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For my 3,000th post on DYR, I thought that I would ask one of the most obvious questions when it comes to putting the kettle on...
The $64,000 question: are you a tea or a coffee person?
I am personally a tea person, usually favouring Tetley teabags when I make a cup - and as it is just one cup, I don't usually use a teapot. I put the teabag in the mug before adding the water - and I always add the milk after the water of course, and then two spoons of sugar and stir well for a few seconds before drinking. I have got some coffee in the kitchen cupboard, but I usually save it for visitors if they are coming to see me. I did go into a "Maxwell House" phase a few years ago, only because of its blue jars, but I went back to tea immediately after that. I did switch to PG Tips because of their "free World Cup Mug" on special packs which was an offer too good to miss.
The ways that tea was advertised - Brian Glover giving Gaffer a voice for Tetley; Molly Badham's chimpanzees from Twycross Zoo got their 30 seconds of fame for PG Tips; and celebrities such as Frankie Howerd, Su Pollard and Cilla Black going oooh for Typhoo. And coffee was advertised with the shake of the beans for Nescafe "coffee at its best" courtesy of many C-list actors and actresses knowingly Gareth Hunt, Sarah Greene, and Una Stubbs; and Victoria Wood appeared in Maxwell House adverts not long after we were told to Get the Max.
Strange to say this, but I really used to enjoy sniffing an empty Tetley teabags box to smell that aroma of tea which had previously been in there. The smell of tea was great, and it made one want a cup.
My late mother was mostly a coffee drinker, drinking that horrible Camp coffee essence, and strangely, she only had cups of tea when she was visiting cafes on holiday in places like Skegness. My late father was a tea drinker, but as he was a diabetic in his later years, he had to use one of those special sweeteners that he could only have because of his condition.
Do you use a teapot, or a coffee peculator, and did that weird noise just like in the adverts when preparing Red Mountain? (wonderfully parodied by Bobby Davro). And when you have made the beverage, do you dunk the McVitie's biscuits into the drink? I personally don't like soggy biscuits and so I do not do that myself. It might have became a soap opera similar to the Gold Blend couple...
The $64,000 question: are you a tea or a coffee person?
I am personally a tea person, usually favouring Tetley teabags when I make a cup - and as it is just one cup, I don't usually use a teapot. I put the teabag in the mug before adding the water - and I always add the milk after the water of course, and then two spoons of sugar and stir well for a few seconds before drinking. I have got some coffee in the kitchen cupboard, but I usually save it for visitors if they are coming to see me. I did go into a "Maxwell House" phase a few years ago, only because of its blue jars, but I went back to tea immediately after that. I did switch to PG Tips because of their "free World Cup Mug" on special packs which was an offer too good to miss.
The ways that tea was advertised - Brian Glover giving Gaffer a voice for Tetley; Molly Badham's chimpanzees from Twycross Zoo got their 30 seconds of fame for PG Tips; and celebrities such as Frankie Howerd, Su Pollard and Cilla Black going oooh for Typhoo. And coffee was advertised with the shake of the beans for Nescafe "coffee at its best" courtesy of many C-list actors and actresses knowingly Gareth Hunt, Sarah Greene, and Una Stubbs; and Victoria Wood appeared in Maxwell House adverts not long after we were told to Get the Max.
Strange to say this, but I really used to enjoy sniffing an empty Tetley teabags box to smell that aroma of tea which had previously been in there. The smell of tea was great, and it made one want a cup.
My late mother was mostly a coffee drinker, drinking that horrible Camp coffee essence, and strangely, she only had cups of tea when she was visiting cafes on holiday in places like Skegness. My late father was a tea drinker, but as he was a diabetic in his later years, he had to use one of those special sweeteners that he could only have because of his condition.
Do you use a teapot, or a coffee peculator, and did that weird noise just like in the adverts when preparing Red Mountain? (wonderfully parodied by Bobby Davro). And when you have made the beverage, do you dunk the McVitie's biscuits into the drink? I personally don't like soggy biscuits and so I do not do that myself. It might have became a soap opera similar to the Gold Blend couple...
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