Where's Larry Kart?

[JSngry]

Americans might be able to build an atomic bomb and put a man on the moon but they can't make tea.

The day before Alan Moss/The Magnificent Goldberg came to visit us @ our house, my wife said, "Do you think I should offer him tea?"

I chuckled, and told her, no...don't even try to go there.

Fortunately, either Alan was a really good sport or else really liked it (or maybe it was the only semi-acceptable choice ), but at the barbeque, we offered a beverage selection that included iced tea that was a brewed mixture of Lusianne ice tea tea bags & Constant Comment & it seemed to be well-recieved by our guest-of-honor.

Even so, I seriously doubt that it was enjoyed as "tea" per se. But at least we didn't make the miostake of not knowing what we didn't know, so I guess that goes down as a net-nothing on the Hospitality Scoreboard. At least I hope so....

[Chuck Nessa]

Sorry Cary. I decided to delete the post.

Edited May 4, 2010 by Chuck Nessa

[.:.impossible]

Is it really so tense in the USA?

Yes, though relative to your role in this thread, no.

I haven't been reading the board enough recently to know what has led up to this, but wow.

So where's the party?

[JSngry]

Party at my house, just gotta be out by 11 PM or so. It's a work night.

Things ain't what they used to be, although we still try to do the best we can with what we got!

[AllenLowe]

"Is it really so tense in the USA?"

well, as the old button used to say:

"support mental health or I'll kill you"

[.:.impossible]

Some other time Jim? It's been about ten years! Bev, he's more of a dick in person. Without actually meeting the guy, you've truly pegged him. Most impressive.

He don't need nobody stickin up for him. This ain't necessary, but hell.

Hope I said that right.

[JSngry]

Said just fine hommes, said just fine.

[papsrus]

Oh, I do! "A medium black coffee please", rather than "an Americano"!

On the plus side, even the Starbucks type places over here are able to make tea.

Not the case when I visited New York. Put tepid water in a cup. Dunk a teabag. What? Might have been appropriate in Boston in the 1770s but today....

Never mind all that. Let us now contemplate ... the $12 cup of coffee!

Made from handpicked Ethiopian beans, the coffee costs so much due to the long development and processing time.

"There are flavors you would expect in a really nice glass of wine -- it's a cacophony of nuances," Steve Holt, vice president of Ninety Plus Coffee, the company distributing the beans, told the New York Post. "You detect flavors of apricot, pineapple, bergamot, kiwi and lime. The deeper tones are levels of chocolate, and the finish is super clean."

Sounds super disgusting.

Cacophony

–noun,

2. a discordant and meaningless mixture ...

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

On the plus side, even the Starbucks type places over here are able to make tea.

Not the case when I visited New York. Put tepid water in a cup. Dunk a teabag. What? Might have been appropriate in Boston in the 1770s but today....

My stereotyping there can be backed with extensive scientific evidence. Americans might be able to build an atomic bomb and put a man on the moon but they can't make tea.

1 I never go in Starbucks in the UK. Never ever. But Starbucks in the US was the only place where I could guarantee getting a half-decent cup of tea. Otherwise, it was always as you describe, Bev. Even Belgians know better than that

If Shawn is watching this thread, he might come up with a you-tube link to the record he played me of Jack Bruce and some US punk band giving Americans instructions for making a proper cup of tea properly.

MG

Americans might be able to build an atomic bomb and put a man on the moon but they can't make tea.

The day before Alan Moss/The Magnificent Goldberg came to visit us @ our house, my wife said, "Do you think I should offer him tea?"

I chuckled, and told her, no...don't even try to go there.

Fortunately, either Alan was a really good sport or else really liked it (or maybe it was the only semi-acceptable choice ), but at the barbeque, we offered a beverage selection that included iced tea that was a brewed mixture of Lusianne ice tea tea bags & Constant Comment & it seemed to be well-recieved by our guest-of-honor.

Even so, I seriously doubt that it was enjoyed as "tea" per se. But at least we didn't make the miostake of not knowing what we didn't know, so I guess that goes down as a net-nothing on the Hospitality Scoreboard. At least I hope so....

It was good, thanks Jim. But tea is tea. Iced tea is iced tea. Each has to be drunk on its own terms.

MG

[Jazzmoose]

...I could apply to be number 6 -

[ghost of miles]

Upping this because I just noticed Larry hasn't posted since July 10, which seems like a long absence by his usual posting standards.  Hope all's well!