Tea, not coffee - Totally Off the Beam

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "meidbh" <meidbh at y...> wrote:
 
> Steve:
> "... I'm curious to what extent young kids drink coffee and tea in 
> Britian? How young are they when they start?  How much do they 
> drink?"

  
> Jen: 
> "I'm sure with the boom of coffee-houses, and readily available
> drinks with all the syrups, whipped cream, etc., a higher percentage
> of kids get hooked really early on (Starbucks, winning the war for
> brand loyalty by age 10)."

 
> Meidbh now:
> When I was growing up in Ireland most kids (especially country kids)
> drank lots of (very) milky tea. ... Nowadays it's not very common 
> for really young kids to drink tea or coffee, but like Jen says, 
> slick marketing and the shocking sugaring up of coffee(and tea)is 
> drawing the older ones in. 
> 
> Off on another tangent - why do you think Warner Bros kept the kids 
> out of the Three Broomsticks? 
> 
> Meidbh 


bboyminn:

On to another beam...

To what extent is Ice Tea available in Britian? 

I was told there was a time, not too long ago, when the mere mention
of Ice Tea in Britian would get you hanged, shot, drowned, burned at
the stake, and deported, in that order.

The next logical question is why? Why would a great tea drinking
country like Britain (OK, group of countries) not seize every excuse
they could find to drink tea. It's a wonderfully light and refreshing
drink on a hot summer day, and none of those nasty bubbles.

Here in the USA Lipton and Nestea as well as a few others like Snapple
have introduced ice tea in bottles, available at most convenience
stores. It's a little sweet, I like mine with lemon, and fortunately
for my sensitive system, very low in caffine. Although, not even
remotely as good as real home brewed ice tea. In addition, in the
summer, and in many cases in the winter, Ice Tea is a standard menu
item in all cafes large and small.


As far as your question regarding why the entire Trio wasn't allowed
into the Three Broomsticks (if I recall correctly). It was just a way
of cutting the scene as short as possible. To do the whole set up of
Ron and Hermione sneaking Harry in would require more time than Harry
ducking in by himself.  

I've been thinking recently about he poor character and storyline
development in the movies, and was fantisizing about some TV network
creating their own Made-For-TV mini-series from each of the books
where they could take an entire week to tell the story (one book) and
develop it in more detail. I suspect someday that will happen, but I
think it's pretty far off.

Sorry, just rambling.

Steve/bboyminn (was bboy_mn)