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Last weekend I sailed out of Long Beach, California on Royal
Caribbean's _Monarch of the Seas_ to Ensenada, Mexico. Be warned, if any of you ever cruise Royal Caribbean, that you will have to pack along an electric kettle, a teapot, and a supply of your favorite tea. Otherwise you'll be stuck with a pitiful selection of Lipton bagged tea. I tried to make do, but gave up and took up coffee again for the duration. stePH in cup: Vietnamese green tea |
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Always good to check out the Lipton's every ten years or so. See if
they've gotten better or worse, see if your taste buds have changed, see why more people don't drink tea. I've gotten out my Aldi's brand tea bags that are at least a year old. They're not as bad now, sort of like coffee colored water. The cigarette smell has gone out of them. I won't try them hot again, but I've got them soaking for iced tea. Toci stePH wrote: > Last weekend I sailed out of Long Beach, California on Royal > Caribbean's _Monarch of the Seas_ to Ensenada, Mexico. > > Be warned, if any of you ever cruise Royal Caribbean, that you will > have to pack along an electric kettle, a teapot, and a supply of your > favorite tea. Otherwise you'll be stuck with a pitiful selection of > Lipton bagged tea. > > I tried to make do, but gave up and took up coffee again for the > duration. > > > stePH > in cup: Vietnamese green tea |
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where is a good place to get lotus tea in socal?
![]() stePH wrote: Last weekend I sailed out of Long Beach, California on Royal Caribbean's _Monarch of the Seas_ to Ensenada, Mexico.... |
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Here's the cruise you should have taken - though it probably doesn't come cheap:
High Tea on the High Seas http://wileng.blogspot.com/2005/10/h...high-seas.html Quote:
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You can try Sea Palace on South St. in Cerritos. They have an impressive
selection. "Jason F in Los Angeles" > wrote in message ups.com... > where is a good place to get lotus tea in socal? ![]() > > stePH wrote: > Last weekend I sailed out of Long Beach, California on Royal > Caribbean's _Monarch of the Seas_ to Ensenada, Mexico.... > |
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that's not the cruise where everyone got sick all over the ship was it
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toci wrote:
> Always good to check out the Lipton's every ten years or so. See if > they've gotten better or worse, see if your taste buds have changed, > see why more people don't drink tea. Okay, then I'm now done with Lipton for the next ten years. I tried some of what was available on ship: "premium" black tea, English Breakfast, and a green tea with orange and passionfruit. It's all shit. stePH in cup: Dragonwell |
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toci wrote:
> Always good to check out the Lipton's every ten years or so. See if > they've gotten better or worse, see if your taste buds have changed, > see why more people don't drink tea. Okay, so now I'm done with Lipton for another ten years or so. I tried some of what was available on ship: "premium" black tea, English Breakfast, and green tea with orange and passionfruit. It's all shit. stePH in cup: Dragonwell |
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I wasn't aware that lipton produced anything other than the standard
crap-in-a-bag variety, but it seems reasonable that their other products would be of similar quality. |
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Lipton is the Gallo of tea.
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Barky Bark > wrote:
>that's not the cruise where everyone got sick all over the ship was it No, that was the "Use Booze Cruise." --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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In article .com>,
stePH > wrote: >toci wrote: >> Always good to check out the Lipton's every ten years or so. See if >> they've gotten better or worse, see if your taste buds have changed, >> see why more people don't drink tea. > >Okay, then I'm now done with Lipton for the next ten years. I tried >some of what was available on ship: "premium" black tea, English >Breakfast, and a green tea with orange and passionfruit. It's all >shit. Did you try the Darjeeling? It's also shit, mind you, but it's interesting shit. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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Barky Bark > wrote:
>Lipton is the Gallo of tea. That's a good analogy. They sell some cheap commodity teas for the Indian market, which aren't bad but aren't anything to write home about. Then they sell a much larger portion of total crap, often with artificial flavouring added, for the US domestic market. Hmm... maybe Mogen David is a better analogy. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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![]() stePH wrote: > Okay, then I'm now done with Lipton for the next ten years. I tried > some of what was available on ship: "premium" black tea, English > Breakfast, and a green tea with orange and passionfruit. It's all > shit. > > > stePH > in cup: Dragonwell I admit I bought a box of the green tea w/passionfruit/orange because it inrigued me about a year ago... exactly 2 teabags are removed from the box. It only took one cup for myself and my fiance to be very disappointed. I really should just throw it out totally (I had a thought that it might make good iced tea). It is acidic and harsh beyond anything I have ever tasted in a flavored tea. That ranks up there for the worst tea ever, the only thing in its class for a tie would be Tazo brand "Passion" tea. It is some purple herbal tea with flowers and herbs that is as acidic as anything ever crossing my lips. I honestly have trouble seeing how people who actually buy and consume these teas can "enjoy" them. No amount of sugar could mask those horrible experiences. - Dominic Drinking: Dragon Tears Jasmine |
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![]() Scott Dorsey wrote: > In article .com>, > stePH > wrote: > > > >Okay, then I'm now done with Lipton for the next ten years. I tried > >some of what was available on ship: "premium" black tea, English > >Breakfast, and a green tea with orange and passionfruit. It's all > >shit. > > Did you try the Darjeeling? It's also shit, mind you, but it's > interesting shit. Wasn't available. I've still yet to see Lipton's "Red Label" or "Green Label" teas anywhere. stePH -- I'll brew another pot of ambiguity. |
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that's true.. I can choke down lipton as iced tea.. and since more people in
the US drink iced tea than hot tea, those are probably the folks keeping that CIAB tea on the shelves. |
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