Second run-through of this CTC…at its hottest, just off the steep, it is strong (I’m sticking with the dark pumpernickel descriptor I used previously) and smooth; as it cools, it starts acting like those stupid alarm clocks that get LOUDER AND LOUDER IF YOU DON’T SHUT THEM OFF. Sharp and brash. Which is OK. sometimes I need brash to get moving in the morning.
Realistically, this would be best toned down with a bit of milk and sugar. Builders’ tea.
Oh…British tea…(rabbit warning)! If you are a historical mystery fan, have you discovered Maisie Dobbs? Spans post WWI to (currently) early WWII and the London blitz. Delicious storytelling. At any rate, I’m reading the blitz installment and it mentioned a wartime tea ration of 2 ounces per person per week. So today’s tea chat topic…how would you manage?
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55 grams / week. Well, I think it is okay. Could be worse, I think it is manageable. Depends on tea, though.
Definitely too little for me – there are 100% days where I have more than that in a day.
I could make it, but in true Orwellian fashion (based on his tea treatise) I would make myself have a day or two with no tea so I could really enjoy a good strong cuppa when I needed it. Also, Orwell said that that pensioners got a larger tea ration than the young, so I wonder how much more?
55 grams / week. Well, I think it is okay. Could be worse, I think it is manageable. Depends on tea, though.
Definitely too little for me – there are 100% days where I have more than that in a day.
I could make it, but in true Orwellian fashion (based on his tea treatise) I would make myself have a day or two with no tea so I could really enjoy a good strong cuppa when I needed it. Also, Orwell said that that pensioners got a larger tea ration than the young, so I wonder how much more?