Re: DP 5/29/2008 Wed

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Veronique <veroniqueunique@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On May 29, 10:05 am, LNER4...@xxxxxxxx wrote:


Environmentally-conscious twit that I am, I brew up a pot of almost-
the-color-of-coffee triple-strength tea most mornings from minimally-
packaged high quality loose-leaf teas (sometimes cut with tagless bulk
tea bags), and dilute it throughout the day with ice, or bottle it in
used plastic juice bottles. My estimate is my "habit" costs me,
including gas for the stove, about 20-50 cents a day depending on tea
used, and is good for anywhere from a half-gallon to a gallon or more,
though people occasionally recoil in terror from a stray tea leaf in
my drink.......



Hooboy. The last tea I bought, Dragon oolong ball, comes in at $84/
pound. And I've been warned by Crazy Tea Seller not to leave the tea
overnight, as it is so good at soaking up antioxidents (from the air?
where?) that green and oolong teas can actually be toxic if left to
sit too long. (Too long? Oolong!)


Drat. Now I have a half-remembered song in my head, one of whose lines is
"sip a little oolong tea". It's sung in a fake chinesey sing song voice
and I'll not be able to do much until I remember what it is. Ah, got it,
it's from one of the Hope/Crosby road pictures, Road to Hong Kong, prolly.

charles, "sip a little hookah, (something, something) bazooka, sip a
little oolong tea", bishop
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