Re: How do you like your tea?

vickiebee <[email protected]> Fri, 14 Jun 2024 04:31:33 -0500
Newsgroups alt.2eggs.sausage.beans.tomatoes.2toast.largetea.cheerslove
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Adrian wrote:
> In message <[email protected]>, vickiebee 
> <[email protected]> writes
>> Citizen Smith wrote: [..]
>>> I'm strictly a coffee guy. I've tried tea in all sorts of ways 
>>> and I don't like it.
>>> 
>> W-w-what!? A Brit who doesn't like tea! Isn't there a fine for 
>> that? v
>> 
> 
> <waves to V>
> 
> Some of us try to avoid the stuff, the Bostonians had the right
> idea, albeit for the (IMHO) the wrong reasons.  The last time I had a
> cup of tea (during Afternoon Tea no less), I had to get a drink of 
> something else to get rid of the taste.
> 
> No, it is not illegal.  At a former place of employment, when 
> offering a visitor a drink, the standard question was :
> 
> "Are you civilised, or do you drink tea ?"
> 

;) Hi there Adrian, nice to see you. Do you like coffee? I read
somewhere that there are (is?) a plethora of coffee drinking
establishments popping up in the UK nowadays.

I prefer coffee with, or after a meal, and always with dessert. I drink hot
tea by itself.
v

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