Technically, Mormons are not supposed to drink caffeinated beverages. There’s a pretty strict “no coffee” rule and I am under the impression that herbal teas and Caffeine-Free Coca-Cola sell well in the almost-majority-Mormon-state of Utah. HOWEVER, a while back I met a British Mormon. He drank builder’s tea. Yes, the tea that irreperably stains your [...]
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Tea: UK Mormons, special dispensation
Posted in Tea on November 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Tea: So THAT is how you clean the cups?!
Posted in Tea on November 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Builder’s tea–the daily brew offered by most UK employers, hotels, random office spaces, and by yourself when hosting repairmen–stains everything. It stains teeth. It stains surfaces–even the stainless steel of one’s kitchen sink. Most especially, builder’s tea stains the mug. I work in a shared office space with a community kitchen. The water in the electric kettle [...]
Stuff I Miss: Chicken Stock
Posted in Food, Stuff I Miss, Tea on January 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
About 6 or 7 times a week, someone asks me what I miss most from the United States. Besides my canned answer, “New York City,” lots of little things always come to mind. This week it is chicken stock. Yes, I mean the stock you need for soup. If I were truly PC, out of [...]
Tea: Lunch at Delilah’s, Nottingham
Posted in Tea on December 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Kris is at the counter, paying for lunch. Kris: And I’ll take two of these cookies and this bag of chilli fudge. It’s been a hard week. Person next in line: But it’s only Monday. Kris: Precisely.
Tea: Many, many meanings in the UK
Posted in Tea on May 12, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I thought that the massive amounts of tea I have consumed over my lifetime had prepared me for tea in the UK. But, I was wrong. Largely, what confuses me is not the artistry of leaves—be such characteristics of the bouquet, or temperature of the water that makes the best infusion. Rather, people use the [...]
