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Phil Leafy Pie and Green Tea Pocky Review	Hi Nicely & Co. 1) Perhaps what you have stumbled across with respect to the quince/green tea Pocky is that curious phenomena where an entire population turns a blind eye to the fact that something doesn't taste like it should. For example, in the Western world, we often have strawberry or banana flavour (as opposed to flavoured) products. I can't say I've ever honestly thought they taste like strawberries or bananas. All strawberry flavour products taste the same, so we have clearly agreed in some collective way, that it is the official artificial flavour. You may have discovered the Japanese official pretend green tea flavour, without having been socially conditioned into believing it yet. 2) Perhaps the chap who thinks a Twix is a biscuit would do well to consider the caramel digestive by way of comparison. In the general taxonomy of sweet things, it's undupitably in the biscuit genus, partly due to the biscuit ratio, and partly through family ties. Also, isn't there a more fully biscuit version of the Twix? Possibly discontinued now, I'm not sure. Then again, consider the Viscount and chums. Or that thing from Fox's, which was under 50% biscuit. I can dunk my finger into tea. Does that make my finger a biscuit? No, it does not. Phil (of the Destrooper biscuit review)
Ben Skerry	I'm terribly sorry if this has been asked before, but Twix has been the cause of myriad arguments in my flat. I insist it is a chocolate bar, but my flatmate is adamant that it's a biscuit, for the simple reason that you can dunk it in tea. Surely this is not the only criterion on which it is decided? Please can you let me know your judgment in this case? She just won't listen to reason! Yours sincerely, Ben
	Nicey replies: The Twix does have a piece of biscuit inside it, which gives it a much better claim on being a biscuit than the fact that it can be immersed in tea. However it stalks around in the outer reaches of the Venn Diagram in the union of chocolate bars and chocolate covered biscuits. As such it has a foot in both camps, but its heritage is that of confectionary rather than biscuit, so I'm more than inclined to place it with its confectionary stable mates such as the Mars bar and Malteser. Actually somebody asked last week if Maltesers were biscuits and I didn't grace them with such a long reply.
Julie Wyman Leafy Pie and Green Tea Pocky Review	Dear Mr Nicey, I just thought that you'd like to know what the flavour of those pretzelly things actually is. Verily it is not quince, but rather that old Japanese favourite - green tea! I do in fact reside in the land of bonkers, have done for nigh on seven years now, and I still find myself being surprised by anything and everything! Julie Wyman PS Loved your book. FANTASTIC!! PPS I write my own blog about Japan, and about tea (although sadly the latter is in Japanese, ganbatte! = good luck!)
	Nicey replies: Hello Julie, I have had green tea before but I don't think it can have been the same stuff as the Japanese are using, as the Pocky didn't rekindle any latent memories of it. I'll stick with Quince as the nearest thing in my personal experience but may be try and get hold of some proper green tea, if nothing else to see how near to mark or far off of it these Pocky are.
Brian Barrett	Esteemed Mr Nicey, A very small dash of cinnamon sugar can add zest to a good black Italian coffee. Being genetically multigustatory, I've been awaiting the arrival of the tea equivalent on the supermarket shelves of the leafy eastern suburbs of beloved Melbourne. It's here! We're now able to sample, enjoy, nay, relish Twinings Chai, in luxuriously impressive black boxes of 50 teabags. The list of ingredients tells the full, glorious story: Tea, Ginger Root (10%), Cinnamon Bark (10%), Natural Spice Flavourings including Star Anise and Clove (5%), Natural Flavour (Cinnamon). You can add milk, if you really feel the need, 'cos that's how it's served in India. All we need now is the Dilmah version, and, verily our cup runneth over. I ever remain, kind Sir, and Mrs Wifey, and Smallpersons, Blissful but ever 'umble, Brian Barratt
	Nicey replies: Well I'm not sure about that, but I do fancy a chicken curry now.
Sarah Taylor	Dear Nicey and Wifey, I thought you might like to know that your website, viewed by many to be a 'bit of fun', has proved to be a valuable tool to my degree. As part of a recent module, I had to compare two companies within an industry, and I chose to look at McVitie's and Fox's. Having discussed this with a friend (thank you Dr Dicks), he lead me to look at your website. It proved to be invaluable in my all too frequent moments of 'work avoidance', as I could convince myself that hours spent looking at your site was in fact essential and thoroughly relevant research. The end result was a mark of 83% for my coursework, which had improved my overall average greatly. So thank you to all at NCOTAASD for your brilliant site (which I of course referenced in my bibliography) and keep up the good work. And to any sceptics out there, read these pages carefully... they and their knowledge could lead to great things.... Sarah, Oxford
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