Jay
the fool on the hill
A few months ago, I started drinking tea. I do not like coffee, and tea seemed the natural choice for this closet anglophile.
I remember my grandmother would drink tea twice a day, once at breakfast, and at four pm on the dot. She was born and raised in London, and then moved to Denmark in 1924 at the age of 24, but never left behind the habit of drinking tea; in fact, she used to call supper "high tea". She even had (now my parents) a tea service set, and made quite a ordeal at 4 pm to make tea. I found it fascinating, the ritual of tea making and drinking.
Do people in the UK still adhere to tea time in the afternoon? I figure that it might be pushed to the side, being that world is a busier place now.
So, during the weekends I drink Twinnings Chai Tea, and during the weekdays I have Breakfast Tea in the morning, at work. I cannot consume tea in the afternoon because the caffeine will keep me wired; my cut off for anything with caffeine in it is 3 pm.
I make my tea with eight ounces of hot (but not boiling) water, about two ounces of milk or two creamer packets, and two tablespoons of sugar.
How about you?
I remember my grandmother would drink tea twice a day, once at breakfast, and at four pm on the dot. She was born and raised in London, and then moved to Denmark in 1924 at the age of 24, but never left behind the habit of drinking tea; in fact, she used to call supper "high tea". She even had (now my parents) a tea service set, and made quite a ordeal at 4 pm to make tea. I found it fascinating, the ritual of tea making and drinking.
Do people in the UK still adhere to tea time in the afternoon? I figure that it might be pushed to the side, being that world is a busier place now.
So, during the weekends I drink Twinnings Chai Tea, and during the weekdays I have Breakfast Tea in the morning, at work. I cannot consume tea in the afternoon because the caffeine will keep me wired; my cut off for anything with caffeine in it is 3 pm.
I make my tea with eight ounces of hot (but not boiling) water, about two ounces of milk or two creamer packets, and two tablespoons of sugar.
How about you?