Happy to oblige Chris
I don't think that's part of the rig Chris, that's probably used for sacrificing the virgins in the kitchen.
I was a tea connoisseur years ago Chris, not a pro but I would only take my tea in a China cup and it had to be loose leaf..... my favourites were Assam, English breakfast (Ceylon) and a hybrid of Assam / Earl Grey...... I never got into the green gunpowder / Darjeeling / Orange Pekoe (pronounced peekay) type teas as I liked my tea to have some balls and depth.
Over the years, the tastebuds got minced with smoking too many fags (for our US members that does not mean shooting "gay" people.... it means smoking too many cigarettes) and I seem to have devolved into a tea bag man.
I've tried most of the tea bags and my "bag of dust" of choice is Punjana..... for a tea bag it is superb and has body and depth leaving a cleansing quality on the palate.
PG tips / Typhoo / Tetley and all that crap
are sweepings off the floor and I wouldn't take that rubbish if it was free.
Yep, bottom feeder floor sweepings..... my Dad used to say "filled with floor sweepings and darkies toenails"..... he said that back in the early 1970's / he is no longer alive / I am not a racist but just passing on "his" idea of the average tea bag back in the 1970's.
You are spot on there Chris! These fake tea leaves (being imported by the bloody Chinese / what do they know about British tea?) are far from decent..... I'd rather drink my own urine.
I agree.... there should be a 5 pence surcharge imposed on every bag and customers should be encouraged to provide their own bags.
Shoooosh! I'm trying to get "vegetarians eating in public places" banned at the moment...... I don't want a tea bag ban to be fast tracked or escalated to the "back room" just yet........ Let's get the mung bean munchers banned first and we can then concentrate on the tea baggers.
Mike.