tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post7620551907085669521..comments2023-12-01T11:40:00.045+11:00Comments on Dikkii's Diatribe: Tea drinkers. What do they know?Dikkiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07897381809885423712noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post-6377528443333270662007-06-20T09:37:00.000+10:002007-06-20T09:37:00.000+10:00I don't think you can justify calling a tisane jus...<I>I don't think you can justify calling a tisane just because you don't like it, Dikkii...</I><BR/><BR/>It's a good thing I gave the addition of bergamot as another reason for not considering Earl Grey to be a pure tea. Otherwise there may have been some confusion.<BR/><BR/>Have to say I agree with you about Lapsang Souchong - although the cult following that it has appears to verge on the fanatical.<BR/><BR/>Great song, too, by the way.Dikkiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07897381809885423712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post-90174256233056638902007-06-19T15:32:00.000+10:002007-06-19T15:32:00.000+10:00I don't eat soap either so I don't know that I can...I don't eat soap either so I don't know that I can say that's what Earl Grey tastes like! I drink it, and like it, but I don't think you can justify calling a tisane just because you don't like it, Dikkii... I think Lapsang Sou Chong smells like the smoke from a fire burning sweaty men's socks and dirty underwear, but I still will include it as a tea...<BR/><BR/>Although I do remember mentioning Earl Grey tea to my mum years ago, and she told me about a song she heard on 774... "Earl Grey tea, tastes like wee..."KitKathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08731254751735634267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post-11190069535908398362007-06-18T13:36:00.000+10:002007-06-18T13:36:00.000+10:00Taj, Earl(y) Grey does consistently taste like dis...Taj, Earl(y) Grey does consistently taste like dishwater. <BR/><BR/>I always thought that the replicator on the the Enterprise had the same problem with a cup of tea that the Heart of Gold had - otherwise, Picard might have ordered one with a bit more bottom end.<BR/><BR/>Honestly, Earl Grey did to tea what Kenny G and Celine Dion did to popular music.Dikkiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07897381809885423712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post-7828432492583179662007-06-18T03:43:00.000+10:002007-06-18T03:43:00.000+10:00Yes I do know it's Earl Grey.Yes I do know it's Earl Grey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post-88136562266544004502007-06-18T03:42:00.000+10:002007-06-18T03:42:00.000+10:00Someone who spent the better part of a career at a...Someone who spent the better part of a career at a tea plantation once told me that whatever the theory behind Early Grey, in practice it consists of pretty much whatever crap they have left over once the better leaves have been used up.<BR/><BR/>I have my doubts however. I can't see how they can do that and _still_ have it consistently taste like dishwater.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post-64622579391820964542007-06-14T00:34:00.000+10:002007-06-14T00:34:00.000+10:00Aw Kathryn. "Hot" chocolate. Do not get me start...Aw Kathryn. "Hot" chocolate. Do not get me started on this one.<BR/><BR/>Re Earl Grey - I was wondering when someone was going to click on the link. I don't really care what Wikipedia says - it's got bergamot in it and it tastes like soap. That's a tisane to me.<BR/><BR/>There is nothing better than a good cup of tea. Bone china makes it so much better.<BR/><BR/>The backlash against inner city wankers starts here. And I'm in a position to criticise - I was one for many years.<BR/><BR/>Shame about Shane and Hayley having to move from Blacky South - they were having such fun too, what with Shane's new HSV Commodore and Hayley's friendly pit bull pup.<BR/><BR/>You need a blog of your own, Kathryn. But in the meantime, feel free to crap on here all you like.Dikkiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07897381809885423712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post-39325599013161897392007-06-13T15:59:00.000+10:002007-06-13T15:59:00.000+10:00I don't drink coffee. I don't care whether coffee ...I don't drink coffee. I don't care whether coffee is better in Melbourne or Sydney - except that I've started to wonder whether hot chocolates are better at a place that can make good coffee. <BR/><BR/>Don't start me on hot chocolate. Okay I've started:<BR/>1. "Hot". This does not mean luke warm.<BR/>2. "Chocolate". This does not mean flavoured with Cottee's chocolate topping. <BR/><BR/>Why is this so hard?<BR/><BR/>Dikkii, according to your own included Wikipedia link, Earl Grey is "black tea with bergamot ... Such preparations are varieties of tea, not tisanes."<BR/><BR/>But other than that, I agree with you in that it is a shame that, with such a variety of teas, blends and even tisanes available, if you want a cup of tea, 9/10 times you're charged $3.50 for a cup of warm/hot water with a 20c tea bag in it, Twinings if you're lucky, and Liptons grass clippings if you're not. For $3.50, I want a pot of hot water, loose leaf tea, strainer, jug of milk (even though I don't use it) on a tray. Sugar, lemon and honey optional. Fine bone china tea cups would be nice too. With matching saucer.<BR/><BR/>Plonka, you're right on the money with the scone... Ooh yeah, nothing quite so nice a a good pot of tea, a fresh, home-baked scone or two, some homemade jam, with cream...<BR/><BR/>If I ever make it to Devon, I may not make it out again...<BR/><BR/>Oh, Dikkii, as a fellow Melbourne suburbs dweller, I appreciate the comment re: inner city snobs. Sometimes you wish they'd pull their heads out... Get out of their concrete jungle every now and then... How often do you think these people more more than 10km from the CBD? (Apart from ski season). There's more to this place than lattes.<BR/><BR/>But last thing I heard, Shane and Hayley have been forced out of Blackburn South by the rising rental market - I think they're in Rowville now. I'm sure they'd still be happy to key your car, though.<BR/><BR/>(sorry, I crapped on a bit again)KitKathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08731254751735634267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post-11105279098798819842007-06-13T01:17:00.000+10:002007-06-13T01:17:00.000+10:00Mmm. Scones.Mmm. Scones.Dikkiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07897381809885423712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post-26253912679543889642007-06-12T20:36:00.000+10:002007-06-12T20:36:00.000+10:00Dikkii: Yeah. A year or so while I serviced a cont...Dikkii: Yeah. A year or so while I serviced a contract with a fledgling Optus, way back when. I started about 3 months before they went live.<BR/><BR/><I>The CWA? They know the importance of a good cup of tea.</I><BR/><BR/>Not to mention a fresh scone baked just so...:)Plonkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01552546816593027504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post-37547038448468040782007-06-12T18:12:00.000+10:002007-06-12T18:12:00.000+10:00G'day Plonka:There was a time when you could but a...G'day Plonka:<BR/><BR/><I>There was a time when you could but alas, I moved back to Melbourne and took my machine with me...:)</I><BR/><BR/>Heh heh heh. Never realised you spent time up there.<BR/><BR/><I>...And [Pellegrini's] linguine is exquisite...:)</I><BR/><BR/>I'm going to have to give it a go. I don't think I've ever eaten there - unless coffee counts. Or the odd slice of cake.<BR/><BR/>Not sure where I stand on the old "decaf soy cappucino with carob sprinkles" thing.<BR/><BR/>On the one hand, the fact that someone asked for this seems ludicrous in the extreme.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, if a cafe owner is so precious about coffee that they refuse to serve anything other than classic ingredients, this is not good.<BR/><BR/>But putting both of those aside, the whole story is laughable in the extreme.<BR/><BR/>The CWA? They know the importance of a good cup of tea. They're a group you hear less and less of lately.<BR/><BR/>And you're right. Tea houses in the country are just as bad. A decent cup of tea is a vastly underrated commodity in my book.Dikkiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07897381809885423712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post-1737679760829268262007-06-12T13:56:00.000+10:002007-06-12T13:56:00.000+10:00Nice one Dikkii. I love the "Melbourne v. Sydney" ...Nice one Dikkii. I love the "Melbourne v. Sydney" thing. I don't know why it exists, but it can be a lot of fun, so I think I'll just wade right on in...:)<BR/><BR/><I>"You can't get a decent cup of coffee in Sydney."</I><BR/><BR/>There was a time when you could but alas, I moved back to Melbourne and took my machine with me...:)<BR/><BR/><I>The best cup of coffee that I ever had was in Melbourne, and it was at Pellegrini's in Bourke Street</I><BR/><BR/>Naturally. It's had that reputation for quite some time now and is <B>not</B> about to relinquish it to some upstart that doesn't know the difference between a short mac and an espresso. And the linguine is exquisite...:)<BR/><BR/><I>The worst cup of coffee that I ever had, though, was also in Melbourne, and it was at the cafe next door to the cinemas at Chadstone Shopping Centre.</I><BR/><BR/>Well naturally. It's had that reputation for quite some time now and is <B>not</B>....you get the picture...:)<BR/><BR/>As for the Acland Street incident, I'm with the first guy. I probably would have followed them next door though too, just to make sure the lesson got through.<BR/><BR/>I do commiserate with you however, as to the sorry state of tea knowledge in this city. I am an avid tea drinker myself and find recently that I'm more often than not confounded by tea houses (both city <B>and</B> country) that think rock cakes and Liptons tea bags are a suitable substitute for fresh scones and Darjeeling or a good strong Prince o' Wales. The shame of it all. Whatever happened to the Country Women's Association? They used to pride themselves on such things...Plonkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01552546816593027504noreply@blogger.com