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| Andrew Sherriff |
Nicey & The Wife,
Have those Taylors of Harrogate chaps been changing the contents of their tea bags ? The wife and I share one bag per cup and, as she's the tea drinking professional, she gets the first 'sip' of the teabag. Until about 6 months ago I 'd get a fairly decent cup of tea from the second 'sip' bit now it is almost undrinkable (and I'm not too fussy !) Have the made the contents weaker or smaller - to encourage folk to use more bags - without letting us know or dropping the price ? Such calumny !
Awn & Jo
(PS Love the site & book) |
| Nicey replies: Well despite my many hours spent expounding my theory of tea bag usage which you clearly support, Yorkshire tea in its defense does say on the pack one bag to a mug. So what you say may well be right and maybe they have decided that they have the leeway to fiddle with their bag contents. Also it might work in favour of those who unlike me leave their bag in their mug to brew for a considerable while. However, I completely see why this situation is a personal set back to yourself. |
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| John Mills |
Just a few words on those indespensible items to those of us who enjoy our T sweetened.
I find the best way of keeping them truly shiny is to polish with a bit of metal polish every 6 months or so. That way you can even see your own reflection in them before you fill them with sweet stuff and stir your tea. Of course you need to give them a quick wash after polishing as the polish itself is toxic.
Back in the day, when I was at boarding school, the T-spoons were always in a terrible state. So to avoid any shenanigans I worked out how much sugar I would need from my own private bag and then stirred the brew with my maths set-square. The pointy end enabled me to stir the sugar round from even the darkest recesses of my mug.
I have often wondered though: with the amount of tea drinking that goes on at NCOTAASD HQ do you ever run out of tea spoons? and what do you use a substitute?
Anyway, I have to get back to work, T-break over.
Regards,
John Mills |
| Nicey replies: We don't run out of teaspoons as we wash them up after we have used them. Was it a 60 degree set square or a 45 degree one (I'm guessing 60 degree would be best)?
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| Zoe Healey |
While less than ideal for making a good cuppa – being a dark colour and all – this still seems like a nice idea. But how do you avoid losing the chalk?
Zoe
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| Nicey replies: Typical yet another clueless design, "Here is a hot one", but we'll design a mug with a matt black glaze giving it the optimum coating for radiating its heat and there by going cold quicker. These are the same dim wits that put handles over the spouts of kettles to scald our fingers or easy open packaging that requires a knife and chopping board to get into.
Also that writing doesn't look like its written in chalk. I could send round one of the younger members of staff to them who would write over everything they hold dear in a variety of media including chalk, poster paint, biro and improvised engraving using old nails. That should set them straight on what chalk looks like. |
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| Marge |
Hi Nicey
In this state of tropical weather we are having in Yorkshire (can’t stand it myself, bring back the rain!), do you recommend trying iced tea? I once had this drink in Paris and it was vile and bitter. It is too hot for me to drink a normal cuppa, but I am missing it also. What can I do?
Yours thirstily
Marge |
| Nicey replies: Marge,
We would never ever recommend drinking iced tea, its muck. You just need to gather yourself and have a proper cuppa, you'll be fine. Maybe get a few scones and some jam and cream and pretend you're on holiday. I have to say I'm getting quite skilled at scone making, and we have pretended to be on our holidays about 3 times in the last month. |
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Mike Armitage
Fruit Shortcake Review |
My friend Andy and I constructed a deck at the rear of a trailer in a lorry park in West Drayton so that we could enjoy a nice mug if tea and a sit down in between fixing broken down Trucks. I attach a couple of photos of us enjoying hot teas and the luke warm sun earlier this year. As you can see my favourite mug is stainless steel. Andy's favourite is a black 'Snap-on' tools mug. I like Earl Grey and get complaints from Andy if I stir his tea with the spoon after I have stirred my Earl Grey. As for biscuits, well, we take what we can get, but I particularly like Tesco's Fruit Shortcake.
Keep up the good work.
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| Nicey replies: Mike,
Your tea drinking and sitting down facilities are an inspiration. I love the round table made out of decking. Also the attention to detail in the decor evokes a wonderful lorry park ambience like the two huge concrete slabs and the use of different sized skips, cable reels and a distant ladder. I wouldn't be at all surprised if Linda Barker didn't pick up on this and start passing it off as her ideas. |
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