Tea.
What's the best kind of tea. Tetley's, PG Tips, or are you an anarchist who believes all proper tea is theft?

I would be nothing without tea. If you're tired of tea, then you're tired of life.

alt: think of something good to say. It's evening shift now and we don't need to be mean (or do we?)
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:33, 84 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I'm not fussed about tea.
I'll drink it, but I'd rather have a coffee.
( Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:36, Reply)

I'll stick the imaginary
internet kettle on, then, and annoy Rory
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:38, Reply)

Earl Grey is the tea of choice for me.
No slice of lemon either, a good splash of milk.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:38, Reply)

Punjana for everyday drinking.
For decaff, it has to be Twinings English Breakfast.

Bought some nice Pu Erh tea in Sweden, it's pretty good too. Quite like a cup of Ceylon now and again. Oolong also good. No milk in any of them, ever.

MY GOD, I'M WAXING LYRICAL ABOUT TEA.

Oh, and Ikea do a nice Rhubarb and Vanilla black tea.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:42, Reply)

No milk?
TEA SNOB

You're worse than Hitler.
( Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:43, Reply)

No I'm not, I'm not vegetarian.

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:44, Reply)

I lived in Paris for a bit
and out of sheer cultural embarrassment I told them I didn't have milk in my tea. Carried on after I came back, but then I realised that milk in tea is good and wholesome
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:44, Reply)

I was on a plane to the States
and they put cream in my tea.

It tasted like concrete.
( Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:48, Reply)

ergh nasty
what the hell is wrong with that country?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:49, Reply)

Let's just hope they don't take it back for a refund
because there's no way we're selling that on again.
( Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:50, Reply)

I don't mind, as long it it doesn't burn me gob.

(888777555, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:44, Reply)

scald

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:45, Reply)

YOU ARE NOT 16! FAKER.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:48, Reply)

Its only you now that denies my existence.
And maybe Roota.
(888777555, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:49, Reply)

I don't deny your existence you helmet...
I deny the fact that you are 16 and not a fake account.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:51, Reply)

It hardly matters that you have this idea if almost every other person has a different opinion.
(888777555, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:52, Reply)

I hope I am wrong because if you are in fact this ignorant and look like the photo you posted I win.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:55, Reply)

you do realise
that by this same logic, all your ideas on politics may afsely be ignored.

As indeed they are.

As you were
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:55, Reply)

No they are not, a very significant proportion of the educated population of the western world agrees with me.
I'm not saying all my ideas are objectively right but you can't reasonably a policy idea objectively wrong or bad, unless its Genocide level bad.
Anyway, you seem sure he's wrong, why don't you tell him? ;-)
(888777555, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:58, Reply)

too... many.... logic.... holes.....
OK, I'm sorry, I should have known better, my bad I'll shut up about politics now.

Interesting weather we've been having, don't you think?
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:01, Reply)

I nearly killed myself then just to stop the anger.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:02, Reply)

not just me, then?

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:03, Reply)

no, just this once Welshy, it's not just you
But its my fault and I'm sorry.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:05, Reply)

I do think you're wrong though
It would take quite a clever and dedicated troll to fake this level of 16-year-old-retardation and I don't think Wormulus, or whoever you care to nominate is up to it mentally, but I could always bee wrong though if ChildFare has taught me nowt else it's the importance of admitting this.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:04, Reply)

Don't you slag off genocide. I fucking love it.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:09, Reply)

Genocide. The new fragrance for real men.

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:22, Reply)

tea is rubbish but I don't like any hot drinks really.
Something good to say eh? nope, can't.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:45, Reply)

So, does piss not count as a 'hot drink'?

(Cancer Joy was short lived, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:47, Reply)

depends on several factors!

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:47, Reply)

mostly the temperature?

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:52, Reply)

who, why, when, volume, reward

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:52, Reply)

Clipper's green tea.
Nothing else will do.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:47, Reply)

Also, Iced Tea (no rapper puns plz)
Sometimes even with milkshake
(888777555, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:49, Reply)

I learned last week that iced mocha coffee is rancid

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:51, Reply)

Any coffee that isn't black, warm and sweet(ish)
is rancid. TRUFAX.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:03, Reply)

while I don't completely agree with this
thick, black, sweet coffee is the win. Also it's like speed for me
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:06, Reply)

DMT.
Alt: I have literally nothing whatsoever good to say about anything. I am seconds away from throwing a malfunctioning printer out the window, closely followed by my boss.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:51, Reply)

Have you tried turning it off and back on again.

( Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:52, Reply)

*listens for the sound of defenestrated printer*

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:52, Reply)

Monty was lucky enough bagging wanderlust, don't make him try and be appealling again.
The world may end.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:53, Reply)

I'd like to try turning your ability to breathe off.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:58, Reply)

If I have ever infuriated you as much as freefair infuriates me then I completely understand
and apologise profusely. It has made want to punch my laptop to death.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:00, Reply)

Haha I like the little gremlin. You need to learn to love the oddballs.
For the record, you've never infuriated me at all, old boy.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:05, Reply)

I am yet to meet a printer who wasn't a cunt.

(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:02, Reply)

There's a printer's opposite my flat
that was funded entirely by a £2million benefit fraud. Even allowing for 'pub bullshit fact inflation margin' that still many thousands of quid.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:07, Reply)

I'm not a big tea drinker
I love the smell of the fruity ones but they all taste like damp cardboard.

Give me a mug of hot vimto instead any day.
(berk, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:53, Reply)

you're meant to steep the bags
not the box
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:54, Reply)

But they all sound and smell full of such promise!
and then when you drink them it's like drinking hot water out of a mug someone has previously used to make squash in but not washed before using again.
(berk, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:58, Reply)

I've discovered two ways to enjoy 'fruit/speciality' teas
1. Accept that they are not fucking tea. In any way. They are a hot beverage akin to Lemsip.
2. keep the bag in the tea as you're drinking it, and keep waggling it about. Otherwise it will be weak as piss.

This has been a punlic service announcement on behalf of teh b3th foundation.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:02, Reply)

The trick is actually to
1. Smell it, mmm, that smells fruity and nice, and then
2. Pour it away to avoid the crushing disappoinment that what you thought was going to taste similar to its smell ACTUALLY tastes of stagnant pondwater.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:10, Reply)

PG it saddens me to say is probably the best
of the bagged variety anyway. Not even sure why I don't want to admit this, past cruelty to chimps I guess, in the same way I still feel odd buying South African oranges, even though that's all ancient history.

Coffee is also good, but it's harder to get a good cup of coffee than of tea, outside my flat anyway.

Alt: I am feeling quite sleepy today so I may curl up on the sofa and watch a nice film with some coco before having an early night as tomorrow is a busy day. Bugger! I'll do that after I've changed the sheets on the spare bed and made sure all the weaponry is hidden, bloody visitors, grrrr.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:53, Reply)

it must be horrible being so middle aged and old
at least I have a year and 2 days until I reach that
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:55, Reply)

I'm quite happy with my relationship to my age thank you
Having strangers in my flat, less so.

I'm not sure what about my post is old though unless it's the early night....
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:58, Reply)

you used words like cocoa, early night, spare room
but you did mention weaponry, so you get points back.

why do you have strangers staying in your house?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:58, Reply)

Spare bed, not spare room,
My friend who is working on some kind of film has a spare sound man she needs putting up for 3 days and as she is a very good friend and desperate I have offered my sofa bed which I usually sleep on when my son comes to stay.

This also means giving up my living room for 3 evenings most likely so expect lots of posts as I hide in my bedroom with my laptop to avoid having to interact with the random northerner.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:08, Reply)

northerns am best, though
anyway, a tune just came on my randominator you'd like, if you've not heard it already, it's very special

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yerCiByca4
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:11, Reply)

Not heard it, of home now
will aim to listen later but hoping to stay off this place tonight and enjoy my lovely living room while it is still mine.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:13, Reply)

laters

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:14, Reply)

is it true they put peanut butter in the monkeys mouths to make them look like they were chatting.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:56, Reply)

dunno, probably
I can't even remember what it was all about.

/old
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:58, Reply)

No, it was Johnny Morris' spunk.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:18, Reply)

A good way to get a proper cup of coffee for one
is the Aeropress. I bought one for mr b3th for his birthday. It takes a mild amount of faff, but no more than brewing up a teapot, I find. And it makes a proper percolated coffee in a mug, without fannying about with a cafetière.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:05, Reply)

whenever I have coffee I feel it should taste better than it does
In one of my favorite books the character is describing a cup of coffee, the smell and taste, and the coffee I've had doesn't taste that amazing
( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:19, Reply)

TEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
Couldn't live without me tea. Tetley is my favourite, because it's not too strong. And Tetley decaff after about five.

I do tend to drink a lot more in the winter when I'm colder, but that's because it's obviously the best thing ever to curl up on the sofa with a nice big pot of tea and a snuggly blanket and read a book. Or eat a chocolate bar. Or both.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:00, Reply)

I like twinings irish breakfast for hot tea. But I quite fancy iced sweet tea.
alt: when I come there, I'll make you all* a lovely batch of sweet tea and a nice country dinner.

*I'll probably just make one pitcher, I'm not god or anything
( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:10, Reply)

irish breakfast?

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:13, Reply)

www.amazon.com/dp/B000F4H5GI/ref=asc_df_B000F4H5GI1631545?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=pg-645-95-20&linkCode=asn&creative=395093&creativeASIN=B000F4H5GI
( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:15, Reply)

hmmm, I don't trust it
does it contain 4 leaf clovers and guiness?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:16, Reply)

guiness is disgusting and I'll only drink it if it has baileys and jameson in

( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:17, Reply)

+and out of a gallon jug

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:18, Reply)

it would curdle before I could drink it all

( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:21, Reply)

Krizzle, help me.
I want to kill everyone with a hammer today.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:19, Reply)

do you want hugz bbz?
or shall we just go on a hammer thrashing rage fest?
( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:22, Reply)

Hugz plz bbz.
Hugz and drugz.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:28, Reply)

Or hollow-point slugz.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:28, Reply)

I like snailz better than slugz

( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:32, Reply)

Awww, fanku

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:35, Reply)

You want B&Q, the blunt trauma aisle.
Besides, I've always thought of you as a chap who'd favour the mattock.
(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:22, Reply)

the splattering afforded by the hammer is far more satisfying
than a good mattocking
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:23, Reply)

Sure, but a decent lumphammer means the impact-based fun is over far too quickly.

(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:25, Reply)

I'm all about the instant gratification
and I do like smashing the bits into more bits
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:26, Reply)

Not B&Q in fucking North Finchley I don't - what a shit-awful place that is.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:27, Reply)

Piss out of an old shoe?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:16, Reply)

No potatoes?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 18:16, Reply)