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In article >,
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> "Bruce" wrote in message news >
> On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 06:15:11 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 01:18:27 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
> >
> >>Does anyone know what is meant by this? I recently read a series of books
> >>by
> >>a British author. The books were her life story. She lived in a variety of
> >>places and often referred to the quality of tea as either being cheap,
> >>poor
> >>quality, better quality, superb quality, etc.
> >>
> >>Here, most places do not serve good tea because they will bring you a
> >>little
> >>pot of hot but not boiling hot water and a tea bag.

> >
> >>Could it be that the author meant that the tea she was getting was not
> >>made
> >>properly? Or is there some really crappy tea out there for sale?
> >>

> >
> >Never had crappy tea, but some are better than others. Maybe the
> >really bad stuff is blended into cheap bags. I don't know.

>
> The difference between good tea and bad tea is that they both taste
> like crap.
>
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>
> LOL I must admit, I am no great fan of tea. I was raised on it and was glad
> to leave it behind


Would I be ethnically stereotyping you if I was surprised at that?