, wondering if I could drink an entire mugfull of something all the while pretending to like it, but to my astonishment I really did like it, so much so that I was quite sorry when the mug was empty! For the first time ever I understood its appeal. The first thing I did on arriving home was make another cup to see if it had been a fluke, but no, I liked that one too, along with the others that have since followed it. I have to say I'm a little concerned, is it normal for one's tastes to change so drastically and rapidly like that?! :?
Society Member

I'm just an old fashioned girl with an old fashioned mind
Not sophisticated, I'm the sweet and simple kind
I want an old fashioned house, with an old fashioned fence
And A̶n̶ ̶o̶l̶d̶ ̶f̶a̶s̶h̶i̶o̶n̶e̶d̶ ̶m̶i̶l̶l̶i̶o̶n̶a̶i̶r̶e̶
Image
User avatar
Moonraker
Posts: 22387
Joined: 31 Jan 2005, 19:15
Location: Wiltshire, England
Contact:

Re: Favourite brand of tea?

Post by Moonraker »

Daisy wrote:
Julie2owlsdene wrote:Tea which tastes of roses and other things isn't really tea to me, it's just a flavoured hot drink. :lol:
Exactly, Julie.
Couldn't agree more. All of these flavoured concoctions are the nectar of pretentious snobs. Some are less disgusting than others, but if I will stick with proper tea.

And before you rush to your keyboards in defence of your tea caddies, I fully realise that many of these 'teas' (Earl Grey, Lapsan Souchong etc)are in fact real teas.
Ice Maiden wrote:I have to say I'm a little concerned, is it normal for one's tastes to change so drastically and rapidly like that?!
No need for concern. I would say you've just grown up. Welcome to adulthood! :D
Society Member
User avatar
Julie2owlsdene
Posts: 15244
Joined: 24 Jul 2007, 20:15
Favourite book/series: F.F. and Mystery Series - Five get into Trouble
Favourite character: Dick
Location: Cornwall

Re: Favourite brand of tea?

Post by Julie2owlsdene »

You can't beat a good old fashioned none pretentious snobbery cup of Tetley! :lol: :lol:

8)
Julian gave an exclamation and nudged George.
"See that? It's the black Bentley again. KMF 102!"

Society Member
User avatar
Courtenay
Posts: 19274
Joined: 07 Feb 2014, 01:22
Favourite book/series: The Adventure Series, Galliano's Circus
Favourite character: Lotta
Location: Both Aussie and British; living in Cheshire

Re: Favourite brand of tea?

Post by Courtenay »

Moonraker wrote: Couldn't agree more. All of these flavoured concoctions are the nectar of pretentious snobs. Some are less disgusting than others, but if I will stick with proper tea.
I seem to recall you've got a few of those pretentious flavoured concoctions in your own kitchen, Nigel. :wink:
Society Member

It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
User avatar
Rob Houghton
Posts: 16029
Joined: 26 Feb 2005, 22:38
Favourite book/series: Rubadub Mystery, Famous Five and The Find-Outers
Favourite character: Snubby, Uncle Robert, George, Fatty
Location: Kings Norton, Birmingham

Re: Favourite brand of tea?

Post by Rob Houghton »

Courtenay wrote:
Moonraker wrote: Couldn't agree more. All of these flavoured concoctions are the nectar of pretentious snobs. Some are less disgusting than others, but if I will stick with proper tea.
I seem to recall you've got a few of those pretentious flavoured concoctions in your own kitchen, Nigel. :wink:
I love how you both 'say it how it is'! :-D

Cup of tea, anyone? :twisted:
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'

(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)



Society Member
User avatar
Julie2owlsdene
Posts: 15244
Joined: 24 Jul 2007, 20:15
Favourite book/series: F.F. and Mystery Series - Five get into Trouble
Favourite character: Dick
Location: Cornwall

Re: Favourite brand of tea?

Post by Julie2owlsdene »

Courtenay wrote:
I seem to recall you've got a few of those pretentious flavoured concoctions in your own kitchen, Nigel. :wink:
Those are just out of date teas he keeps for the unsuspecting guests. :lol:

8)
Julian gave an exclamation and nudged George.
"See that? It's the black Bentley again. KMF 102!"

Society Member
User avatar
Daisy
Posts: 16632
Joined: 28 Oct 2006, 22:49
Favourite book/series: Find-Outers, Adventure series.
Location: Stoke-On-Trent, England

Re: Favourite brand of tea?

Post by Daisy »

:lol: :lol: :lol: Julie. Very good.
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.

Society Member
User avatar
pete9012S
Posts: 17568
Joined: 24 Jan 2010, 15:32
Favourite book/series: Five On A Treasure Island
Favourite character: Frederick Algernon Trotteville
Location: UK

Re: Favourite brand of tea?

Post by pete9012S »

Whilst it's a bit quiet here on the tea thread I have just made myself a cup of Twinings lemon & ginger tea as we seem to have run out of milk!
" A kind heart always brings its own reward," said Mrs. Lee.
- The Christmas Tree Aeroplane -

Society Member
User avatar
IceMaiden
Posts: 2290
Joined: 07 Jan 2016, 18:49
Favourite book/series: Too many to mention! All of them!
Favourite character: George
Location: North Wales

Re: Favourite brand of tea?

Post by IceMaiden »

Moonraker wrote: No need for concern. I would say you've just grown up. Welcome to adulthood! :D
:lol: Several years late but as they say, better late than never :P . Tea has always seemed to me to be an 'adult' drink, I was surprised when I read in some of the FF's that the children drink tea, and even more surprisingly, coffee. I would think that even more of an adult drink than tea, a cup of coffee was what the on duty teacher would patrol the playground with on a freezing winter morning, it wasn't what us children had, nor would we have got it. The closest I got to it as a youngster was the coffee creams in the Chrismas Roses! I suppose it does beg the question though, if tea is for the grown-up's, why are tea sets made for children? :mrgreen:
Society Member

I'm just an old fashioned girl with an old fashioned mind
Not sophisticated, I'm the sweet and simple kind
I want an old fashioned house, with an old fashioned fence
And A̶n̶ ̶o̶l̶d̶ ̶f̶a̶s̶h̶i̶o̶n̶e̶d̶ ̶m̶i̶l̶l̶i̶o̶n̶a̶i̶r̶e̶
Image
User avatar
Rob Houghton
Posts: 16029
Joined: 26 Feb 2005, 22:38
Favourite book/series: Rubadub Mystery, Famous Five and The Find-Outers
Favourite character: Snubby, Uncle Robert, George, Fatty
Location: Kings Norton, Birmingham

Re: Favourite brand of tea?

Post by Rob Houghton »

I remember drinking tea when I was at primary school, sitting in front of the open fire when I came home. We had a gas fire by the time I was 10, so I was obviously fairly young.

I never had coffee though, until I was much older - and I'm still not a big fan of coffee, though I love coffee cake! :lol:
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'

(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)



Society Member
Post Reply