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Thread: Tea culture VS coffee culture
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[quote=APAULT,269966]Britain and Australia used to have tea culture too, but very different from the Chinese one. Black tea (from India and Sri Lanka) drunk with milk and sugar was the main drink throughout society when I was a kid. The 'better bred' individuals drank it from expensive chinaware with dainty biscuits while the working man drank much stronger tea from large mugs while he ate a bacon sandwich. My parents always finished their meal with a cup of tea. If someone had a shock or a small misfortune - 'Oh, let me get you a nice cup of tea', it was the cure all. There are rituals about how it should be made too, the water must be boiling, warm the pot, one spoon of tea for each person plus 'one for the pot'. It must stand for 5 minutes. Should you add milk before or after the tea --- that was a subject much debated. Nowadays more coffee, especially instant coffee is more common as it is quicker, and strangely 'baby bottles' of water which are carried around and sucked on every five minutes.[/quote]
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