What's your morning pick me up?

[nungesser]

@wisconsinplatt

You are the person who does not eat both Pop-tarts in a single sitting? You are the person who makes a Pop-Tart Serving size ONE?

Somewhere around when I hit 40 I realized that two Pop-Tarts first thing in the morning was a wee bit too much sugar all at once for a growing boy like myself.

[GilbertWham]

No, not lemon. Assam brewed to the point of opacity, 4:1 ratio with full fat milk. Not cream, all you benighted colonial oafs.

[gellfex]

It’s one of 2 ways:

Tetley English Breakfast, (better than most cheap brands but not crazy expensive like premiums) 8 bags in 32 oz pot that’s hit on all day, or Starbucks French roast, 3 Tbs in Aeropress, 1 min steep. Both unadulterated. In summer the tea is poured over ice, preferably with fresh lime.

[SpunkyTWS]

@Missy_Pants

Tea, with homo-milk (yo where my canucks at?) and three sugars.

Isn’t it considered gauche to have that many lumps?

[daneel]

Builder’s tea.

[Archon]

I think this is where I make the wisecrack about needing it to pull down the carbonation module from the nearest repository before drinkimg, but then I’d likely get severely beaten around the head with stuffed penguins.

[Edited to add:]
@renke I approve of your commitment to free and open source algorithms.

[Missy_Pants]

I dunno? Probably? And by three sugars I mean three raw sugar cubes. Delish!

[anon67050589]

@nothingfuture

I like fish.

In your tea?

[renke]

as kids we called remaining leaves in the cup “tea fishes”. does this count?

[JemmieDuffs]

sudo apt-get repour | reheat -c(ream)

[renke]

dnf whatprovides coffee
Error: No Matches found

sigh.

[Archon]

HTCPCP code 406: Not Acceptable

(grins at you both) (but not at the lack of coffee)

[Old]

[rustles around in the gif bank]

[tachin1]

Figured if Stevia can pass for sugar, cream can pass for milk…
No, you’re right, I’m a monster for having allowed this to go as far as it has.

[Snowlark]

@nemomen

Cream in tea creates a kind of fishy flavor that’s gross.

@anon67050589

That’s it, exactly!

We need to talk about your source of tea. Or cream. Or maybe there’s some genetic factor (like with cilantro tasting like soap to some people). Still, best to start with the simplest plausible explanation first.

[nemomen]

The tea doesn’t matter, it’ll happen for me with any black tea. I even avoid 2%. Same thing w/cream milkfat-rich milk from CA, Nova Scotia, and TX. Maybe it’s some genetic taste thing. Orwell noted it too:

@George

Ninthly, one should pour the cream off the milk before using it for tea. Milk that is too creamy always gives tea a sickly taste.

http://www.booksatoz.com/witsend/tea/orwell.htm

[SpunkyTWS]

It occurs to me I haven’t shared my ante meridian eye-opener. It’s this, brewed the night before and consumed cold with a little milk.

I understand Victor Hugo started his day with cold coffee too.

[anon78706664]

[nemomen]

Oh, one thing is the weaker the tea the less noticeable it is. Also less noticeable if the water’s not boiling when it hits the leaves (though tea’s swill anyway if the water’s not boiling).

[Snowlark]

Interesting. Sounds like the phenomenon might be more complicated after all. Another tea topic for me to geek out on. Woo-hoo!