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Starboard Tack

(11,181 posts)
66. A real cuppa!
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 10:29 PM
Sep 2012

First, you need a good teapot (ceramic) and a kettle. Just before water comes to a boil, pour some in the teapot and swish it around to warm it. Bring water to a good boil and empty the teapot. Place a tea ball, containing 1 tsp your preferred blend of loose tea, into the teapot and pour in boiling water. If you have a cozy, cover the teapot with said cozy and leave to steep for minimum of 3 minutes. Pour, add sugar and milk to taste.
I normally drink black tea, currently from Kenya (family over there send it) and it is excellent. I sometimes blend it with a light sprinkling of pu'erh tea and mallow flowers (more of an afternoon tea).
Important thing to remember is the water must be boiling, the pot should be preheated and there should be some time for it to steep.

BTW, I usually drink coffee in the morning. Freshly ground Italian espresso roast for a great cappuccino.

Good news is the founders left us with the 2A... ileus Sep 2012 #1
The 1A allows piss poor journalist to crap all over the constitution. Remmah2 Sep 2012 #3
Bio info on the author. Remmah2 Sep 2012 #2
Oh how quickly some forget. Indydem Sep 2012 #4
i don't think our guns stand a chance against the US military - or even any other meaningful militar samsingh Sep 2012 #7
I guess you didn't witness the beating we took against IED's and armed insurgents in Iraq. Missycim Sep 2012 #9
Neither did the British in 1775-1776 (nt) MercutioATC Sep 2012 #12
You're right. Clames Sep 2012 #15
There's an old quote Reasonable_Argument Sep 2012 #18
Why not trust... discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2012 #21
And what makes you think that the military glacierbay Sep 2012 #22
It is the firearms aspect of our culture... discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2012 #24
Really? "Trust me" is the best you've got? truebluegreen Sep 2012 #28
okay, don't trust me discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2012 #31
Sorry--I don't understand your question. truebluegreen Sep 2012 #40
What to do about that? gejohnston Sep 2012 #42
Sounds good to me. truebluegreen Sep 2012 #44
The Pinkertons, Blackwater. gejohnston Sep 2012 #46
re: "...I am not going to say that..." discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2012 #52
I hope you are right truebluegreen Sep 2012 #55
And you're comparing all police and military service members to glacierbay Sep 2012 #33
Nope. Not true. truebluegreen Sep 2012 #34
Maybe so glacierbay Sep 2012 #36
McVeigh didn't retire gejohnston Sep 2012 #35
Sorry, I mispoke. truebluegreen Sep 2012 #38
I think that anyone who believes that the US military glacierbay Sep 2012 #29
Inexperience and lack of knowledge... discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2012 #32
And historically you would be wrong. truebluegreen Sep 2012 #37
Some is a very small minority of the military glacierbay Sep 2012 #39
No, I have not served. truebluegreen Sep 2012 #41
I see the return of the Pinkerton's first. gejohnston Sep 2012 #43
I think the Pinkertons are already here, truebluegreen Sep 2012 #45
You fail to realize... holdencaufield Sep 2012 #47
<sigh> truebluegreen Sep 2012 #49
you mean a Northern Ireland/Iraq gejohnston Sep 2012 #51
There are frequently MORE than two sides to everything ... holdencaufield Sep 2012 #54
We're having a hard time enforcing our will on Afghanistan 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #59
Shhhh 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #58
If it weren't for our guns DWC Sep 2012 #5
WTF is wrong with tea? Starboard Tack Sep 2012 #8
Nothing is wrong with it Missycim Sep 2012 #10
Phew! Good to hear that. Starboard Tack Sep 2012 #13
You are right Missycim Sep 2012 #14
Not a thing wrong with tea. I prefer Irish over English anytime. oneshooter Sep 2012 #20
I love tea glacierbay Sep 2012 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2012 #25
Chamomile and other herbal infusions are great. But they are not tea. Starboard Tack Sep 2012 #60
This message was self-deleted by its author Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2012 #61
Nah! Not worth it. Starboard Tack Sep 2012 #62
This message was self-deleted by its author Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2012 #63
I'm well into cocktail hour now. Starboard Tack Sep 2012 #65
What is your idea of real tea, glacierbay Sep 2012 #64
A real cuppa! Starboard Tack Sep 2012 #66
Thx. glacierbay Sep 2012 #67
Regarding tea vs coffee truebluegreen Sep 2012 #48
response to corporate welfare gejohnston Sep 2012 #50
Bingo. truebluegreen Sep 2012 #56
well put samsingh Sep 2012 #6
Horwitz wants to ignore that 2A *is* one of those constructs of government petronius Sep 2012 #11
The key sentence in that article: Atypical Liberal Sep 2012 #16
comprehending a belief system discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2012 #68
They just think such a thing could no longer happen. Atypical Liberal Sep 2012 #69
It's said... discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2012 #70
Opinions are like assholes, everyones got one and Nugent is an asshole rl6214 Sep 2012 #17
Talk about bias Reasonable_Argument Sep 2012 #19
Just for fun... truebluegreen Sep 2012 #30
Because they distrusted a standing army Reasonable_Argument Sep 2012 #53
twisted logic. Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2012 #26
I'm a pacifist tama Sep 2012 #27
Isn't the adherence to any rights a sign of lack of faith in the government? 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #57
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