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I generally like a lot of teas (except those of certain brands- I'm looking at you, Lipton). For some reason, I can't really stand anything in my tea, especially sugar. The more bitter, the better. :D I've also taken a liking to herbal teas...

I drink regular black tea with milk and sugar. My mother is constantly telling me that I shouldn't put sugar in as it will rot my teeth. But I do anyway :)

Er... hello and welcome, I guess. Will you be staying with us long?

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The giant squid did WHAT to Hogwarts?!?!?!?

Oh dear Glod... And here I'd thought I'd seen everything...

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Nice art! I love the Gorillaz music, though I'm kinda unsure about the newest album and whether I'll get it or not...

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Bad chai is often worse than no chai at all.

Chai's definitely my favorite-- nice and strong (sometimes if I had to buy the weak stuff, I'll throw in a black tea bag, which kind of gives it at least a little strength), with just a little bit of honey, and just enough milk/soy-milk/almond milk (if I am being fiscally irresponsible and currently valuing tea over food, which happens more often than it should) to make it caramel-coloured.

Green tea is good, too, with lemon especially, and black tea if we've got any milkstuffs. I can't drink that stuff black, even with an ungodly amount of sugar. Guh. When there's no milkstuffs around, herbal teas are good-- ginger especially (made my first mug of fresh ginger tea the other day, absolutely amazing), or mint. Tazo makes three different mint teas that I can think of, all quite good if you can find them marked down.

As for tea substitute? I used to steer clear of coffee 'cos of the whole fair-trade thing (as in, affordable coffee is morally objectionable, and good coffee is too expensive), but since I got a job at a little soup restaurant and am allowed one meal per five hour shift, I allow myself a Starbucks mocha before work (they're just across the plaza). It's quite good!

...Mmmm, tea. Think I'll go make some. >_>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGCEagle(WIX-327)

http://usmilitary.about.com/od/coastguard/a/eagle.htm

http://www.cga.edu/display.aspx?id=2558

... and that's just the wiki and official websites... that you may know.

Right now she's here: http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/shipposition.phtml?call=NRCB

Fair winds!

After over twenty years of asking my parents still don't seem to remember that I don't drink coffee. They claim they ask on the off-chance that I have begun drinking coffee since they last saw me. Which is fair enough, but then why ask me on Saterday after know whether I drink coffee and again in the evening of that same day?

I'm a tea drinker. Meanwhile green tea with a touch of lemon these days. Used to drink lots of Earl grey. Washed my mug about once a three month period. Usually shortly after someone asked me why I put a tea bag in my coffee.

Well, it's nice to know that there's people out there who can put a firm end to this sort of thing. Why is the words brother-uncle just send a chill down my spine?

Instant coffee made with five spoons of sugar, three spoons of coffee and three-quarters milk to one quarter boiling water.

50% coke, 50% raspberry syrup.

Lemonade with a scoop of vanilla icecream (known locally as a spider drink because a restaurant chain here, about fifteen years ago, ran a promotion involving this drink with a plastic spider toy in it).

Water. Preferably hard. Or alternatively bore water with that distinctive composty aftertaste (I grew up on it. It's the unmistakeable taste of the soil of home).

Personally I go for a nice cup of Earl Grey or Darjeeling, depending upon what sort of mood I'm in. Brew for five minutes, with a splash of milk. Sounds just about perfect to me.

And it would help if I logged in before leaving messages too.....

Hmmm, week of the newbies huh? Is this a busy week or do you normally have multiple newbies every week? Did I accidently fall into a mass recruitment drive? Why am I finishing every sentance with a question mark?

Anyway, I know I'm knew here but welcome to the board. I guess we can all learn our way round together.

I keep a teapot, strainer and several tins of tea leaves on my desk at work. Lately, I've started drinking Russian Caravan tea, no milk, with lots of sugar, to get the mixed smoky and sweet flavours.

Strong, black, normal tea. We're on PG Tips at the moment, cos there was no Tetley's on cheap.

Pint-and-a-half mug. (Which never gets washed, because the limescale scum and the crust adds flavour.)

Teabag first, then water. Leave to stew for at least the duration of a fag. (Roll, not straight. Ie at least seven minutes.)

A decent splash of milk, so it's the colour of a rich tea biscuit (NOT a digestive).

No sugar.

And since I'm lazy and the kettle's downstairs and it takes twenty minutes to brew in a cup that size, we just throw in teabag, hot water, stir, milk, and leave the bag in. By the time it's cool enough to drink (ie in fifteen minutes) it's brewed properly.

I do enjoy my chai. I take it as strong and spicy as possible. Also, fairly sweet and with enough milk to turn it a pleasant caramel color.

I also like fruit teas. I take those with nothing but sugar, and plenty of that.

I have a tendency to experiment with mixing different teas together. Fruit and chai actually works rather well in a couple of circumstances.

As I sit here, in my parents' living room on my spring exile break, waiting for my tea to steep, I am thinking: Exactly how can i tell my mother that, after 21 years of knowing me, and 15 years of being repeatedly told how I take my tea, she still makes it wrong? And not just wrong... Rather horribly. For example, the Chai that I have steeping.

She made it with a single tea bag, about three tablespoons of milk, and about a teaspoon of sugar and a teaspoon of stevia.

... I cannot even begin to say what is wrong with this. Weak, watery, under-sweet, funny-aftertaste stuff.

For myself, I use two bags, plenty of milk (or better, cream) very hot water, and lots of sugar. Or better, honey!

Anyway, getting to the point: What way to you prefer your favorite cup of tea? Or, for those who don't drink tea, how do you prefer your tea-substitute?

That was fun! Your agents have good chemistry, which makes for good dialogue. Their accents are fun to read, too, but don't intrude on the pace of the writing. I do wish you had included the mistakes from the original fic that caused some of the weird stuff to happen during the "history" segment; it sounds like that author resisted using logic whenever possible.

Now, I will go back to NOT thinking about the physical description of that Sue!Orc...

Yo. Have a cup of tea.

So you like history and PotC? Do you get seriously narked by the way those British naval uniforms date from after Port Royal was destroyed in an earthquake?