Category: Tea and Food
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The Sun Never Sets on Great Tea
There was this thing called the British Empire. And it did some terrible, terrible things. So much worse than anyone else, of course. Wait a minute. Yes, in the name of empire; and through a quite inappropriate relationship with companies such as The East India company, Britain did some terrible things. Started wars for profit. Helped themselves to other…
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The Confluence of Limited Tea
After leaving the Dorchester, for more than 72 hours I had limited tea. It is the confluence of limited opportunity and circumstance and limited tea supplies. In an attempt to walk off some of the repast after The Dorchester, we walked across Hyde Park. Then through some of Kensington. In fact we walked for about three hours. Add that to the three hours walking…
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And then there was tea…
Well, so far this trip is about 37.5 hours old, and so few of them have been spent sleeping that I look like Marty Feldman, eye-wise. But there has been tea, and quite a lot of it. And all pretty good. We started at home with a lovely Lord Petersham. Just the thing after a…
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In Advance Of London
In a few short weeks, we will arrive in London. This is after a couple of weeks in Spain, where I will explain that their economic problems are due to their not drinking enough tea. It’s my own theory and I am hoping for World Bank grant to study it. Let’s say $3m, guys. So, London, steeped with tea history. And all sorts of…
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We can all try a little bit harder…
I agree with @lahikmajoe, (otherwise known as Ken in that mystical arena called Real Life that I have only a passing connection to). But then again, I don’t. You see, Ken took the opportunity to advise someone who was in a supermarket and contemplating a virginal tea purchase. He asked a few questions about how that person took their…