a note for first-timers

If it's your first time here and you're new to blogs, the first post you'll see is the most recent so that's where you should be ending, rather than starting. Otherwise, carry on...

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tea

It has been brought to my attention that some people don't know how to make a good cup of tea. Some people seem to think that the water should be as close to 100°C as possible when it hits the teabag/leaves. Those people are wrong. Some people think that two bags is enough for a pot of tea. Those people are wrong. Some people think that Tesco Super-Saver teabags, which I would imagine are about fourteen pence for a box of one-hundred-and-sixty, are acceptable. Those people are wrong.

I'm not going to tell you how I make tea because that would be cheating; it would be like me telling you that four plus four is eight. No, what I'm going to do instead is more akin to "If you had four apples, and then someone gave you another four apples, how many apples would you have?"

So, if you have about a pound in your pocket and you fancy a cup of tea, which teabags should you buy from the supermarket and how many should be in the box when you buy them? The clue here is "quality". Another clue is "pyramid", but now I'm straying into the territory of just giving you the answer.

Once you've bought the correct teabags, let me know and we can continue with our lessons. Until then, drink coffee. Or water. Actually, just water - you'd probably balls up coffee-making as well. *sigh*