[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Nice and Interesting ...Pretty good. - Tea and Coffee

[Sheryll Townsend]

> 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!)
> 
Sheryll:

I'm definitely not an organic diehard, just someone who's rediscovering loose tea. I like the fact that using loose tea gives me more varieties of teas to drink than boxed teabags do.

Now that I'm getting back into loose tea I've been gifted a very nice box of bagged tea in assorted flavours. Some of the grandkids gave it to my grandmother for Christmas. Since she drinks neither tea or coffee they brought it home to me. 
> 
> 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.
> 
Sheryll:

I like Starbucks fancy stuff (decaf only, though, since I'm not supposed to have caffiene) but not their regular coffee. I asked about the bitterness of the coffee and was told it was because they dark roast all their beans. Fair enough explanation, though not all coffee is good when dark roasted. When I want just a regular coffee, nothing beats a Timmie's decaf double/double. *wonders if Mary Ann is reading because she'll understand that one*

To me, a tea kettle is one that's set on the stove for boiling water. Ali, what you're refering to as a water kettle we call an electric kettle. 

Sheryll




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