The weather outside is frightful(ly) cold, but the tea is quite delightful.
From the cradle to... the, ahem, 'more mature' - wherever we gather there seems to be either a pot, or a flask, of tea to hand.
We train the young ones in the ritual of tea time.
Tea makes us happy. Brings people together.
At the end of a tiring day we like to relax with a good cup of tea!
now if push came to shove.... I would prefer a large double gin!
ReplyDeleteJohn, Wouldn't go too well with the morning porridge though.
DeleteMy Wisconsin friend Ann visited with me a little on her way to stay with her brother. Before I dropped her off there we had to stop at a grocery store for some "real, black tea" which she had neglected to put in her suitcase. Ann grew up in Switzerland. I think tea is big there, too.
ReplyDeleteJonne, Coffee is lovely too - and whenever I am out and about I am more likely to order coffee. However, I confess that the reason for this is that I can drink badly made coffee - but not badly made tea!
Deletewhispers.....I hate tea....I'm popping over to John Gray's, I hear there is gin.
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Jane, Well don't shout about it but I also took a bottle of home-made, vintage sloe gin...
DeleteI love my tea in the morning and my afternoons with a cup of coffee. But, I have to admit, a tiny sip of Drambuie in the evenings after dinner is pretty good....of course, strictly medicinal!
ReplyDeleteMeggie, We drink mostly tea, but I do make one decent cup of fresh coffee each day, which we really enjoy. There is nothing wrong with a medicinal tot of something in the evening, I just go carefully because of migraine problems.
DeleteI would have loved to be a tea drinker. I really, really tried, but no matter whether it was English tea or any of an array of herbal teas, I would get heartburn from tea. But, not coffee--go figure!
ReplyDeleteMs Sparrow, Heartburn is a horrible thing, I don't blame you for sticking with whatever works for you. We do!
DeleteI’m also rather particular about how my tea is made but when it is prepared well, it is so comforting.
ReplyDeleteMust go and put that kettle on again...
Green Dragonette, I am sipping my afternoon cup of tea right now - I can't say that everything stops for tea, but we do slow down!
DeleteIn Canada we're rather like that about our coffee. But any way you drink it, a hot, steamy drink is certainly comforting.
ReplyDeleteJenny, You are so right. The funny thing is that I do like coffee - and I rate the smell of fresh ground coffee as one of my top ten favourite smells - I just never seem to make it as well as I would like to.
DeleteI can't start the day without a well-made cup of tea, even during the hot Texas summers. If I stay home, I'll drink several more cups. But if I'm out and about and want something hot, it's coffee. That's because I've become a bit of a tea snob and don't like the taste of most teabag tea.
ReplyDeleteJanet, Welcome back! I hope you had a great time over the weekend. I get really cross at the dreadful tea which is offered in most cafes, restaurants!
DeleteMy parents were both English (Irish blood on Dad's side) and my mother used to say she put milky tea in my bottle! My parents' solution to everything was to stick the kettle on. Come to think o fit, MY solution to everything is to stick the kettle on! I find that the Canadians who don't get my love for tea didn't have Brit parents. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Natalie, A girl after my own heart! So you are a lovely mix of English and Irish - do you know which part of Ireland your father's family came from?
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