Guest guest Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 cultural comments... >(Christie) Drinking milk in your tea in England is so widespread > that if you don't ask for it black, you'll get it with milk. Mmmm, yes. You used to get it with sugar but now, just milk. I might be wrong but there could be a big Indian influence in the way we drink our tea, as Indians use a lot of milk and spices in their cha. >Tea without milk is usually considered an oddity, True, true, well it *is* odd... > and something of an American aberration False. It's either weirdo foreigners, or weirdo vegans. Or tea snobs - so rare they might be valuable. Not associated with Americans - associated with Americans is tea so pale that it's merely glanced at a tea-bag, and then been drowned in milk >along with Lipton tea those bl. Europeans - not another yellow teabag, per-lease. They just don't exist in blighty. > instant tea what??????????? >and the sinful practice of bringing a tea bag with the hot water in restaurants yeah, call that TEA? Happens again all over Europe*, but the worst thing being being* brought HOT MILK with a tea-bag lying beside it. Helen *for the purposes of this post, this does not include Britain *that's nice. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.10 - Release Date: 10/01/2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 >> cultural comments... << LOL, Helen... I just love being in the UK, where I can actually get tea in a restaurant, inn, b & b, or just about anywhere, including a roadside kiosk or caravan in a car park, and have it be strong, hot, and just right! In the US, the only place I get tea the way I like it is in my house, or my mom's. I had a friend come visit me from London, and he walked in my house and I offered him a cup of tea. He started to turn me down, when another friend said, " Don't worry, Stuart.... she's ONE OF YOU! " When he saw me get out the Yorkshire Gold and make the tea in a pot, with a tea cosy, and then PUT THE MILK IN THE CUP before pouring in the tea, he almost cried. On the other hand, I went to London with an American friend, and on our first day there, we were in a museum and going through the line in the restaurant. I said to her, knowing she took her tea black, " Tell them you want it black or you'll get it with milk. " She didn't say anything, and they handed her a cup of milky tea. I asked her why she hadn't said anything, and she answered, " I didn't believe you. I thought you were making it up. " Cultural comments, indeed. <G> Christie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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