Drip coffee just doesn't do it for me, luckly the melting pot has provided that Italian influence and you can get an espresso.
tallgrass,
We drink our tea hot, iced tea is not the norm.
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Drip coffee just doesn't do it for me, luckly the melting pot has provided that Italian influence and you can get an espresso.
tallgrass,
We drink our tea hot, iced tea is not the norm.
as for coffee i am an espresso fan, i also like the french press. cold brew coffee is amazing when done right and easy. As for tea i like sun brewed iced tea, what is called thai iced tea. though i have to agree, having lived in England for a while and having visited Australia several times, your our tea sucks in comparison.
Amazing isn't it - you can get Lipton tea in both continents and I would rather drink instant coffee than US Lipton tea. :( :(Quote:
Originally Posted by tallgrass
err ummm , well maybe not I'd rather drink water!
Diana
and you can buy it in conveniently packaged bottles and cans....Quote:
Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies
I think they refer to it as beer.
i do not drink alcohol. not a big deal, i just never picked up the taste for it. though i do like Guinness. I have not ever finished one though. loose leaf tea in nice if the weather is right. the one thing i do not understand and maybe you guys can tell me....why do you guys drink hot tea in hot weather???? I would rather have iced tea in hot weather.
Heat ? ... What heat?? :pQuote:
Originally Posted by tallgrass
Cause our heritage was England .... Started off as a Colony ... So what the British did ... that's what we did
Good ol mother England ....
Now we are more cosmopolitan thanks to the Europeans migration after WW2 ..... I lurve being invited to a Turks home for coffee :)
i get the the whole thing being a former colony of great Britain. I will not go into the whole tea is preferred in the harbor thing.:D:D:D it just does not make sense to drink hot tea on a hot day. Turkish coffee ....now you are talking, fresh from the ebrick ....mmmmm good
MikeQuote:
Originally Posted by mike 90 RR
I guess you're not well read in American history! You know the mayflower and Plymouth Rock etc. The colonies in the North East of the Nth American continent were mainly from England. The whole American War of Independence (or rebellion depending of your perspective) was over being an English colony and paying taxes to the English crown. It was a rejection of the taxation on tea that was the stimulus for the Boston Tea party. The cry of the colonies was no taxation without representation. When England would not negotiate the issue and sent the Military instead, then came the Colonial Army, George Washington and the rest is history.
From all that we can surmise the American preference against tea.
We won't get into the South and Central American history because that get's all tangled up with the Spanish, Portuguese and French.
Your talking about the Boston Tea Party ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies
Only commenting on the "Q" on why Ozzies drink our Tea Hot .... cause we are from English educated tradition :)
But on another note .... have you tried Turkish coffee :)
Hashish is not legal in Australia so no I haven't had traditional Turkish Coffee. :D :D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by mike 90 RR