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[minimarco]

I do live in Canada, so I get enough weird looks already when drinking tea instead of coffee.

To be fair, being Asian, having milk and sugar in tea is sacrilege anyway.

[miniyellowmini]

I would guess at least 12 cups a day A cup pretty much hourly at work, it's the only thing that gets me through the day! Then I normally drink 3 or 4 in the evening.

[samsfern]

At least 15 id say

[Dan]

Cream of earl grey is just a smoother blend of the tea, with bergamot oil (it's an orange that's more like a lemon than an orange) and bits of vanilla bean in it.
Instead of sugar, I use a sugar syrup with vanilla beans soaked in it. and instead of putting cold milk in, I heat and froth it with an espresso steamer. If that makes more sense.

Oh I understood the words, it just doesn't make tea is all! It makes something else entirely called fog I'm lead to believe, which as suggested is indeed a North American beverage! Nothing wrong with Earl Grey though.

Tea in Germany can be fixed. Anything you buy as generic tea in the UK is a blend but in Germany they don't really do blended teas other than Earl Grey. Most English breakfast blends for example are largely made from various black teas, Assam mainly with others added, so when I'm in a hotel or anywhere like that in Germany I get a pot of assam and a pot of anything else they might have and make a little blend up on the fly.

[M J W J]

Is it just me but does Earl grey taste like the mug hasn't been washed properly and still has washing up liquid in it?

At first I though it was my sisters dish washer when I tried it but it turned out that she was giving me Earl grey whenever I was round her's and not normal supermarket red label.

[samsfern]

Some tea i liked when i was in egypt, so dad got a friend to bring some back to the uk and post to me, its to be made as black tea, and has a slight hint of lemon, gorgous black tea

[mini*mad]

about 4 if im at work
but when working on the mini of a day i can get through 6+
if the gf is round usually double that ;)

[Black.Ghost]

I drink more coffee than tea but have the odd cup. I don't really have a set pattern, just have one whenever I feel like it.

I made a lad in the office a cup of tea a few months back. I put the milk in before I took the tea bag out. I got told off He is very particular about his tea. And he looks just like Ray Mears. Honestly it's uncanny.

I can't drink coffee too late or I won't sleep so I don't tend to drink it past about 5.

I was in Afghanistan a couple of years ago and me a couple of other lads went to a BBQ with one of the Turkish contractors. The food was amazing and they offered us coffee afterwards. That made espresso seem like water it was so strong. None of us could sleep that night and were wide awake. There was a load of sludge in the bottom of the cups. We were advised against eating it. I think I'd only just be falling asleep now.

[orangeboy]

if its a busy day on the road just one mug before i leave and a 1.5ltr flask till home then 2 or 3 until bed.
if it's a quiet day then i sit at the snap wagon till he leaves at 2pm, a constant stream of tea goes in and a constant stream goes out too.

It has to be made milk, bag, and half a sugar in first. Then hot water, then leave to stew until the right colour and consistency is acheived... and that is BROWN and thick

[charie t]

my boss asked if my mug was welded to my hand today

[JustSteve]

I HATE tea.

[Dan]

Strange way to announce you are leaving the forum.