Tea...
It arrived from India much later, right?A cross over with The Mermaid thread. Asking all anglo-saxons and/or tea lovers...
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By the late 16th century, (the time of the Mermaid) I think that the Portuguese and the Dutch (who both had an appreciable pressence in the subcontinent knew of Tea however, I don't think it became...
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Ecthelion is correct. Tea never really comes into its own until the Industrial Revolution in the early 18th century. But something was known of it by the 17th century, I believe.And don;t call me an...
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Tea came into its own with the microwave. sits back knowing how *true*tea*fans* react to the thought of microwave tea!
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The only tea worth drinking contains ice and heaps of sugar. Anything else is uncivilized.
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Quote: Tea came into its own with the microwave.Quote: The only tea worth drinking contains ice and heaps of sugar. Anything else is uncivilized.Pardon me, I suddenly feel quite ill... bloody heathens
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Just a minute Jilz - if you freely admit that the British merely adopted tea (and even, "heathenized" it in your own way, perhaps?) from the Indians and eastern peoples, then should others, even...
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South indian tea... with cardamone and milk and tons of sugar... stirred like a cappuccino...<mmmmmm>I'd kill for that stuff.
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I can see I arrived in the nick of time.O, best-beloved, take your teapot, warm it carefully with hot water. Let it rest while you apply yourself to your task.Take the freshest water you have, as cold...
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Oh....And here I thought all you needed was a wandering group of youths to dress up as indigenous natives and storm the local port authority, and toss crates of the stuff into the harbor during a...
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The origin of nearly-iced tea ...Salt as an ingredient was dropped not too long afterward, when everyone refused to drink it -- but a previous happy accident in which sugar had accidentally arrived...
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