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Jenny Hughes	As a relative newcomer to your site, I have yet to find any reference to the most fundamental debate in the tea drinking world which is the cup vs mug divide. If all has been resolved, then I apologise for opening old wounds but there is a serious shortage of cup and saucer information on a site dominated by mug-gers. Speaking as one who would have to be really desperate for tea and a sit down before I would even entertain the idea of a mug, (yuk!) I feel I ought to point out the top ten advantages of cups and saucers. 1 Most cups are wider at the top than mugs and accommodate a greater range of dunking biscuits without breaking them in two - which is a really upsetting thing to have to do 2 The narrowing shape of cups stops you dunking the biscuit too far and risking total collapse - the ultimate nightmare 3 Saucers are really handy if your nice cup of tea and a sit down is even better with a cigarette. As you have to wash the saucer anyway, it saves finding an ashtray 4 If you don't smoke, you can balance your biscuits on the saucer (don't try it with chocolate ones) 5 When you break the cup, you can save the saucer, (because it might come in useful one day) until you have about 20 odd ones in the cupboard and then you have always got something to give to the jumble sale 6 Bone china cups are thin and keep the tea hot. 7 Cups can be seriously tarty in a way mugs just can't. My favourite is a 50's pearlised, swirly, peach creation with a gold rim bought for £2 in Ponty market. 8 You get noticeably less tea in a cup which means you can justify having two nice cups of tea and a sit down and two cups equal more than a mug 9 Cups and saucers often come with teapots which are wondrous things and make a cup of tea and a sit down into an occasion. (Watch this space - there will be a follow up outburst on teapots vs teabags-in-a-mug) 10 Cups and saucers get mega brownie points from your Nain (Nan to those outside Wales) and other elderly relatives when they come visiting so that they don't notice the rest of the house is like a tip 11 (Sorry, getting carried away) Quite simply, coffee comes in mugs (and also in jam jars, buckets, plastic beakers and who the hell cares anyway) NOT tea. 12 This site is clearly not called nicemugofteaandasitdown, so you could probably get done under the Trades Descriptions Act unless you provide serious air space for cup-pers as well as mug-gers Jen from Pontypridd
	Nicey replies: Jenny, OK, ok, I'll post your cup rant. We really don't care what people drink their tea out of just so long as they are happy. Be careful now we know where you live we might come round and get a picture of your tarty mug on our next visit to Ponty. We make special trips there once or twice a year for sit down Faggots and Peas. I shall now brace myself for a torent of mug-counter-rants.
Tomsk	Chris Capon talked about "She also refuses to drink the last few sips of tea insisting she's finished when there is still some left in the bottom of the cup." and many others spoke of family customs relating to tea Well, my mother-out-law (yes, the mother of my unmarried partner) coined a word for the unpleasant sensation of drinking the last dregs of a cuppa only to find that the strainer hasn't done its job. The day this happened, she drank down the dregs and immediately made a pinched face and said "nimnimnimnim" So for ever after, the dregs in the bottom of a cuppa are nim-nims. Anyone else have local or family words associated with a nice cup of tea (or even an unpleasant one - don't get me started on UHT milk...) cheerio Tomsk
Steve Simmonds	Hi I read a brief article on your site in the Times and thought I'd send my praise for a fellow man dedicating a small part of his free time to the important part of life that we all know as 'the tea-break'... I to, like many, share the enjoyment of a nice cuppa, although at my previous place of employment, due to an above normal enjoyment of this hot liquid was punished by making far too many cups a day, this inspired me to make my little site that you might appreciate: www.theteamaker.com - for when everyone wants a cup but none one will admit it's their turn to make it..! It is totally random - here's hoping your lucky... Best wishes Steve
	Nicey replies: Yes a friend told me about your tea maker the other day. I imagine it could also be easily extended to choose people to make coffee as well, if that's your bag.
Patricia Flor	Hi! What a comforting web page for an expat. brit! Heard about it on Norwegian radio yesterday and thought I'd take a look. Norway's a great country, but you can't get a decent cup of tea unless you make it yourself. Norwegians think that an Earl Grey teabag dipped into a cup of hottish water is tea! Biscuits aren't up to British standards either. Keep up the good work! Regards, Pat
	Nicey replies: I just heard from Britt who did the interview that we were on Norwegian radio yesterday, Woo. I told her that I like A-Ha, especially 'The sun always shines on TV' but she seemed unimpressed, but she has promised to send me some Norwegian biscuits, Yay.
Lisa Anderton	Dear Nicey, Needed to point out that the search for Glengettie tea would produce more results if spelt correctly (tsk, tsk) but that there are several varieties of Welsh Breakfast tea available (online for ease). There is a brew by 'Welsh Tea' made in Swansea and also there is Welsh Breakfast tea available (Murroughs or something I think!) Hope that helps Mr Barratt in his quest for a full national breakfast tea range. Regards, Lisa
	Nicey replies: My dodgy spelling defeats me once again. Yes Google full of people flogging Glengettie tea, Hoorah! Of course you'll need to washing down bacon, black pudding and lavabread with your Welsh Breakfast tea.
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