More bits about coffee and tea preferences... >but also have Tetley's (why-is-it-round) on >standby. > >I presume you mean why is the tea bag round? - I think it was a marketing >gimmick - fits the bottom of the mug for those of us philistines who make a >mug of tea not a pot! > ah - the 'why-is-it-round' is a phrase from a Tetley's commercial (heard in Canada)...but they never told us! so I thank you for pointing out the fit as regards putting it in a mug!
The 'steeped tea' at Tim Horton's is quite good! I also like buying any tea from a place that does their own coffee drinks with steam (cappucino etc.) - Jenny is right, the water makes a difference. At home our water comes from a system that uses chlorination; therefore I have filters on the coffee maker and the tea kettle, as well on the pitcher kept in the fridge. If I use water from the tap, the beverages aren't as nice. I usually drink coffee black, but have switched from dairy to the soy product called Silk to use occasionally as a 'creamer' - much easier to digest and emulsifies well with the coffee. Today I bought a cup of black tea 'to go' at a trendy bakery/coffee shop; the server measures the tea leaves and taps them into a little paper 'tea filter' - unsealed except for a fold at the top of the envelope. This is slung over the lip of the paper cup, which is then filled with water from the steamer. The filter is held in place by a plastic lid. A step up from a tea bag on a string ;) This was an Italian bakery. At the bakery counter the 'Garibaldi' biscuits, lemon tarts and other goodies were expensive and looked 'good' but not appealing; I should like to have had an apple tart, or a palmier, or a madeleine with it <ggg> --- bye for now Bev in Sooke, BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
