abwarten und tee trinken!
-Will you have a cuppa? [phrase, say ‘Will yea have a cup-pa’]
An invitation to a social act of sharing a drink made from brewing dried leaves of an Asian shrub.
If tea does the body good, then I’m well on my way to superior health. It all started the first moment I arrived to Northern Ireland and I sat with Peter and Jim sipping my tea watching BBC NI news. From there it became a disease- tea drinking (Tee trinken) invaded nearly every corner of my life. In the morning I was automatically flipping on the kettle in to pour out a cup for breakfast with my toast. At 47A I used tea breaks to lure John and Michael away from their computers. And this dark drink even wove itself into my work day.
My work day is charmingly divided into sections, a cup immediately upon arrival, at tea break around 1030, after lunch, and finally at 1530. These breaks are usually initiated by the comforting sound of the kettle gurgling and someone poking his or her head in the office to ask, “Angela, have a cuppa?”
When I arrive home Jillian or Michelle usually brew a pot before dinner and finally one in the evening around 2100. Punjabi tea is the best, contained in tidy circular packet that fits neatly at the bottom of a cup. It must be made with a bit of milk till it reaches a lovely tan colour. It goes without saying that an abundant supply of McVitties milk chocolate digestives accompanies the pot at every tea episode.
Of course if you decline any- Mrs. Boyle from 'Father Ted' with come after you with her tea tray repeating "Go on, go on, go-on, go-on, goan goan!!"
An invitation to a social act of sharing a drink made from brewing dried leaves of an Asian shrub.
If tea does the body good, then I’m well on my way to superior health. It all started the first moment I arrived to Northern Ireland and I sat with Peter and Jim sipping my tea watching BBC NI news. From there it became a disease- tea drinking (Tee trinken) invaded nearly every corner of my life. In the morning I was automatically flipping on the kettle in to pour out a cup for breakfast with my toast. At 47A I used tea breaks to lure John and Michael away from their computers. And this dark drink even wove itself into my work day.
My work day is charmingly divided into sections, a cup immediately upon arrival, at tea break around 1030, after lunch, and finally at 1530. These breaks are usually initiated by the comforting sound of the kettle gurgling and someone poking his or her head in the office to ask, “Angela, have a cuppa?”
When I arrive home Jillian or Michelle usually brew a pot before dinner and finally one in the evening around 2100. Punjabi tea is the best, contained in tidy circular packet that fits neatly at the bottom of a cup. It must be made with a bit of milk till it reaches a lovely tan colour. It goes without saying that an abundant supply of McVitties milk chocolate digestives accompanies the pot at every tea episode.
Of course if you decline any- Mrs. Boyle from 'Father Ted' with come after you with her tea tray repeating "Go on, go on, go-on, go-on, goan goan!!"
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