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    Re: Tea!

    I'm going to offend people now. I LIKE cheap instant coffee.... and the only tea I drink is mint (sometimes brewed with the stuff that grows out of my fence)

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    Re: Tea!

    Quote Originally Posted by Tumble View Post
    I'm going to offend people now. I LIKE cheap instant coffee....
    I don't think that'll offend anyone ... however you may find yourself treated with less respect from now on

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    Re: Tea!

    Quote Originally Posted by Ttaskmaster View Post
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    Can Admins actually be banned/punished by Mods/other Admins?

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    Yes, and as a result, I have punished Zak accordingly ..... and locked his tea selection in my cupboard for a week, after which I will return the .... erm .... remnants.

    As a serious answer, it depends.

    Admins can create/remove mods. So physically, yes we can. In practice, it'd be a group decision.

    Admins are trickier. Superadmins are defined by a config file, so unless you have server-level access, a superadmin cannot be removed by control panel alone. So physically, maybe yes, maybe no. Administratively, decisions on creating or removing admins would be made by the active forum admins, but I certainly wouldn't action such decisions without approval by the site owner. We have the ability to do so, and the authority to do so, but short of an emergency (like an admin account being hacked) I would wait for owner's say-so.

    As for tea, I rarely drink it. Most mass-market 'brands' strike me as somewhere on a range between unpleasant and pond scum. I do enjoy more 'delicate' teas, but only if I'm in the mood for them which isn't that often.

    It does strike me as a highly subjective issue, though, with no right or wrong, and what I do or don't like doesn't really bear on what anyone else likes. Rather like which whisky or brandy you do or don't like. Or, I like Stilton, but not Brie. And Monet and Renoir, but not van Gogh or Picasso.

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    Re: Tea!

    Quote Originally Posted by Tumble View Post
    I LIKE cheap instant coffee....
    If it's the cheapy cheapy supermarket own brand, it's often very gentle and smooth. I hate cups of mud (Nescafe, cafetiere, etc).

    Quote Originally Posted by Saracen View Post
    Yes, and as a result, I have punished Zak accordingly ..... and locked his tea selection in my cupboard for a week, after which I will return the .... erm .... remnants.
    I'll just amble by and make sure it's locked, yeh....

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    Re: Tea!

    Quote Originally Posted by Ttaskmaster View Post
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    I'll just amble by and make sure it's locked, yeh....
    <HHGTTG mode>

    It's the one hidden down in the cellar, on the far side of the viper pit, behind the "Beware of the Panther" sign, in my hideaway on an island on the third planet of a specific star in the Andromeda galaxy. If the door isn't locked, please lock it as I'd hate my collection of man-eating giant spiders to escape.

    Oh, and mind the laser cannon. The targetting software is a bit 'itchy trigger finger'. The little <deleted> gave me a new parting in my receding hairline when I put his tea in.

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    Re: Tea!

    Oh, and what does the community think of Teapigs tea? I've got a few flavours here I've yet to try out.

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    Re: Tea!

    Quote Originally Posted by Zak33 View Post
    This thread is making me tense

    I CAN'T freshly boiled water to a tea,bag...it ALWAYS creates scum. I think it's the bleached teabag

    But I ALWAYS pour freshly boiling water over tea LEAVES in a pot.

    Tense discussion
    Do you live in a hard water area? I never get scum on my tea at home (or work) where we have soft water. If I'm visiting my parents though it's almost impossible to avoid scum.

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    Re: Tea!

    Quote Originally Posted by Saracen View Post
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    Forget that.... I'll just grab a cuppa from the small cafe in Rickmansworth. It's simpler and I actually used to live there, so they know me!

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    Re: Tea!

    Quote Originally Posted by Saracen View Post
    Oh, and what does the community think of Teapigs tea? I've got a few flavours here I've yet to try out.
    AWESOME

    Peppermint and Liquorice

    my lad LOVES them.. been a fan since he was 6 years old

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    Re: Tea!

    Quote Originally Posted by Butcher View Post
    Do you live in a hard water area? I never get scum on my tea at home (or work) where we have soft water. If I'm visiting my parents though it's almost impossible to avoid scum.
    yeah....monster chalk levels

    follow my instructions at your parents and your problem goes away

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    Re: Tea!

    Quote Originally Posted by Saracen View Post
    Oh, and what does the community think of Teapigs tea? I've got a few flavours here I've yet to try out.
    Really big fan of the Liquorice & Peppermint. Also like the the super fruit. And the Spiced Winter Red. And the Popcorn.


    Balls, there goes the last of my Christmas Amazon vouchers on tea.

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    Re: Tea!

    Sometimes I wonder about mankind.

    We can split the atom, understand (sort-of) our own DNA, put men on the moon and land spacecraft on both Mars and comets, but we still can't settle the question of milk first, or afterwards.

    I mean, you'd think all those megabrains would tackle really important questions in life, like how to make the perfect cuppa, ahead of all this poncing around in space or cracking Dark Matter or finding Higgs' boson, wouldn't you? When will they get their priorities straight?

    Higgs should've been more careful and not lost the damn thing in the first place. What next? His car keys?

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    Re: Tea!

    Quote Originally Posted by saracen View Post
    milk first
    are you some kind of barbarian?

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    Re: Tea!

    Quote Originally Posted by Splash View Post
    are you some kind of barbarian?
    See the previously quoted (not by me) article and ensuing comments. As for me, usually I avoid milk entirely (depending on the tea) so, that'll be a 'no', then. And if I do use milk, it's afterwards. I know which I prefer, but my point was there is no definitive answer.

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    Re: Tea!

    Quote Originally Posted by Saracen View Post
    Sometimes I wonder about mankind.

    We can split the atom, understand (sort-of) our own DNA, put men on the moon and land spacecraft on both Mars and comets, but we still can't settle the question of milk first, or afterwards.
    It has - milk first (for tea) milk last for coffee (if you have milk)

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    Re: Tea!

    Quote Originally Posted by Saracen View Post
    but my point was there is no definitive answer.
    This is the internet. Every answer is the definitive answer

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