tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post8133843302071809988..comments2023-11-02T12:15:47.847+00:00Comments on Quinquireme: Tea And Antipathypatroclushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-30967811445581822902007-07-09T19:16:00.000+01:002007-07-09T19:16:00.000+01:00Best. Tea Shop. Ever. is Le Palais Des Thés (IMHO)...Best. Tea Shop. Ever. is Le Palais Des Thés (IMHO). Luckily that's on the other side of the channel or I'd regularly spend more money than is wise on flowery teas. And pretty Japanese cups.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-28480322536331582562007-07-09T16:15:00.000+01:002007-07-09T16:15:00.000+01:00Ah, Waitrose is but a distant shimmering chimaera ...Ah, Waitrose is but a distant shimmering chimaera in Shepherd's Bush. In fact that place in Neal Street is probably more convenient for me than Waitrose.<BR/><BR/>The Fopp lament is on my - ahem - *secret* blog.<BR/><BR/>NB By 'secret', I do not necessarily mean 'more interesting'.patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-57892140714413555942007-07-09T15:03:00.000+01:002007-07-09T15:03:00.000+01:00Jasmine, Waitrose own brand. Though that tea shop ...Jasmine, Waitrose own brand. Though that tea shop on Neal Street is all right in an emergency.<BR/><BR/>(the kind of emergency in which a tea shop in the middle of overcrowded tourist-magnet Covent Garden is more convenient than a near-national supermarket chain, obviously).<BR/><BR/>PS With you on the Whittards front...<BR/><BR/>PPS ...and waiting for your lament for FoppAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-9638986490554402092007-07-09T13:36:00.000+01:002007-07-09T13:36:00.000+01:00Valerie: Your tea cupboard sounds like the greates...Valerie: Your tea cupboard sounds like the greatest tea cupboard ever. Also thank you for using the word 'formic', which is a splendid word and surely connected somehow to Formica, but I know not how.<BR/><BR/>Lorna/Billy: Crikey, how do your employers expect you to work properly without an adequate supply of speciality teas?<BR/><BR/>Rivergirlie: Hmm, I was unaware of this progression. Is it like the Fibonacci Series?<BR/><BR/>Extemporanea: Let us hope that Twining's's (ooh, apostrophes, someone please help) PR agency happens upon your comment and sends you a free crate of Earl Grey in recognition of your commitment and loyalty.<BR/><BR/>UC: Ooh, I love Lapsang Souchong too, but it doesn't do to drink too much of it, lest it lose its specialness and become ordinary. I've never tried Rose Pouchong, must track that down.patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-77183861936418448082007-07-09T13:22:00.000+01:002007-07-09T13:22:00.000+01:00oh heavens, yesi'm with you on thiswhittards is pr...oh heavens, yes<BR/><BR/>i'm with you on this<BR/><BR/>whittards is pretendy tea<BR/><BR/>twinings is the business<BR/><BR/>but for me, it's lapsang souchong (especially now that rose pouchong has disappeared from waitrose without a trace)<BR/><BR/>my earl grey days are over...Urban Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04692332227897168182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-30830200788359630622007-07-09T09:07:00.000+01:002007-07-09T09:07:00.000+01:00I only drink Earl Grey, and am completely with you...I only drink Earl Grey, and am <I>completely</I> with you on the Twinings issue, to the point where I simply won't drink another brand unless some less discerning host has given it to me and I'm being polite. This is true dedication, given that Twinings is imported into South Africa at vast expense, rendering it approximately three times as expensive per teabag as any other brand. <BR/><BR/>I figure that, as expensive vices go, it's probably preferable to gigolos or crack cocaine. Although the effects of withdrawal can be ugly.extemporaneahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034595157700070101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-38126586994633927652007-07-09T00:51:00.000+01:002007-07-09T00:51:00.000+01:00goji berry is the new pomegranate - which is the n...goji berry is the new pomegranate - which is the new blueberries - which are the new kiwi fruit - which is the new ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-79731675480820903492007-07-08T21:17:00.000+01:002007-07-08T21:17:00.000+01:00That's a mighty sophisticated office tea cupboard,...That's a mighty sophisticated office tea cupboard, Earl Grey brand notwithstanding. My work only has a large jar full of suspiciously dusty tea bags of unknown variety. Not a Goji berry in sight... *sniff*Lornahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18353688151834899711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-67603503799987897042007-07-08T16:50:00.000+01:002007-07-08T16:50:00.000+01:00My tea at work ambitions have been thwarted by the...My tea at work ambitions have been thwarted by the fact the tea out of the machine is worse than vomit and bringing my own would be far too much effort (and someone would nick my milk) so I've resigned myself to drinking twice as much tea at home.Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17841187654606981532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-87676311795416577592007-07-08T07:41:00.000+01:002007-07-08T07:41:00.000+01:00BTW my husband's sister-in-law pressed packets of ...BTW my husband's sister-in-law pressed packets of dark chocolate-coated goji berries on me when we left Australia. I have to say I think they basically taste like chocolate covered ants. That is to say, chocolate, with the faint and crunchy sensation within of something suspiciously formic in nature.Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04709591182852463705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-13811126967637690942007-07-08T07:39:00.000+01:002007-07-08T07:39:00.000+01:00I fear that I have approximately eight different b...I fear that I have approximately eight different brands of Earl Grey in my cupboard (ten if you count the caffeinated and non-caffeinated versions of Lady Grey). Surely I am a philistine. Worse: I like my Earl Grey with lashings of milk and sugar.<BR/><BR/>Though admittedly I /do/ have Twinings. And I /don't/ have Whittards. So that's something.<BR/><BR/>— Tea PhilistineValeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04709591182852463705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-8944657422350654962007-07-08T06:35:00.000+01:002007-07-08T06:35:00.000+01:00Sylvia: I don't know about 'every whim'. That coul...Sylvia: I don't know about 'every whim'. That could get out of hand quite quickly. We do have an office Wii, though.<BR/><BR/>Tim: I might have made that one up. What is a goji berry, anyway? It seems to be in everything these days.patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-28815364877870347072007-07-08T01:05:00.000+01:002007-07-08T01:05:00.000+01:00Arrowroot? Wouldn't that just make thick tea? Or i...Arrowroot? Wouldn't that just make thick tea? Or is that the point?Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-47315020753536295042007-07-07T23:02:00.000+01:002007-07-07T23:02:00.000+01:00Yes but these things matter!!Lucky you having an o...Yes but these things matter!!<BR/>Lucky you having an office manager to cater to you every whim - when I was a proper grown up with a job we had to buy our own stuff!Sylviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12928164168526819245noreply@blogger.com