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i only really drink coffee - my wife gets me to drink green tea, smoothies etc, but if it were just up to me, it would only be coffee.
on the whole, i prefer instant to filter (douwe egberts or some nice continental instant), but cafe nerro make a nice brew.
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« Reply #61 on: 10:57:07, 29-07-2007 » |
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I don't really like coffee at all in this country. I'll have the occasional cappuccino to be sociable if I'm out, but I only keep it in at home to offer to other people. I can't drink it without sugar anyway so tend to avoid it - I can't bear tea with sugar so there isn't much in the way of calories there. If I lived in Vienna, I'd be drinking coffee all the time. It was fantastic and the only place in the world where I could drink espresso. Gorgeous stuff. I have friends in Germany and they take me to a place where they make a gorgeous caffee mit klimt. To die for.  |
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« Reply #62 on: 10:58:09, 29-07-2007 » |
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I almost never drink tea either - just occasionally a camomile or fruit tea when I want something calming. But cannot start the day without one of the killer espressos I make! Try to limit the number of espressos I drink in a day, though, especially when I'm playing (don't want an excess of adrenalin).
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« Reply #63 on: 10:58:36, 29-07-2007 » |
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i only really drink coffee - my wife gets me to drink green tea, smoothies etc, but if it were just up to me, it would only be coffee.
on the whole, i prefer instant to filter (douwe egberts or some nice continental instant), but cafe nerro make a nice brew.
Tea is what I drink if the coffee has run out. Whilst 18 grains of 9-year-old instant coffee remain at the bottom of a jar at the back of a cupboard, bought on a trip to Kazakstan, there's no need to drink tea  |
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« Reply #64 on: 11:35:19, 29-07-2007 » |
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The Dough can become all but physically dangerous on anything other than the weakest coffee, so it's not on the daily menu. Plenty of tea, black, green, redbush, nettle, fruit, and gallons of water, though. And bowl after bowl of soup, from miso to broths as thick as tarmac.
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« Reply #65 on: 11:37:57, 29-07-2007 » |
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Redbush - ugh, blech! Spawn of the devil. Green tea is nice though.
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« Reply #66 on: 11:42:55, 29-07-2007 » |
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I used to feel like that too, Milly: I've only really started drinking it since we were in South Africa, so perhaps the association thing has kicked in...
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« Reply #67 on: 11:50:30, 29-07-2007 » |
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It would take more than association to get me to like that vile brew. Yuck.  |
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« Reply #68 on: 12:00:16, 29-07-2007 » |
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I get a regular stream of houseguests, mostly musos in transit, and for some reason they all bring herbal teas, tisanes, and other bits of undergrowth wrapped in teabags with them. It seems a pity to chuck them out, but since I hate them myself, I have a whole shelf-ful of this miserable stuff in my kitchen. I have to assure Russian visitors that my own drinking habits are nestled in the ice-box chilling ready for undiluted use, or in the winebox in the fridge  |
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« Reply #69 on: 12:14:05, 29-07-2007 » |
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There was a time at work when everyone seemed to be drinking Redbush. I`m convinced it coincided with the fact that said people also seemed to be reading The First Lady Detective Agency, in which gallons of the stuff is consumed. Neat bit of product placement ( she muttered cynically). I have tried it but it didn`t do a great deal for. Currently consuming a cup of bog standard strong dark tea.
Milly, you mentioned a `Tranquillity` tea recently that you said was `lovely`. What`s in it? Always looking for a palatable sleepy tea.
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« Reply #70 on: 12:22:13, 29-07-2007 » |
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Mort, right! Just had a look on the box and it contains, Limeflower, Hawthorn, Yarrow, Fennel and Skullcap. It's made by Dr. Stewart and it is absolutely gorgeous. Very relaxing.
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« Reply #71 on: 12:32:12, 29-07-2007 » |
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Skullcap. Hopefully not this one.  Mort, which 'bog standard' tea do you prefer? I think Yorkshire Tea takes a bit of beating. |
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« Reply #72 on: 12:37:59, 29-07-2007 » |
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Skullcap. Hopefully not this one. No erm - this one. http://www.nutrasanus.com/skullcap.htmlI don't like any of the herbs in Tranquillity tea on their own, but mix 'em all together and wow! |
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« Reply #73 on: 12:42:46, 29-07-2007 » |
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now redbush i like.
try it with grated ginger in it.
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« Reply #74 on: 12:45:52, 29-07-2007 » |
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Two-thirds Sainsbury's Red Label to one-third Earl Grey makes a really interesting and refreshing alternative.... I find the Yorkshire tea rather higher than caffeine than most, so I have to go carefully with it: certainly not for evening use. Clipper's Green Tea with Nettle's worth a try, Mort, it tastes more like mint than nettle, and is very soothing, though not as relaxing as the afore-mentioned 'Tranquility'.
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