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  1. #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ian7633 View Post
    I'm very unrefined in the tea department, A steaming hot cup of PG Tips with milk and sweeteners to accompany a bacon sandwich or a handful of Hobnobs...….disgraceful.
    Trust Marco to turn a simple thing like havin' a brew into something hoity toity, and it was only a matter of time before the rest of the trendy tea types piled on Anyway the best tea I ever had came from outer space, hand picked by Mekons on minimum wage, and the leaves left to dry for six hundred years by the unfiltered heat of the sun on the surface of Mars. Add a splash of Wookiee milk and you're good to go. Any other tea is playing for second place, believe me.

    Actually none of that is true. The foregoing posts were starting to make me feel like a right pleb, so it's heartening to see at least one of us shares my (simple) taste. Cheers Ian. Put t' kettle on!

    A habit of mine which is often commented on is my not being able to drink every bit out of the cup. I always leave about half an inch in the bottom. I think it goes back to when I was a kid, and tea always came loose. Brews were made in the cups (don't think we had a tea pot) and a strainer was never used either. So all the leaves were in the bottom of the cup.

    I don't just do this with tea, but with any hot drink.
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    How are you going to read the tea leaves otherwise?
    Barry

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    How are you going to read the tea leaves otherwise?
    Of course! I didn't see that one coming. I just assumed that normal families used a tea pot. And we weren't a normal family.
    I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in

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    I think most people don't use a teapot these days and just drag a drippy tea bag across the kitchen ( wet feet ) and dump it in bin. Or is that just her in doors here ?

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    We have a saucer next to the kettle to put the used bags on. Has to be a china saucer though, don't want to look like we've been dragged up
    I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony View Post
    We have a saucer next to the kettle to put the used bags on. Has to be a china saucer though, don't want to look like we've been dragged up
    We also have a saucer next to the kettle for used bags, but does not stop the other half in her parallel universe ignoring it and throwing it in the bin

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony View Post
    Trust Marco to turn a simple thing like havin' a brew into something hoity toity, and it was only a matter of time before the rest of the trendy tea types piled on
    Lol... I don't do "hoity toity"; I do discerning... The two aren't necessarily intrinsically linked

    I'd just call it doing things properly, but minus any snooty element, which I can't abide!

    So...... If I'm having a nice cup of tea, not just the 'builders' type, from a bag (which incidentally will still be properly brewed in a pre-heated teapot), then it's strictly loose-leaf tea (from specialist online tea suppliers), as that knocks anything sold in a bag into a cocked hat, and which will subsequently be brewed in my Bodum teapot:



    And depending on what mood I'm in, and/or whether we have guests round, I'll either serve the tea in nice plain white tea cups with saucers, or in some of my vintage Bone China cups with saucers, purloined from local antique shops. So if you visit, request proper (non-builders) tea, and are given the latter, you'll know that you're not considered an oik!

    Plus, if you qualify, it may also be accompanied by a slice of one of Del's delicious homemade cakes........ We know how to live here in Wrexham, you know!

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    Yes, a Bodum infuser glass pot is what we use.
    Barry

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    Yup, it gets the job done with minimal fuss and pretentiousness

    I'll let you taste a superb DJ, next time you visit. It's the Margaux of the tea world!

    Marco.
    Main System

    Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.

    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

    CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.

    Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.

    Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.

    Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.

    Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.

    Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.


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    This is the one, btw. Truly fabulous stuff: https://www.theteamakers.co.uk/darjeeling-jungpana.html

    Marco.
    Main System

    Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.

    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

    CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.

    Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.

    Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.

    Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.

    Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.

    Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.


    Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!

    Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!


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