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Do You Drink Coffee or Tea?

Posted on 03/12/2013 4:35:32 AM PDT by JoeProBono

Both drinks have fiercely loyal followings. Which side are you on?



TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food
KEYWORDS: coffee; tea
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To: JoeProBono

Coffee——Dunkin’ Donuts, brewed strong.

I’ve tried tea; can’t drink it.


81 posted on 03/12/2013 8:41:56 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon (Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization)
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To: Fresh Wind

My iced tea is half green tea. Tastes good but supposedly better for me than staight black tea.


82 posted on 03/12/2013 8:56:17 AM PDT by csmusaret (America is more divided today , not because of the problems we face but because of Obama's solutions)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Thank you for the link, I’ll give them a try!


83 posted on 03/12/2013 9:20:59 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: JoeProBono
I order my Darjeeling directly from India. I brew a small pot of loose tea every morning and sometimes in the evening. I only drink coffee (Keurig) if I'm running late for work and don't have the time to brew tea.
I sometimes make my own tea bags for when I travel but find that going a week without tea makes it taste so much better when I come home and have that first pot.
84 posted on 03/12/2013 9:30:42 AM PDT by mollynme (cogito, ergo freepum)
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For those interested...

“never thought about using a popcorn popper for roasting”

Look it up. It’s fun.

Short version:
Get one with a metal chamber. You’ll melt it otherwise.
Pour in a half cup or so of beans. Too few and they won’t heat enough (perversely, cooled by the rushing air), too many and they won’t circulate enough for even heating. Might wreck the first couple batches as you adjust the quantity (.25-1 cup). Whole process should take somewhere around 8 minutes; longer means too few beans.
Let it run. After a while you’ll hear the beans start cracking as they dry out; this is “first crack”, a light/medium roast. Continuing, the cracking stops - then a few minutes later starts cracking again; this is “second crack”, I stop here as soon as it starts (let it go at least once to understand how the sound changes). Continuing heads into burnt “French roast” territory (ugh).
When “done” to your taste, turn it off and dump hot (!) beans into a cool metal pan. Swish them around, then into another cool pan. Keep swishing and swapping to cool the beans ASAP.
Wait minutes to days before grinding. Flavor changes over time, some kinds different from others.
After several roastings the popper’s plastic lid will start sagging. Yup, gets hot. Wasn’t meant to run so long at once.

Very satisfying results.


85 posted on 03/12/2013 9:58:17 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (3% of the population perpetrates >50% of homicides...but gun control advocates blame metal boxes.)
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To: mollynme

86 posted on 03/12/2013 10:10:37 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: Fresh Wind

They search all the big sites like Google, Jeeves, etc., but they keep your id secret. Just click on their Privacy Policies.


87 posted on 03/12/2013 10:13:26 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: JoeProBono

I have a daughter and a son. I love both equally.

The only way I would choose between them is if one of them tried to take my coffee or tea away.


88 posted on 03/12/2013 10:43:17 AM PDT by wildbill (You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Are you saying they sell some of that “special” tea?


89 posted on 03/12/2013 10:58:47 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: JoeProBono

We got a war to fight and
you want know what!!!?

OK, I’ll tell you......
Neither, because either
one effects my aim.


90 posted on 03/12/2013 11:02:54 AM PDT by right way right (What's it gonna take? (guillotines?))
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To: Fresh Wind

No “special teas” just very, very good tea. Think I’ll brew a mug of Dragon Well tea right now!


91 posted on 03/12/2013 12:20:01 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

92 posted on 03/12/2013 12:37:44 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: wildbill

93 posted on 03/12/2013 12:40:51 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: JoeProBono; Fresh Wind

I really like the fermented green teas. The ones that look like bird’s nests are very good!


94 posted on 03/12/2013 12:50:22 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

95 posted on 03/12/2013 12:59:48 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: vaskypilot

Thanks for the order site. I will definitely check it out! I have heard that PG tips is nice & strong.( I hope I’m getting the name correct)


96 posted on 03/12/2013 2:44:18 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: married21

It is the best! I used to do Earl Grey, but I kind of needed a change. I like the strong flavor of CC. I like green tea w/ citrus & honey or sugar.

I lived in London where I learned to love milk in tea. I am jealous of your citrus trees. That would be heaven!


97 posted on 03/12/2013 2:52:01 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: leaning conservative

PG Tips is good. My husband likes it. The local CVS now has it in bags. The website I gave has mainly had Tips in bags; I prefer the loose.


98 posted on 03/12/2013 4:47:12 PM PDT by vaskypilot
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To: JoeProBono

BAM!


99 posted on 03/12/2013 5:25:26 PM PDT by Coffee... Black... No Sugar (I'm gonna' BICKER!)
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To: JoeProBono

Absinthe. That’s why I get up at the crack of sunset.


100 posted on 03/12/2013 5:48:09 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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