Ribh's D'Coopage

[Shadrach]

ok, Tea drinkers, give it your best shot. In an attempt to regulate my sleep without resorting to drugs I decided to give tea another go. I know chamomile is supposed to be a relaxant so I went with this & honestly...just gross. How do you guys drink this stuff? Any recommendations? And I'm pretty sure i don't like floraly things. Tastes like drinking fluff. View attachment 3026956

That's not tea. I don't drink that stuff.

 

[Ribh]

That's not tea. I don't drink that stuff.

I can see why...

 

[Shadrach]

Earl Grey is nice and smokey. English Breakfast is my favourite because it's quite full-flavoured, but generally speaking I enjoy any breakfast tea. For many years Orange Pekoe was my favourite - it's called orange because of its colour, it doesn't have oranges or orange flavouring in it.

I recently shared a link to the Monista tea shop with ACM, but maybe some of you will like it too. https://monistatea.com.au/ I was given a canister of their EB for Christmas and it's been wonderful!

Twinings do an English Breakast tea that is decent.
I think it comes in a yellow and something coloured box.
I drink green tea every now and then.
I drink Yorkshire Tea as my normal tea. It's not great on flavour but it's easy to make a strong cup of tea with. I buy teabags for the Yorkshire tea but use a teapot for green and Twinings.
I think I've got some Earl Grey somewhere.

 

[Shadrach]

Microwave tea? Perish the thought!

The second cup is what a tea cozy is for, and a top up of boiling water.

Yup, microwaving tea is something my eldest does. I have to look away.

 

[Shadrach]

The "correct" way to have tea is to enjoy it your way.

I'm a sucker for paraphernalia (as you may have noticed) but you can enjoy it any way you want to!

Proper bone china tea cups with saucers.

 

[bruceha2000]

I know chamomile is supposed to be a relaxant so I went with this & honestly...just gross.

My grandmother used to make chamomile tea on the stove. The smell, to me, was putrid.

 

[Shadrach]

There is a kitchen appliance (?) that has for years left me in tears of frustration at the inability of designers to make this item fit for purpose. The item I'm going on about is the humble kitchen drainer; or dishrack if yer oldschool.
I've struggled with this item while it threw pots at me, let the cutlery slide back into the sink, grip a couple of desgner plates so hard they broke when I tried wrestling the plate from the rack. I mean why do the dish rack part for regular plates take up so much room on these things. I can't be the only person in the world that wants to stack a few cooking pots on the rack to dry.
Needless to say, I've been banging on about my complete dissatisfaction with the kitchen ware designers to the daughters, at length.
A few weeks ago I got asked the youngest what I wanted for my birthday. I told her to save her money, but make sure I got to see her on my birthday, or very close to it.
We had a bit of a birthday party family style so just a few of us. The youngest gave me this as a present.

https://www.towerhousewares.co.uk/t847009gry-parent-scandi-dish-rack-with-wooden-handles-grey.html

It may seem an odd thing to rave about but this here dishracky thing was designed with me in mind I think. I don't use the water catcher and have the rack draining into the sink from the draining board.
Unlike most of the plastic or wooden drainers I've come accross, this has depth. It's like a shallow box in effect apart from the box is plastic coated metal. This means you can put things like pots and odd shaped items in it, rather than try to balance things on it.
Anyway, I just thought I would mention it. I'm very pleased with it and the crows can roost in the tree outside my kitchen window in the morning and not have their ears assauted by my bad language while I try to rearrange the pile made the night before into a position where the rest of it will dry.

 

[Shadrach]

Tea tax.
Diana checking in on me while I was tidying in the servant’s quarters. View attachment 3027419

That is a prize worthy picture imo. You would need the caption. That is the perfect look from Diana.

 

[Shadrach]

I have to look up celestial seasonings

It's when a falling star falls into your cup.

 

[Shadrach]

Oh this one is difficult for me.
I cannot, just cannot give this response to microwaving tea
But how can I give anything else to those cuties in your tax payment.
You are a real tricky one Lozzy!

You don't run courses for tact and diplomacy do you RC.