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icepixieI think I hate change most when it comes to food. Twinnings just changed their teabag packaging over here. Not only do you get five fewer teabags for the same price (argh), but the individual bags don't come in a paper wrapper that you can leave attached to the string anymore. Now it's a plasticy tear-off pouch and a little card tag at the end of the string. I liked the paper wrappers because they let me squeeze the teabag at the end without burning my fingers.
(Yes, I know, sacrilege. But since I also steep my tea for twenty minutes and use no less than three sugars in a cup, I figure it's the least of my sins.)
(Yes, I know, sacrilege. But since I also steep my tea for twenty minutes and use no less than three sugars in a cup, I figure it's the least of my sins.)
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Date: 2006-08-17 03:27 am (UTC)Yep.
Does putting the bag on a spoon and wrapping the string around the bag to squeeze it help?
Actually, that would probably work just as well, come to think of it. I'm just so used to using the paper as a barrier between the hot teabag and my skin while I squeeze it with my thumb and index finger that I overlooked it.
Twenty minutes?! That's some really strong tea!
Eh, that's nothing. We steep our usual pot of iced tea for up to four hours, depending on how lazy we feel. (That would be two "family-size" teabags in a quart of water, diluted with another quart of plain water after it's steeped.) ;) I like it to be tea, not just brown water!
Oh, maybe you'd know: I'm looking for a new tea mug. I'd like it to be pretty (not just a solid colour), able to hold about 350ml, and microwave safe. Any suggestions?
Not totally able to picture 350ml, but my guess would be somewhere like Target, or possibly Kohl's. I use a mug Kate The Roommate bought for me at the Chicago Museum of Art, so I haven't needed to give it much thought. (If you were in the UK, I'd recommend Woolworth's straightaway--I still miss my big cat mug I got from there!)
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Date: 2006-08-17 07:11 pm (UTC)Ah, okay, I've never really seen any other technique.
Eh, that's nothing. We steep our usual pot of iced tea for up to four hours, depending on how lazy we feel. (That would be two "family-size" teabags in a quart of water, diluted with another quart of plain water after it's steeped.) ;) I like it to be tea, not just brown water!
Wow. I am too impatient for that sort of thing. I want my tea by the time my toast is done, so I can have tea and vegemite on toast. Mmmm. :)
Have you tried much of the chai? I've got bags of both black tea chai (decaf, yay!) and green tea chai (antioxidants zomg). I like other types as well, but enjoy these in the morning.
Thanks for the mug recommendations. I had a great one from Coles in Oz, but left it there. I actually just picked a mug up at my local supermarket today. I wasn't sure if it was mocrowave safe, but we have an electric tea kettle in my suite and I like the design (http://www.mug-company.com/english/ss_celebrations.htm) (first one on the page) and figured I could deal if it wasn't. I tested it and it is microwavesafe, so yay. Not that you needed to know any of that, but I wanted to share in the tea (and mug!) joy.
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Date: 2006-08-17 10:51 pm (UTC)I was the one who was most of the way through my scones by the time I poured myself a cup of tea out of the pot when we were travelling. *g*
Have you tried much of the chai? I've got bags of both black tea chai (decaf, yay!) and green tea chai (antioxidants zomg). I like other types as well, but enjoy these in the morning.
I like the regular Oregon Chai liquid--especially cold, mmm--but the teabags are sort of "eh." Too bad the Oregon stuff is so expensive, or I'd drink a lot more of it. But my favorite is still Irish Breakfast, followed closely by Lady Grey and English Breakfast.
Mug joy, yay! I like the one with the goose on it on that page.