And fight

[nephilim]

@Dewi your inbox is full

 

[dewi]

@Dewi your inbox is full

Should be room now

 

[Dave]

God, its the end of the british empire........oh....

 

[Dave]

Didnt I read buddha was sitting under a tree, before he became Buddha, when a leaf fell into his cup of hot water and thats how tea came about?

 

[Tengu]

Naah, it dates way before him, surley?

 

[Dave]

Maybe its some chinese emperor im thinking of. Dunno.

Yes, a quick google, confirms;
Origins of Tea. Legend has it that the Chinese Emperor Shen Nong discovered tea in 2737 BC while boiling water in the shade of a tree. A light breeze caused some leaves to fall into the water, which the emperor tasted and found to be delicious

Only a few thousand years out then.

 

[dewi]

So 4,753 years after its discovery and we get concentrate... give it another 4,753 years and we might get tea tablets... all the fun of a cup of tea in a handy capsule.

 

[Tengu]

Puer tea comes in tablets.

And tibetian tea comes in bricks!

 

[Dave]

On recent Trips to Sweden and Canada, they had loads of Twinings type fruity teas. [The Orange Peco with milk was not bad in Canada]

They'd never tried a simple PG tips, or Yorkshire tea with two sugars and milk.

 

[Tengu]

MILK? In TEA??

What are you on?

(Twinings is not my thing. I generaly get the fancy stuff from China.)

 

[dewi]

Have to admit, and this is quite the admission... my favourite tea, the one that sticks in my mind the most, was the watery hot brew of tea I had in a mess hall in Scotland. There is something about army tea... its unique... despite having a cup of tea in locations around the country and in various places in the world, its never been quite the experience of supping tea with my mates after a long night out and about.

Another tea I remember distinctly was from a butty wagon near Romford. It wasn't particularly nice tea, but it was a strong sweet tea, even without putting sugar in it.

Its weird because I'm a coffee drinker nowadays, but some of the clearest memories I have is when and where I had an unusually good cup of tea.