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I tried it and you're right, you machismo sopped waterfowl! Who knew tea tasted better untasted! That is wild.Is "decent cup of tea" even a thing?You all sadden me
Tea is way forward
of course, Americans* can't make a decent cup of tea, so you can be forgiven for not knowing this
*America doesn't make the worst tea in the world, the french make HORRIBLE tea
Start by heating up water in a kettle. Get out tea bags and a tea cup. Throw away tea bags. Proceed to make Hot Chocolate instead.
Best tea ever.
You're welcome.
You need a point.
TRY "COFFEE AND TEA CAUSE CANCER! JOIN THE BEER PARTY AND TAKE A STAND AGAINST CARCOGENIC POLITICS!"
As founder of the BEER PARTY I do hereby promote yellowdingo to position of official BEER PARTY SURGEON GENERAL because he is right coffee and tea cause cancer and just goes to prove that GOD intended us to all drink beer.
the procedure is as follows
1) Boil water - once. do not use water that has previously been boiled
2)use a small splash of said boiled water to warm the tea-pot. said tea-pot should be ceramic and not metal
3)Discard the warming water
4)place 1 teaspoon of loose-leaf tea per cup to be made in the pot, plus "one for the pot". obviously, it goes without saying, the tea should be organic and fair-trade
5)add the just boiled water
6)TURN the pot. do not stir at this point
7)leave to brew for 5 min
8)now stir the tea
9)put a small splash of milk in the bottom of each cup
10)pour the tea, through a tea-strainer, into the cup
11)sit and enjoy, with a nice slice of almond cake
Beer party variant;
1) Open bottle.
2) Drink beer.
Optional;
3) Scratch genitals.
4) Contented sigh.
Charlie Bell
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Charlie Bell
(Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Adventure Path, Campaign Setting, Companion, Battles Case, GameMastery Maps Subscriber)
So, it's a hairy buffalo for you, then?
I don't even know what that is. I had to look it up. We called it Purple Jesus when I was in high school ;) My beverage of choice, when I can afford it, is a 25 year MacAllan. I can't often afford it. Champagne taste on a beer budget, so they say.
I wonder if you could classify drinks as conservative or liberal.
Anywho, when I drink (like, once a year), it's various types of rum, amaretto, honey mead, the occasional brandy, and port wines. Fruity women's drinks. And I'm okay with that!
Beer is like tea. I like the smell of it (especially if it's extra-yeasty, 'cause I'm a freak and like that smell), but it never seems to taste as good as it smells.
I wonder if you could classify drinks as conservative or liberal.** spoiler omitted **
Anywho, when I drink (like, once a year), it's various types of rum, amaretto, honey mead, the occasional brandy, and port wines. Fruity women's drinks. And I'm okay with that!
Beer is like tea. I like the smell of it (especially if it's extra-yeasty, 'cause I'm a freak and like that smell), but it never seems to taste as good as it smells.
Try Dos Equis. It doesn't taste at all how I expect beer should taste but something closer to a lighter drink.
Try Dos Equis. It doesn't taste at all how I expect beer should taste but something closer to a lighter drink.
Hopefully you mean the amber in the brown bottles, not the piss-swill lager in the green bottles.
Negra Modelo is even nicer, if you get the real stuff and avoid the disgusting "Modelo Especial."
Charlie Bell
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Dos Equis Amber is a requirement for me whenever I have Mexican food. Nothing else quite cuts the burn of chips and salsa so perfectly. You can't have it straight from the bottle, though; a nice frosty mug is the ticket. I agree that the XX lager sucks, though.
@Set. I disagree with your assertion that port is a "fruity woman's drink." Sweet, yes, but manly. Although I'll say that a bottle of port, a box of truffles, and Otis Redding can have quite the desired effect on the fairer sex.
@Set. I disagree with your assertion that port is a "fruity woman's drink." Sweet, yes, but manly. Although I'll say that a bottle of port, a box of truffles, and Otis Redding can have quite the desired effect on the fairer sex.
You shouldn't have to pay for good sex, Charlie. Shame on you. (Unless that "desired effect" was achieved by having the lady watch as you down all that chocolate and wine yourself then spin in place blissfully, massaging your own biceps as you listen to
These Arms of Mine... in which case, bravo sir! ;)
Try Dos Equis. It doesn't taste at all how I expect beer should taste but something closer to a lighter drink.Hopefully you mean the amber in the brown bottles, not the piss-swill lager in the green bottles.
Negra Modelo is even nicer, if you get the real stuff and avoid the disgusting "Modelo Especial."
Oh yeah, that's the good stuff. Been a while since I had it, though. I haven't had beer in over a year.
What'cha brewing there Aberzombie? Whats crystal malt?
From The Complete Joy of Home Brewing, 3rd Edition, by Charlie Papzian:
Crystal Malt (Caramel Malt) – Crystal malt is made from green malt (that is, malted barley that has not been kiln dried yet) and is produced by drying the wet germinated barley at controlled temperatures. It is first gently dried for a short time; then during a period of about 45-60 minutes the malt is “mashed” in the grain as temperatures rise to 212 degrees F (100 C). Most of the starch is quickly converted to sugar and while warm remains in a liquid state. Upon cooling, the sugars set to a hard crystal.
Because of the “mashing” process that the crystal malt has undergone, some of the soluble starches and sweet character will not ferment. Its addition to wort will enhance the sweetness of the beer and often add a caramel, toffee, and/or freshly baked cookie character to the beer. Adding crystal malt will also increase the body of the beer as well as aid in head retention. Because of its dark color, it will enrich the color, lending a gold or even reddish color to the beer. Crystal malts come in light, medium, and dark color varieties. Color is designated on the Lovibond scale: Light 10; Medium 40; Dark 90+.
There are no enzymes in crystal malt.
In light of the current movement amongst Americans to join grassroots politcal movements. I have come to the conclusion that both tea and coffee are pitiful weak excuses of beverages and underserving of my respect. These choices obviously reflect the weakness of those who have joined them. But for REAL MEN who eat meat and like their furniture made from leather. Enjoy driving vehicles with 350 hp or more I submit to you the manly choice of political affiliations one that such American heros like George Washington, Stonewall Jackson, Davey Crockett, or John Wayne would be proud to join. I present to you the BEER PARTY! As founder of the BEER PARTY movement I encourage all of you with great testicular fortitude to join my cause and voice your support here.
It's not American beer, is it? I don't like beer in general, but American beer is by and large too similar to urine to consider ingesting.
Let me know when someone starts the Whiskey party...
Your beer party is passe and does not appeal to the key demographic - gamers. Thus, I now found the Mt. Dew party! It's extreme!!!
The old timey Mountain Dew Party of Appalachia does not endorse this new-fangled, neo-Dew party.
If yer Dew can't take the paint of a model T, if the revenuers ain't gunnin fer yer still, it ain't no dang gum Mountain Dew.
It's not American beer, is it? I don't like beer in general, but American beer is by and large too similar to urine to consider ingesting.
You need to expan your range of American beers. Mass-produced American beers are like sex in a canoe, for truth, but the burgeoning microbrews of the past two decades have redeemed American beer.
I say this after never drinking beer until spending a summer in Austria, where I quickly became a beer snob. After about a decade, I found an American beer that surpassed Bavaria's finest (made by a Bavarian transplanted across the Atlantic, naturally) - Weeping Radish's Black Radish. Since then, I have found other excellent beers produced in America.
Of course, if you refer to Budweiser, Miller, etc., well, bottled water is terribly popular these days...
Yep, this points out a problem with the Beer Party - the platform is too large! How can you find room for Bud Select and Enlightenment ALe in the smae tent? Where does hard cider fit? Is there a Ripple constituency?
Your beer party is passe and does not appeal to the key demographic - gamers. Thus, I now found the Mt. Dew party! It's extreme!!!
The old timey Mountain Dew Party of Appalachia does not endorse this new-fangled, neo-Dew party.
If yer Dew can't take the paint of a model T, if the revenuers ain't gunnin fer yer still, it ain't no dang gum Mountain Dew.
Revenooers! Who's to say I don't include "traditional" Dew in my party?
I certainly don't include all the new-fangled "Dews" that Pepsi-Co seems intent to market. Mt. Dew is Green - never red or blue or black or orange, green only. Faux Dew is the devil.
It's not American beer, is it? I don't like beer in general, but American beer is by and large too similar to urine to consider ingesting.You need to expan your range of American beers. Mass-produced American beers are like sex in a canoe, for truth, but the burgeoning microbrews of the past two decades have redeemed American beer.
I say this after never drinking beer until spending a summer in Austria, where I quickly became a beer snob. After about a decade, I found an American beer that surpassed Bavaria's finest (made by a Bavarian transplanted across the Atlantic, naturally) - Weeping Radish's Black Radish. Since then, I have found other excellent beers produced in America.
Of course, if you refer to Budweiser, Miller, etc., well, bottled water is terribly popular these days...
I agree, in part. He needs to expand the taste of his American beers. There are plenty of great brewers here in the states: Abita Beer, Dogfish Head, Flying Fish, Sam Adams, Yuengling....and many, many more.
Where I disagree is on the big American brewers. Sure, not everything that Bud, Miller, etc produces is great, but their staple beers, such as Budweiser and Miller Lite, are decent examples of pale lagers.
The only exception I'd make to this is anything by Coors. My hate for that company's products burns hotter than the hinges on the gates of hell. Might as well just let a horse piss into a can and sell it....
Your beer party is passe and does not appeal to the key demographic - gamers. Thus, I now found the Mt. Dew party! It's extreme!!!
The old timey Mountain Dew Party of Appalachia does not endorse this new-fangled, neo-Dew party.
If yer Dew can't take the paint of a model T, if the revenuers ain't gunnin fer yer still, it ain't no dang gum Mountain Dew.
+1 Im actually in the Town of Appalachia as I post this. Yeah when I hear Mountain Dew Im thinking of moonshine. The original Mountain Dew.
+1 Im actually in the Town of Appalachia as I post this. Yeah when I hear Mountain Dew Im thinking of moonshine. The original Mountain Dew.The old timey Mountain Dew Party of Appalachia does not endorse this new-fangled, neo-Dew party.
If yer Dew can't take the paint of a model T, if the revenuers ain't gunnin fer yer still, it ain't no dang gum Mountain Dew.
I suppose I should list my credentials, esp. since F33b seems to be in KS. I was born and raised and lived for almost 40 years in Appalachia. Even now, I have moved all of 30 miles from the Appalachian mountains. So, yeah, I am very familiar with 'traditional' Dew, and the original marketing/development of the pre-Pepsi-Co Mountain Dew.
Of course, moonshine is still illegal in many states (like my current one, NC) so I would hesitate to be so NORML as to found a party based on an illegal substance... lolz.
+1 Im actually in the Town of Appalachia as I post this. Yeah when I hear Mountain Dew Im thinking of moonshine. The original Mountain Dew.
At the livestock auctions we would go to in Oklahoma to get rid of or purchase new cattle and whatnot, you could get moonshine at the counter, along with soda and more legitimate types of booze. I can't imagine it's a brilliant idea to get liquored up at an auction, but hey!
mass-produced American chocolate cannot actually legally be CALLED chocolate in the UK, and has to be called "Chocolate flavoured confectionary
Likewise, most mass-produced American beers woefully fail the standards of German Rheinheitsgebot law of 1516, and must legally be sold there as "Malt Beverages" rather than as "beer."
Likewise, most mass-produced American beers woefully fail the standards of German Rheinheitsgebot law of 1516, and must legally be sold there as "Malt Beverages" rather than as "beer."
Hmmm, a law that allows the use of only 3 ingredients. Sounds boring.
Thank the brewing gods, it's no longer in effect.
How come the teaparty protests attract all sorts of wackos
Though I don't read the post, the organizers of the Tea Party railed against the slurs and verbal attacks. AS WELL THEY SHOULD. This type of crap has no place.
Yep, these things have a % of whackos, whether right or left. Sad, that the 80% of people in the middle get 'outshined' in the media in order to get the most sensational story. The Tea Party is sadly no exception.
How come the teaparty protests attract all sorts of wackos
I'm surprised they didn't catch this behavior on video (unless I've missed it somewhere). The only video I did see should people shouting nothing but "Kill the bill."
Baileys in the coffee and whisky in the tea.Can't we all just get along?
How about if we put whiskey in our tea and coffee. Is that OK?
Mmmm. Bailey's in coffee!
I vote for the discussion of that other, lesser, party to be shelved, as this thread should be for the Beer Party, and not pale watered-down imitations.