A Perfect Cup Of English Tea

There are 6 replies in this Thread which has previously been viewed 554 times. The latest Post (November 9, 2023 at 11:15 AM) was by GlasgowJohn.

    This article sent me running for a cup of tea (no teapot in this apartment) and some Marie biscuits.

    I didn’t understand this part:

    “En opinión de Orwell, a los verdaderos amantes del té les gusta la infusión cada vez más fuerte. “Un hecho que lo ratifica es la ración adicional que se les pone a los jubilados”, explicaba el escritor.”

    Old people like stronger tea?

    I havent used a teapot for more than 40 years , probably closer to 50 , if I think about it.

    Its bllody hard to find decent loose tea and teabags are also much more effcient for a quicj cup or mug.

    The comment from Orwell comes from the beief that you put oinse spoonful of tea for each person and one for the pot.

    But Orwell probably never saw a teabag before he died...

    I’ve always known the “spoonful per cup plus one for the pot,” but I still don’t get the part about jubilados. Anyway, I liked the article. Good find, @Bombonera .

    Agree with you, GlasgowJohn , about tea bags vs tea leaves. With tea bags, you brew the tea to the strength you prefer, and then remove them. Can’t do that with loose tea sitting in a teapot half full of the brew that is growing both cold and bitter.

    Although I'm more a coffee drinker I also drink tea twice a day. I use the Taragui brand as I find their loose tea decent and their tea bags to be the strongest.

    I have a huge mug of tea first thing in the morning followed by a few coffees before lunch. Or if I'm on the bike early, I take a flask of coffee because tea from a flask doesn't work for me.

    I then drink tea in the afternoon about 3 pm and Adri pokes fun at me for my routine. Also, Argentines seem to think that we Brits all sit down for tea at 5 pm. Maybe we used to many years ago...

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    RE: Favourite breakfast

    We used to buy this until it mysteriously disappeared from the shelves.



    So now I buy this which is just as good.



    Isn't Green Hills known as Green Tea?
    Splinter
    February 23, 2020 at 11:26 AM

    Taragui used to make English Breakfast so now we buy Taragui Te Clasico which is pretty good.

    I’ll vouch for the Taragui te clasico. A good friend gave us a box of it in September, and we are happily working our way through it. Can’t do without our tea and medialunas!

    Will have to try Taragui when my current supply of Green Hills is finished.

    I have been a Green Hills fan since I came to live in Loma Verde.

    The factory is only 5 kms from our house.