Inexpensive Key Component to Railway Modelling

[Essex2Visuvesi]

Sadly the other half is a Finn so cant make tea lol... makes dam good coffee tho

[Essex2Visuvesi]

Sadly the other half is a Finn so cant make tea lol... makes dam good coffee tho

She can now... It's taken 2 years but we got there in the end!

[Cobby]

bloody hell! 2 years, surles the water is cold by now!

[brit-in-bama]

2 years, surles the water is cold by now!

Over here in Alabama they only serve "iced" tea, and look at you very strange when you ask for "hot" tea, and even then it tastes like rancid dishwater, so weak its almost a fortnight, its taken me 10 loooooooooong years to get the mother-in-law to make a decent brew!

[Cobby]

Excellent, finally a practical reason for keeping the mother-in-law around!

[Essex2Visuvesi]

2 years, surles the water is cold by now!

Over here in Alabama they only serve "iced" tea, and look at you very strange when you ask for "hot" tea, and even then it tastes like rancid dishwater, so weak its almost a fortnight, its taken me 10 loooooooooong years to get the mother-in-law to make a decent brew!

Finnish tea is shockingly bad (Lipton's yellow label)

I always bring back a couple of boxes of tetleys or PG tips when I go back to ole Blighty

[gastwo]

What is it about Liptons? I've worked in all sorts of places (in the oil/gas industry) and everywhere has Liptons bl..dy tea bags!
In Nigeria they even call a cup of tea a 'cup of Liptons'.
Liptons in Libya, Egypt, Canada, etc... but not in West Wales - but I haven't looked too hard...

[poliss]

That's because they've never tasted Ringtons tea. Better than your mass produced tetleys or pg tips.

[beatnik69]

COFFEE ?????

Philistine!!


Didn't take you long to 'get into bed' with those Europeans then


Paul

The first coffee shop in England opened in 1654. Coffee houses introduced tea to England around 1657.

[Forfarian]

I just shout down from the loft-----------TEEEEEEEEEA, sometimes I get tea, sometimes i get a tin of Fat Free Coke, but most of the time I get "please come down and make me a cup as well darling" or words to that effect, that would not be suitable for delicate train drivers ears

[Blue_2]

Bah. You missed out the vital part of a proper cup of tea: the teapot that hasn't been washed for weeks

Funny you should say that. I have a garage mug, only used when I embark on a car restoraton project, usually an MG. It NEVER gets washed until the restoration is completed. The odd swill out with cold water maybe, but not washed...

[Bufferstop]

Hi tea in this house is made in a 1930s ALUMINIUM tea-pot. It is never washed inside, as the decades of residue are all that stands between us and Altzheimers. There's a five hole strainer where the spout joins the body, and about once a year I have to poke it clear using a bit of stiff wire. We have alternative stainless steel pots and a crock one but they don't make good tea. IMHO the best tea for reuse of leaves in making 4mm model trees is Co-op Fairtrade Indian Prince.

[timbologist]

Necessity is the mother of invention ( the trouble with you northerners you are to deep in tradition ) down here here we look at an item and think
what else can I do with it that the manufacturer never intended ( you know open the paint tin with your best chisel ).

Well my wife and I got sick of wanting a cup of TEA and having to wait for the kettle, wait for it to brew in the teapot, all the usual waiting.
We probably drink about 10 very large cups each a day.

So it was born the TEA MAKER ( actually a Coffee maker making a beverage worth drinking )

We have brewed TEA ready on tap 24 hours a day all we need to do is add milk,

Only problem is the manufacturer never designed these things to run 24 hours a day, so they only last 6 months if your lucky. but the good news is
coffee drinkers get sick of them and they end up in op shops and second hand shops for AU $5.00 so we buy them when we see them, currently have about
a 4 year supply stashed away.

To use it just put your scoop of tea leaves where the coffee goes add water to the reservoir, the rest is history, the filters last a long time as you just keep adding the tea
leaves till it will take no more. Because the water is boiling as it goes over the leaves it extracts all the flavour is gone when the next round is made.
when you take the last cup just refill and its ready for the next.
no excuse for not having a fresh cup of tea,

[deeslexia]

The trains are ELECTRIC- getting steamed up is not essential, unless you are teasing ?

[glencairn]

Made a cup of tea this morning!
Made a cup of coffee later!
Tried the beer next! and again hic!!
Wife wants to know if any trains ran today?
Regards Glencairn