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Perfect cup of tea
FreeBear
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American scientist recommends adding a pinch of salt to tea...
US Embassy responds with this -
Any language construct that forces such insanity in this case should be abandoned without regrets. –
Erik Aronesty, 2014
Treasure the moments that you have. Savour them for as long as you can for they will never come back again.
Erik Aronesty, 2014
Treasure the moments that you have. Savour them for as long as you can for they will never come back again.
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I think the microwave bit comes from American homes not having electric kettles as a rule.All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.
Pedant alert - it's could have, not could of.1 -
Americans make the worst cup of tea in the world so what do they know?2
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They also make lousy coffee, beer, and cheese.Keep_pedalling said:Americans make the worst cup of tea in the world so what do they know?
Any language construct that forces such insanity in this case should be abandoned without regrets. –
Erik Aronesty, 2014
Treasure the moments that you have. Savour them for as long as you can for they will never come back again.0 -
Shame they don't know the difference between assure and ensure1
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Yes, the Americans cannot make tea to save their lives!I think we’ve all seen this video lol.Striving to clear the mortgage before it finishes in Dec 2028 - amount currently owed - £9,441.52 Nearly there!2
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Well, it made me giggle. I'm pretty certain the American embassy in London has a kettle and are well aware that microwaving water is something we mock Americans for. It's dangerous if nothing else, superheating!
I'll take tea banter with the US over the tea based drama of 250 years ago, at least.2 -
chocolate and whisky can be added to this list tooFreeBear said:
They also make lousy coffee, beer, and cheese.Keep_pedalling said:Americans make the worst cup of tea in the world so what do they know?0 -
Lets not be snooty about others less fortunate, if you where drawing water from that postcode you would be looking at ways to improve a cuppa.
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If they made it properly they wouldn't need to add salt.
My worst ever cuppa was in Delhi of all places. Tea bags of sweepings, Liptons.
And while you're mocking, who here uses a teapot?I can rise and shine - just not at the same time!
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Beer is more a matter of extremes... vast quantities of terrible mass market garbage but some really excellent small brewery stuff.FreeBear said:
They also make lousy coffee, beer, and cheese.Keep_pedalling said:Americans make the worst cup of tea in the world so what do they know?
Cheese is more complex, given that a lot of what they produce can't even legally be called cheese in some countries. Have been told they do also have small scale producers that are really good, ones I've tried are more middle of the road but on a relative basis amazing.0
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