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Hester Ginger Nut Review	Dear Nicey, Just thought I'd write and ask if you'd tried Tetley's Earl Grey with Vanilla.  I only fraternise with the Earl occasionally myself and felt quite nervous about giving this a go but was pleasantly surprised.  As usual with flavoured teas the vanilla smell is a lot stronger that the flavour and as I have milk in my Earl this is quite a relief.  It also gives an extra something to the dipping biscuit of choice (for the earl has to be a plain digestive, keep it simple). Do let me know what you think, I havn't discovered any other flavours yet-do you know of any?  p.s. I also wanted to ask the biscuit eating world if there were any other ginger people (I am one of that variety myself) who felt that they were comitting a social taboo by opting for a ginger biscuit when offered.  I have often noticed sidelong glances when I go for the ginger cake/biscuit as if I were doing something just a little bit brazen. Hester
	Nicey replies: Hester, We drink PG. As for Ginger matters, Tom who edited our book and his wife are both of the Ginger persuasion and for their wedding cake had a huge ginger one with a Gingerbread groom and bride on top. Perhaps you should up the ante and carry around lumps of ginger, and those little jars of it to snack on.
Chris Malted Milk Review	Nicey, I would like to add my voice to the growing mass of dedicated Malted Milk followers, chocolate or otherwise. I echo the comments of James Coghlan that Sainsbury's have to stock these biscuits on the most remote, highest and out-of-the-way selves. This does give the impression that by finding, buying and then eating the biscuits, one has been initiated into a secret and ancient club. Which of course, one has. I have tried to convert my girlfriend to the quality of the Malked Milk, but she remains a firm cake lover. Chris
	Nicey replies: Yes the Malted Milk is utterly fabulous isn't it, and before anybody else asks which firm cakes does she like?
Tomsk	Doughnuts Excellent piece of research by POST CTI Technical Support Team into supermarket doughnuts, but what about the poor independent baker, struggling in high streets abandoned for "retail parks" by larger firms? The best doughnuts in the world (according to a scientific survey of one person, me) come from Beaney's bakery under the railway arches in Strood, Kent. On the other hand, a bakery that shall remain nameless (by the bus station in Rotherham) had no jam doughnuts at all. What's that all about? Call yourself a baker's? Is there a public transport and bakeries theme developing here? Oh dear, rambling now Cheerio, Tomsk
POST CTI Technical Support Team	Dear Mr Nicey, Inspired by your web site we have been busy rating a selection of doughnuts which can be enjoyed whilst having a nice cup of tea and a sit down. Our scientific analysis has helped us to avoid the disappointment of having a nice cup of tea and a sit down ruined by an under achieving doughnut. We would like to share our results with you and your readers. Our team of highly qualified doughnut technicians have studiously evaluated each offering from the leading doughnut retailers, grading their experiences against a pre-defined set of criteria. We have used these results to determine the best doughnut overall and the best value for money doughnut. The winners of each category are as follows: 2004 Best Doughnut: Marks and Spencer 2004 Best Value for Money Doughnut: Morrisons (Pack of  5) We expect the results to spark furious debate and we are quite prepared to re-evaluate any doughnuts if required (except Alldays). Kind regards, POST CTI Technical Support Team Retailer Date Price (£) Packaging Jam Content Jam Quality Appearance Coating Quality Texture Average Total Comments Morrisons 2/12/04 0.118 7 6 7 6 7 6 6.5 330.5 Suitably impressed Sainsbury's (Box of 10) 20/7/04 0.099 7 4 5 6 6 4 5.3 323.2 More bang for your buck Tesco Metro (Bag of 5) 7/7/04 0.116 8 5 5 6 6 6 6.0 310.3 Gobsmacked. Asda (Bag of 5) 8/7/04 0.112 7 4 4 4 5 4 4.7 250.0 Wow. Safeway (Supermarket) 1/7/04 0.1475 4 5 6 6 4 7 5.3 216.9 Focussed on doughnut not packaging resulting in a first-class experience. Safeway (Bag of 10) 29/9/04 0.099 5 3 3 4 3 3 3.5 212.1 Average Marks & Spencer 18/6/04 0.25 9 10 8 7 8 9 8.5 204.0 Sets the standard. Well done. Co-Op 25/6/04 0.127142857 5 5 4 4 0 2 3.3 157.3 Cheap. Safeway (Garage) 16/7/04 0.1475 5 3 3 4 4 3 3.7 149.2 Let down. Waitrose 15/6/04 0.2425 6 3 5 7 4 8 5.5 136.1 Needs twice as much Jam. Premium price for an average doughnut. Tesco Metro (loose) 30/6/04 0.3 1 3 4 3 1 4 2.7 53.3 Disappointing. Mary Rose Bakery (Alldays) 21/7/04 0.345 2 2 1 3 2 2 2.0 34.8 Shocking
	Nicey replies: This is outstanding work of the highest level, we all owe you a debt of thanks.
Jayne Sercombe	Dear Nicey, I have been pondering what makes up a nice place to sit down (outside of home). The following factors make it for me, I wonder what others think? Wooden chairs and tables- not plastic- yuck. Proper cake selection (with 2+ homemade biscuits) Warm and cosy Friendly and informal staff A choice that includes proper tea and not just smelly stuff (A gamble here, I know) If they serve caffe latte then I beg them not to serve it in a glass cup, regardless of what they may or may not do in Italy. My current favourite meeter of the above criteria is The Boston Tea Party in Bristol. Lovely place. Love Jayne
	Nicey replies: It's got to have enough room to swing a cat. I can't be doing with those places where you don't have enough elbow room to pour your tea. I like a few random or peculiar things scattered around which you can ponder on whilst drinking your tea. Such things as obscure farm/kitchen implements, or pictures of places a very long time ago when they looked different.
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