Re: FN-FORUM Tea, culture, and social class: discuss!

date posted 22nd July 2001 14:05

Yep, I'm from Derby and Congleton and I think basically anywhere north of
Birmingham thinks that dinner is at midday and tea is at about 5pm and is
the evening meal. We don't really do dinner or supper up here.

The real problem with American tea - I used to live in America when I was a
kid - is the fact that they don't have proper tea. They only have one
brand - Lipton - which basically tastes like cat pee.

We used to have to fly back to England occasionally to buy more tea and have
chips and curry sauce - a delicacy one only really cherishes when it's not
available - and then fly back.

ruth arnold
spacehoppa.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Chas Walton" [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Subject: Re: FN-FORUM Tea, culture, and social class: discuss!


> Kerry dzinezone wrote:
>
> > I think that a properly brewed cup of tea is a rarity in the USA,
> but then
> > perhaps they prefer drinking it insipid and lukewarm?
>
> Thanks Kerry (and everyone else) for your contributions.
>
> Yes, boiling water is absolutely necessary for a proper cup of tea.
> The problem with Americans -- well, one of the problems with
> Americans -- is that tea comes with too many historical resonances:
> unwelcome taxes, Boston Tea Party, etc. Tea is associated with the
> hateful oppressor. Drinking it lukewarm or otherwise seems
> ever-so-slightly unpatriotic.
>
> Chas Walton
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