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Tea
Apr 21, 2005 20:39:06 GMT
Post by chris on Apr 21, 2005 20:39:06 GMT
I think it is only natural that tea gets recognised by it's own individual thread. It is as much a part of railway society as trains, tracks or signals. It is one of the few things that has remained virtually untouched throughout the life span of the railways. Why, our great, great grandfathers (if they worked on the railways) took a flask/cup of tea with them to work and seldom has changed. Yes, i am a self confessed 'tea addict' and obviously a bit biased towards the beverage, but it is an unsung hero. So here it is: a thread all about tea. And I reckon it is the best thread on the forum. (Brings a tear to one's eye)
Setttt - I noticed you're doing work experience at Northfields Depot (i bet that beats Dorchester Crown Court!), so take notice of all written here. You'll be making quite a few cups, sonny! I'm going to re-use a phrase i've used about you before - 'You lucky g*t!')
Dave - Please can you add the words 'Tetly', 'PG Tips', 'Earl Grey', 'Twinnings' and 'Typhoo' to the swear filter thingy bob. Thanks!
Anyway, must dash - late for my tea drinkers anonymous meeting!
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Tea
Apr 21, 2005 21:28:07 GMT
Post by piccadillypilot on Apr 21, 2005 21:28:07 GMT
Anyway, must dash - late for my tea drinkers anonymous meeting! I'm getting concerned. Is this a merely a healthy interest or is it becoming an obsession?  My own preference is for Miles of Porlock. www.djmiles.co.uk/ |
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Tea
Apr 22, 2005 6:36:24 GMT
Post by chris on Apr 22, 2005 6:36:24 GMT
I'm getting concerned. Is this a merely a healthy interest or is it becoming an obsession? I'm beginning to wonder that too. |
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Tea
Apr 22, 2005 11:09:15 GMT
Post by q8 on Apr 22, 2005 11:09:15 GMT
;D ;D Tea, tea, is good for the heart, the more you drink, the more you fart, the more you fart, the better you feel, tea, tea with every meal.  |
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Tea
Apr 22, 2005 14:36:57 GMT
Post by Admin Team on Apr 22, 2005 14:36:57 GMT
Oh dear, oh dear......... I'm seriously starting to worry about some of you lot  |
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Tea
Apr 22, 2005 14:44:47 GMT
Post by citysig on Apr 22, 2005 14:44:47 GMT
No I think Chris has brought to everyone's attention a very important aspect of the railway. There are still quite a few chaps (though admittedly less than a few years ago) in all grades, whose performance will be noticeably stunted without a cup of tea.
So given all the threads concerning signals, trains, computers, driver-signalman relationships, take away the tea and much of the rest isn't worth talking about.
Just today, I arrived at work and in a short panic thought I had run out of Yorkshire Tea. I swore, slumped around, and instantly began to dread the next 8 hours. All that's on offer is a much lower quality tea, and to be frank (or Citysig), I would rather go without.
Then you should have seen my face light up when someone mentioned the shop on the station sells a small amount of grocery items including sugar and tea bags. My face further lit when, on arrival at said store, I found the only brand of tea bags they stocked was... Yorkshire Tea.
This evening's peak could well run a lot smoother now.
;D ;D
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Tea
Apr 22, 2005 14:55:29 GMT
Post by chris on Apr 22, 2005 14:55:29 GMT
If you want to save a bit of money on Yorkshire Tea, go to their website and order a free sample. You get 10 free teabags plus a 30p coupon off. *gasp of amazement.* They say 'one pre household', so if you send them to friends and family's addresses too, you could save a tidy little sum!  |
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Apr 22, 2005 15:12:09 GMT
Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2005 15:12:09 GMT
I'm seriously starting to worry about some of you lot And thats coming from the chap that presented me with a little box of 'Underground Tea' as a birthday present earlier, when i booked on! ;D |
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Apr 22, 2005 16:16:45 GMT
Post by q8 on Apr 22, 2005 16:16:45 GMT
And thats coming from the chap that presented me with a little box of 'Underground Tea' as a birthday present earlier, when i booked on! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Be grateful lad! He could have given you something else!  |
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Apr 23, 2005 14:58:26 GMT
Post by piccadillypilot on Apr 23, 2005 14:58:26 GMT
take away the tea and much of the rest isn't worth talking about. 'Tis true. The inexperienced seem to think that railways run on steam, diesel or electric. The reality is simple, if there's no tea, there's no trains. ;D ;D (Yeah, OK we realise that some people prefer other weird concoctions but a similar argument carries. ) |
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Tea
Apr 23, 2005 15:00:32 GMT
Post by piccadillypilot on Apr 23, 2005 15:00:32 GMT
And thats coming from the chap that presented me with a little box of 'Underground Tea' as a birthday present earlier, when i booked on! ;D Ah ha, a man of taste. ;D (Are they as good as the Griffin tea bags of old? Assuming "good" is the right word. ;D ) |
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Tea
Jun 9, 2005 20:52:17 GMT
Post by chris on Jun 9, 2005 20:52:17 GMT
I don't mean to bring this topic up again,  but alot of you saw my site www.freewebs.com/yorkshire_tea and left a message in the guestbook. Thanks for that. Anyway, I got an e-mail from the Yorkshire Tea people saying I shouldn't actually use their name/pictures/logo's as they're registered trademarks and I was actually breaking some law!  Anyway, they've given me permission to use them as long as I don't ruin the integrity of the brand, and they reserve the right to tell me to get the logo off at any time! Honestly, some people are so ungrateful! |
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Jun 10, 2005 0:13:52 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2005 0:13:52 GMT
Ungrateful peeps! I thought you were going to say they'd thanked you for the advertising and offered you some free tea!
I'd switch brands if I were you in protest! ;D
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Jun 10, 2005 1:55:19 GMT
Post by q8 on Jun 10, 2005 1:55:19 GMT
Little bit of info for the tea fanatics.. I have suffered heart problems for a good while now and just had my latest scare and another night at my second home (hospital). This time they asked me if I drank Coffee and when I said I did they advised me not to as it apparenly is not good for the heart in quantities as you get older. So the coffee has gone in the bin and the teabags now occupy the premier position on the shelf Bset to all
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Tea
Jun 10, 2005 7:00:58 GMT
Post by chris on Jun 10, 2005 7:00:58 GMT
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Jun 10, 2005 10:19:29 GMT
Post by citysig on Jun 10, 2005 10:19:29 GMT
I agree. Unless there is a tea out there with the same qualities... in fact no not even then ;D
Yes Mr Q8 you should avoid coffee. Raises the blood pressure amongst other things. Tea contains a few things such as them watchamacallits which are meant to be good for you (can't think of their name but tea is a good source of them.)
Just ask my colleagues what I'm like after a couple of cups of coffee (just because it's quicker when we're busy). I moan, sigh, huff and puff and say rude words at drivers.
(Before Harsig cuts in, I know, no change from when I'm drinking tea then ;D )
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Jun 10, 2005 11:23:17 GMT
Post by q8 on Jun 10, 2005 11:23:17 GMT
I moan, sigh, huff and puff  ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I thought those sounds came from a cathouse? Tellme? Has Baker Street Control got a red light over the door? |
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Jun 10, 2005 11:56:53 GMT
Post by igelkotten on Jun 10, 2005 11:56:53 GMT
Tea contains a few things such as them watchamacallits which are meant to be good for you (can't think of their name but tea is a good source of them.) Antioxidants, perhaps? And they are actually mostly to be found in green tea, such as chinese Gunpowder or japanese cha/mattcha/genmai-cha. The fermentation that produces the black teas that we in the west mostly drink unfortunately also destroys quite a lot of the antioxidants in the tea. Oh, and nothing beats a very strong cup of instant coffe at 0400 in the morning, a cold, rainy autumn night, heated on the exhust manifold of a tamping machine. Mmmm, coffee and diesel, two great flavours that become even greater together! |
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Jun 10, 2005 12:50:12 GMT
Post by piccadillypilot on Jun 10, 2005 12:50:12 GMT
Oh, and nothing beats a very strong cup of instant coffe at 0400 in the morning A driver I worked with a couple of time used make a seriously good can of coffee with a errrmmmm hint ( ) of errrr molasses and sugar cane distallate. |
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Jun 10, 2005 13:01:28 GMT
Post by Christopher J on Jun 10, 2005 13:01:28 GMT
If you want to save a bit of money on Yorkshire Tea, go to their website and order a free sample. You get 10 free teabags plus a 30p coupon off. *gasp of amazement.* They say 'one pre household', so if you send them to friends and family's addresses too, you could save a tidy little sum! Just ordered myself a sample of the Hard Water teabags (obviously because London is a Hard Water area), everyone seems to love the stuff so I'm going to try it for myself. ;D I eagerly await its arrival. I’ve got too many Mugs just laying about doing nothing, half of them I’ve not even used yet, I've got to put them to good use one day or another! ;D |
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Jun 10, 2005 13:07:33 GMT
Post by igelkotten on Jun 10, 2005 13:07:33 GMT
Oh, and nothing beats a very strong cup of instant coffe at 0400 in the morning A driver I worked with a couple of time used make a seriously good can of coffee with a errrmmmm hint ( ) of errrr molasses and sugar cane distallate. Ah, yes. But surely for strictly medicinal purposes, I trust? |
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Jun 10, 2005 15:24:30 GMT
Post by piccadillypilot on Jun 10, 2005 15:24:30 GMT
But surely for strictly medicinal purposes, I trust? More a case of it being part of his ethnic heritage I suspect. Either that or because it gave a nice warm glow on a cold morning. ;D (Although this was before Political Correctness had been imported to the UK. ) (Loooong before. ;D ) |
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Jun 10, 2005 18:39:10 GMT
Post by citysig on Jun 10, 2005 18:39:10 GMT
Tellme? Has Baker Street Control got a red light over the door? Only when certain people are on. That's them! But there's something else I'm sure. Is it them phenyl..... things. Can't check as my tea caddy has no real writing on it. Just ordered myself a sample of the Hard Water teabags (obviously because London is a Hard Water area), everyone seems to love the stuff so I'm going to try it for myself. ;D I eagerly await its arrival. Tried them when they first came out. Didn't notice much difference to be honest (and I live in a hard water area). What I did notice was that if you were to make a single "bag-in-a-cup" cuppa, the bag had to be left for slightly longer and needed a bit more of a squeeze to get every drop out. |
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Jun 11, 2005 6:17:16 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2005 6:17:16 GMT
Has anyone here tried Sainsburys Red Label? It's nice and strong and well worth the price. On the other hand Sainsburys ecomomy is terrible and actually makes a grey cup of tea.
Actually for a joke a few years ago I organised a 'tea tasting' session for a friend of mine who was very unwell and lived on tea, as he couldn't drink alcohol and had to avoid soft drinks at the time. I went round all these small shops trying to get teas you woulddn't normally get. In the end I got:
Londis own brand
Harlans Kings Label
Spars own brand
Co - op own brand
Out of all of them the Londis ones were surprisingly nice.
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Tea
Jun 11, 2005 7:50:47 GMT
Post by chris on Jun 11, 2005 7:50:47 GMT
Has anyone here tried Sainsburys Red Label? Out of all of them the Londis ones were surprisingly nice. Sainsbury's Red Label is bland, dull and unsatisfying. Londis? Hmmmm. Not convinced. Nothing is as nice as Yorkshire Tea and don't even try to pursude me differently! The only reason you get the response "Ooooh, that'll be lovely, dear " when you offer someone a cup of tea is because they are expecting a full flavoured cup of heaven. And heaven doesn't come in a red box. It's comes in a box with a scene of Enligsh countryside! Not really the type of discussion you expect on an underground forum! Ah, tea. Is there anything it can't do? |
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Jun 11, 2005 7:55:31 GMT
Post by q8 on Jun 11, 2005 7:55:31 GMT
I assume all you guys are talking about teaBAGS. If so not none of them can compare with a pot of good old leaf tea left to stand for a minute or two.(with the pot warmed beforehand). Milk in first, sugar if desired. then take a cup and fill it up and ...aaaaahhhhhh!!!!!
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Jun 11, 2005 8:04:00 GMT
Post by chris on Jun 11, 2005 8:04:00 GMT
The Yorkshire Tea people tried to relieve the old fashioned way of making tea. They promoted tea pots, loose leaves etc to get people who use bags into going back to traditional ways.
Can you fault those people?
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Jun 11, 2005 8:20:50 GMT
Post by Phil on Jun 11, 2005 8:20:50 GMT
I assume all you guys are talking about teaBAGS. If so not none of them can compare with a pot of good old leaf tea left to stand for a minute or two.(with the pot warmed beforehand). Milk in first, sugar if desired. then take a cup and fill it up and ...aaaaahhhhhh!!!!! That's the real problem with teabgs isn't it? The milk MUST go in first for a proper flavour and if you do that with bag-in-a cup you get slop! I use Pyramid bags, but they are only as good as Yorkshire Tea, no better. As far as the hard-water teas go, you won't notice until you try them in a soft-water area when you get a weeeiiirrd taste Allegedly all the big brands have different mixes for different parts of the country, but do not advertise it because the idea is to make the brand taste the same across the land |
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Jun 11, 2005 9:04:20 GMT
Post by chris on Jun 11, 2005 9:04:20 GMT
I use Pyramid bags, but they are only as good as Yorkshire Tea, no better. I doubt that very much! Sorry if i sound obssesive guys, but nothing is better than Yorkshire Tea. |
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Jun 11, 2005 10:12:43 GMT
Post by igelkotten on Jun 11, 2005 10:12:43 GMT
The idea of putting milk in your tea can only be described as an abomination in the sight of the Lord. I am sure that Leviticus has something to say on the subject.
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but alot of you saw my site 
Anyway, they've given me permission 
