Nice and Interesting ...Pretty good. - Tea and Coffee

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "P. Alexis Nguyen" <alexisnguyen at ...> 
wrote:
>
> Steve/bboymin
> > We do have tea pots, which are small ceramic pots for brewing
> > and serving tea. Keep in mind that we use almost exclusively
> > tea bags. Lipton being the most popular. Though a few organic
> > diehards still use loose tea, but very few.
> 
> Ali:
> I resent being called an organic diehard!  :)  Nah.  I think tea bags
> are popular in the US because the US is mainly a coffee nation, as
> proven by the millions of independent coffee shops that pop up around
> me each day (despite this "dying economy" that I know exists but can't
> find proof of it in my daily life), so people don't care as much about
> tea.  However, that's changing - since my discovery of the "Two Leaves
> and a Bud" brand, I've had to admit that there are better tea bags
> being made these days.  (Hooray for convenience coming to the tea
> world!)

Geoff:
Well, here in the UK, I don't think we're mainly a coffee nation although 
the great majority of folk use teabags and have done so for many years; .

 
> SSSusan:
> > And, Kemper, I agree about Starbuck's. While I like their "souped
> > up" stuff (a decaf mocha latte, to be precise), when having just a
> > straight cuppa, I prefer Dunkin' Donuts.
> 
> Ali:
> If I want a straight cup of black tea, I've got several pounds of
> extremely good coffee in my apt, but I'm with you for that souped up
> stuff.  I've even got the Starbucks gold membership to prove it.
> (What can I say?  I just prefer the souped up stuff!!!)  Such yummy
> goodness ... too bad it's so obscenely calorie laden!
> 
> ~Ali, who now may have to stop at Starbucks for some coffee on her way home
> 
> PS  I have a water kettle (which is electric so may not be able to
> participate in this conversation anyway) and have never heard the term
> tea kettle.

Geoff:
Silly question but why call it a water kettle? That's what kettles are for 
surely. And electric kettles have to be considered since there are so 
many of them.