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WCDT Strips 3331-3335 (17 to 21 October 2016)
Akima:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 18 Oct 2016, 01:08 ---Breakfast teas are not for the sniffing; unlike herbal teas, their magic is in their taste.
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Teas can be appreciated for fragrance and flavour, and typically the quality of the tea is equally reflected in both. If one is going all-out to prepare tea formally for guests, one provides a "fragrance cup" to each guest as well as a "tasting cup", and there is an elaborate technique for transferring the tea from one to the other.
Claire is apprently a heretic who uses tea-bags, so I'm not surprised that the fragrance is coarse and unrefined. :-P
Gyrre:
I followed HiFranc's raccoon links and wound up on page 543. I had forgotten that Dave Davenport and Helen B. Narnon of Narbonic had made a cameo in QC.
The Skin Horse comic I reference from time to time is set in the same universe as Narbonic.
--- Quote from: jheartney on 18 Oct 2016, 00:15 ---Ah, Lipton's: The AOL of teas. Claire should see if there's any artisanal sarsaparilla left for Bubbles to sniff.
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Oooh!
I wonder what sort of mythological creatures that would conjure up? Maybe a deer woman?
brasca:
Strangely enough I sympathize with Bubbles since I had the same reaction drinking Jasmine Green Tea as I read the strip. It was a new flavor I was sampling and I'm not a fan.
--- Quote from: Akima on 18 Oct 2016, 03:10 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 18 Oct 2016, 01:08 ---Breakfast teas are not for the sniffing; unlike herbal teas, their magic is in their taste.
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Teas can be appreciated for fragrance and flavour, and typically the quality of the tea is equally reflected in both. If one is going all-out to prepare tea formally for guests, one provides a "fragrance cup" to each guest as well as a "tasting cup", and there is an elaborate technique for transferring the tea from one to the other.
Claire is apprently a heretic who uses tea-bags, so I'm not surprised that the fragrance is coarse and unrefined. :-P
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How is tea supposed to be prepared? Aside from restaurants that serve Asian cuisine I always drink tea from a cup and a bag. The only difference is I never use a pot. Always the microwave.
Zebediah:
--- Quote from: Akima on 18 Oct 2016, 03:10 ---Claire is apprently a heretic who uses tea-bags, so I'm not surprised that the fragrance is coarse and unrefined. :-P
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Claire is an amateur. Hannelore is a professional. It makes all the difference. :lol:
sitnspin:
I am not a tea snob, but I sympathize with those who are as I am a coffee snob.
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