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anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:16 pm

Denny wrote:was that also when you became familiar with the smell of hot wet railroad ties?

I'm still tryin' to figure out what you were doin' with, ah, hot wet railroad ties... I want to mull that over a bit.

Hey, man... it was like the 70's, man... you know? Heavy sh*t. Man, that was some heavy sh*t.

djm · Post by **djm** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:48 pm

Martin Milner wrote:You would be wrong. The vast majority of us just want a hot strong cuppa that doesn't cost too much.

No, I did not know that. Since I am unfamiliar with the teas you mention I'm afraid it doesn't convey much to me.

A friend from Pakistan once described to me how they make tea back home. They don't just add boiling water, the literally stew the leaves, then add thick milk and stew it some more. It sounded like quite a process. I think I'll just stick to my very dark roast mountain-grown Arabicas, thx.

djm

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:50 pm

ah, yeah....RR ties are heavy

I ain't admittin' ta nuttin' from back then

Congratulations · Post by **Congratulations** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:40 pm

I like lapsang. It's smoky and wonderful. I don't know what a railroad tie tastes like.

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:50 pm

Congratulations wrote:I don't know what a railroad tie tastes like.

yeah! and you remember less of the 70s than I do....so there!

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:09 pm

Congratulations wrote:I like lapsang. It's smoky and wonderful. I don't know what a railroad tie tastes like.

Yea... more like hot wet railroad ties that had been burning... that's it!

Yum!

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 4:53 am

Congratulations wrote:I like lapsang. It's smoky and wonderful. I don't know what a railroad tie tastes like.

If I wanted smoky I'd stir my tea with a burnt stick.

djm - they're all just "normal" tea, just brand names. I like my tea normal, not malty, smoky, pepperminty, floor sweepingy (Earl Grey), railroad tie-ey or with any other mad flavour. Think English Breakfast.

Often more important then the leaf is the milk. I've been drinking tea with skimmed milk* for over 20 years, so the greasy slime that coats the surface of the tea and the inside of my mouth from even 2% fat is unpleasant. If I'm desperate for a cuppa then I'll suffer in silence, or more likely suffer with a lot of whingeing.

*In the UK cow milk comes in 3 varieties, skimmed, semi-skimmed and full fat. To confuse customers, the carton tops are usually coloured green red and blue respectively, but not always consistently between different vendors, so read the label if you're out of your home patch. Semi-skimmed is low fat, skimmed is essentially no fat.

Thomaston · Post by **Thomaston** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:00 am

I re-activated my account. If anyone wants to be my friend, my username here is my last name, Casey is my first.

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:14 am

Concerning Tea, I'm ambiguous. I like bog-standard, Pg Tips, Typhoo or Direct Trade Black Teabags.

I also like Rooibush, Genmai Cha, Formosa Oolong Jasmine, Lapsang Suchong if it shows a little restraint, and Earl Grey. The key is not to add milk to China tea. It sounds obvious, but I know people to whom it comes as a revelation.

In general I agree with Steve about Fruit Teas, but I've found Blackcurrant Bracer is quite nice, if you let it stew for five minutes. No milk in that one either.

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:19 am

Thomaston wrote:I re-activated my account. If anyone wants to be my friend, my username here is my last name, Casey is my first.

Cool. I'll look it up. I found Martin.

The rest of you....there are other tea threads you know.

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:31 am

Just join up to the Chiff & Fipple Facebook group. There's a thread there with our user handles, so you can tell who is who.

Charlene · Post by **Charlene** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:28 am

Innocent Bystander wrote:Just join up to the Chiff & Fipple Facebook group. There's a thread there with our user handles, so you can tell who is who.

I didn't know there was such a group. I'll have to look it up when I have time.

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:58 am

Charlene wrote:
Innocent Bystander wrote:Just join up to the Chiff & Fipple Facebook group. There's a thread there with our user handles, so you can tell who is who.
I didn't know there was such a group. I'll have to look it up when I have time.

I searched for Chiff and Fipple, but got zip, zero, zilch, nada.
It needs to be Chiff & Fipple.

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 10:06 am

Should have called it "(minnow)".

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:18 pm

Innocent Bystander wrote:Just join up to the Chiff & Fipple Facebook group. There's a thread there with our user handles, so you can tell who is who.

It's all far too complicated for me. I don't even know how to change my avatar.