Following are all the tea references in the canon (the complete collection of Holmes stories). The quotations are taken from The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with a preface by Christopher Morley; published by Doubleday & Company, Inc. They may vary somewhat in other versions.
This is great for people who want to enjoy tea but do not have time to brew the tea. This instant tea is very convenient and easy to prepare. Just place three 1/8 tsp of instant tea powder into a regular 16 ounce bottle of water, then shake and drink. You get all the health benefits, aroma, and taste of loose leave black tea in an instant. It is great for all occasions. Each canister contains 30g of tea powder.I think I'll go lie down now.
Mixing Instructions:
Measure 1/8 tsp of tea for every 200ml of water.
Add warm or hot water.
Mix and serve. Add ice if desire.
I had a roommate that did this. She bragged about getting four cups out of one teabag. She would also, on occasion, attempt a similar feat with coffee in a French press. She always expressed surprise that I could detect a difference in flavor.The funny thing is that you absolutely infuse high quality tea multiple times. And you do it specifically because the brew evolves and changes from infusion to infusion. But if there is a bag involved, you are pretty far from high end tea. The thing you want is a gaiwan.
"You'd best sit down," she said.posted by raygirvan at 4:05 AM on July 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
Charles sat in the hard-backed chair as his mother prepared a tray, setting out white china cups, a bowl of sugar lumps, a carton of semi-skimmed milk, and a porcelain teapot. She rinsed the pot then spooned in three large portions of Earl Grey tea, pouring the boiling water over the leaves.
"How are you?" Charles said.
His mother gently stirred the tea in the pot. She set out a cup and saucer for Charles and one for herself, then poured a little milk into each cup.
"Well enough," she said, picking up the strainer. She poured accurately, the amber stream gently splashing as the aromatic bergamot-scented steam rose in a plume. Holding the tongs carefully in bony arthritic fingers, she dropped two lumps of sugar into her cup, and stirred it. "So why are you here, Charles?"
The 34% remains a mystery.Out of me and my four siblings, only one drinks tea regularly. I swear our parents are normal, but they've raised a mini-clan of non tea drinkers. I've had some damn funny looks though when I've told folks. And the classic, "You don't drink tea? Are you sure? None whatsoever?", as though I might have lost my mind or forgotten.Robots, American expats, and the very basest of criminals, I am sure.
When he’s not enjoying alcohol, 007’s favorite drink is coffee. He drinks tea (which he normally abhors) in You Only Live Twice.posted by zamboni at 9:21 AM on July 30, 2012 [2 favorites]
James Bond stood at the open window of the seventh-floor office of the tall building in Regent’s Park that is the headquarters of the Secret Service. London lay asleep under a full moon that rode swiftly over the town through a shoal of herring-bone clouds. Big Ben sounded three.posted by zamboni at 9:27 AM on July 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
Bond was half way through his first week of night duty and so far it had just been a question of common sense or passing routine problems on down to the sections. He rather liked the peaceful room and knowing everybody’s secrets and being occassionaly fed coffee and sandwiches by one of the pretty girls of the canteen. On the first night the girl had brought him tea. Bond had looked at her severely.
“I don’t drink tea. I hate it. It’s mud. Moreover, it’s one of the main reasons for the downfall of the British Empire. Be a good girl and make me some coffee.”
From then on he had got his coffee. The expression ‘a cup of mud’ was seeping through the building.
Ian Fleming, Goldfinger
Dr Stapley is adamant. "If milk is poured into hot tea, individual drops separate from the bulk of the milk, and come into contact with the high temperatures of the tea for enough time for significant denaturation - degradation - to occur. This is much less likely to happen if hot water is added to the milk."
Drink at 60-65C, to avoid vulgar slurping which results from trying to drink tea at too high a temperature.posted by bitteschoen at 1:13 PM on July 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
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