How many cups of char do you drink a day?
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Luckymoose
The World is Mine
I'll go get a nice glass of sweet southern style tea right now.
phoenix_sprite
King
I average at 2-3 per WEEK. I'm just lazy.
Martacus
World's Greatest Warrior
On average, zero; I'm more of a coffee man, personally, either espresso or Irish; though I do sometimes partake of a "coappa tae" (just watched "My Fair Lady" a few days ago), if the mood takes me.
Depending on how long ago it was introduced, I think it has had some very distinctive citrus notes added to it, and my palate isn't the most refined in the world. I recall their "Lady Grey" blend also has/had a strong citrus character to it.
Depending on how long ago it was introduced, I think it has had some very distinctive citrus notes added to it, and my palate isn't the most refined in the world. I recall their "Lady Grey" blend also has/had a strong citrus character to it.
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From Twinings
http://www.twinings.co.uk/discover-our-range/speciality-teas/earl-grey/
From The Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodandd...changes-the-flavour-of-its-Earl-Grey-tea.html
They have announced that you will be able to buy the original blend online.
http://www.twinings.co.uk/discover-our-range/speciality-teas/earl-grey/
From The Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodandd...changes-the-flavour-of-its-Earl-Grey-tea.html
They have announced that you will be able to buy the original blend online.
Somewhere between zero and five, depending on whether I'm writing a paper or not.
More typically, I probably average about one cup a day, with two not being unusual. Twinings Irish Breakfast is probably my favorite at the moment, but the regular black Yorkshire tea (I guess that's the brand name?) is pretty good as well. I'm also very partial to white tea, and green tea -- particularly mint or lemon flavored green tea with a bit of honey.
Of course, the amount of tea I drink would probably double if it included sweet iced tea. (I do sort of live in the south, after all.) And Arizona green tea....excellent.
Supr49er
2011 Thunderfall Cup
Once or twice a year.
I drink a lot of Iced Tea though.
I drink a lot of Iced Tea though.
Formaldehyde
Both Fair And Balanced
I used to occasionally drink sweet tea, especially in restaurants in the South. But since moving to NYC, I prefer unsweetened iced tea now. Now, I drink it all the time instead of water.
I also drink 2-3 cups of coffee a day, usually in the morning.
classical_hero
In whom I trust
When I started having Earl Grey Tea, by Aunty said that I had joined the dark side.
FriendlyFire
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I use to drink about 4 cups of tea but now giving it up due to sleep apnea.
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.25 cups a day. Rather favouring Twinings Everyday at the moment.
Tea is for that moment where it's a little late in the day for coffee but too early for booze. Sometimes the emotional turmoil of the coffee/ booze choice can be so great that Im too traumatised to actually make the tea.
Tea is for that moment where it's a little late in the day for coffee but too early for booze. Sometimes the emotional turmoil of the coffee/ booze choice can be so great that Im too traumatised to actually make the tea.
I used to drink a pitcher a day, but I've cut down to only drinking it at meal time, where I have a tall glass of it. The custom in the US south is to have a pitcher of cold, sweet tea in the fridge...though I'm partial to drinking mine hot, and sometimes buy a box of those teabags which are meant for use in one cup.
As a Trekkie, it is my duty to one day consume a cup of Earl Grey; hot.
As a Trekkie, it is my duty to one day consume a cup of Earl Grey; hot.
Singularity
Infinite Density
I can relate to this. Same amount of cups depending on me working or not, my nicotine comes from General Portion Snus- Extra Strong(probably more known as Snuf in the US(Copenhagen)). 1-3 days on each box depending on work or not.
Did you know that the antioxidants in coffee preserve your cells from natural decay?
Quackers
The Frog
A long time ago I convinced myself that tea was invented by hindu nationalist conspirators to destroy England, since then I have not drunk it.
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Jokes aside
I can't find any examples of Tea being prohibited except a very short duration in Boston in 1773, and some really odd religious bans which are quoted below. But coffee however has been a subject of great division throughout the history.Quoted from Wikipedia:
"Prohibition.
Coffee was initially used for spiritual reasons. At least 1,100 years ago, traders brought coffee across the Red Sea into Arabia (modern-day Yemen), where Muslim dervishes began cultivating the shrub in their gardens. At first, the Arabians made wine from the pulp of the fermented coffee berries. This beverage was known as qishr (kisher in modern usage) and was used during religious ceremonies.
Coffee drinking was prohibited by jurists and scholars (ulema) meeting in Mecca in 1511 as haraam, but the subject of whether it was intoxicating was hotly debated over the next 30 years until the ban was finally overturned in the mid 16th century. Use in religious rites among the Sufi branch of Islam led to coffee's being put on trial in Mecca: it was accused of being a heretical substance, and its production and consumption were briefly repressed. It was later prohibited in Ottoman Turkey under an edict by the Sultan Murad IV. Coffee, regarded as a Muslim drink, was prohibited by Ethiopian Orthodox Christians until as late as 1889; it is now considered a national drink of Ethiopia for people of all faiths. Its early association in Europe with rebellious political activities led to Charles II outlawing coffeehouses from January 1676 (although the uproar created forced the monarch to back down two days before the ban was due to come into force). Frederick the Great banned it in Germany in 1777 for nationalistic and economic reasons; concerned about the price of import, he sought to force the public back to consuming beer. Lacking coffee-producing colonies, Germany had to import all its coffee at a great cost.
A contemporary example of religious prohibition of coffee can be found in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The organization holds that it is both physically and spiritually unhealthy to consume coffee. This comes from the Mormon doctrine of health, given in 1833 by founder Joseph Smith in a revelation called the Word of Wisdom. It does not identify coffee by name, but includes the statement that "hot drinks are not for the belly," which has been interpreted to forbid both coffee and tea.
Quite a number of members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church also avoid caffeinated drinks. In its teachings, the Church encourages members to avoid tea and coffee and other stimulants. Abstinence from coffee, tobacco and alcohol by many Adventists has afforded a near unique opportunity for studies to be conducted within that population group on the health effects of coffee drinking, free from confounding factors. One study was able to show a weak but statistically significant association between coffee consumption and mortality from ischemic heart disease, other cardiovascular disease, all cardiovascular diseases combined, and all causes of death.
For a time, there had been controversy in the Jewish community over whether the coffee bean was a legume and therefore prohibited for Passover. Upon petition from coffeemaker Maxwell House, the coffee bean was classified in 1923 as a berry rather than a bean by orthodox Jewish rabbi Hersch Kohn, and therefore kosher for Passover."
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