On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 06:43:49PM +0000, Cotty wrote: > On 22/12/04, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >> Snob!! > > > >I think you mean "gentleman of good taste and discernment" :-) I'm > >used to thinking of Fortnum's as a tea supplier; I often used to > >buy tea there (or around the corner when Jacksons was of Piccadilly). > > > >There again, what am I supposed to do? I can't get either Fortnum's > >or Jackson's locally, and mail order adds quite a bit to the cost. > >Meanwhile I can buy Ahmad teas out here in the middle-eastern markets > >for anywhere from $4.99 to $7.99 for a 1lb tin, depending on variety. > > > >We've even found some rather nice tea infusers. I was sceptical at > >first - I rather doubted there would be all that difference between > >a standard tea ball and these ones (somewhat larger, shaped like two > >truncated cones stuck base-to-base, and with fewer and smaller holes). > >After one blind test, though, count me among the true believers. > > John, where abouts are you located?
Nowadays - Silicon Valley (San Jose, to be precise) 1979-1995 Nashua, NH pre-1978 - The UK (Reading, for the final 5 years)
