Off Topic Thread 4.0

Zzippy

Podge_irl wrote: »

We have PG Tips in work. I've become one of "those people" who carry Barrys Tea 1,000km just so I can have a proper drink.

Ah Barrys Gold Blend. Enjoying a cup right now. Yer only man!*


*opens can of worms

stephen_n

It’s dried leaves in boiling water ffs

Zzippy

stephen_n wrote: »

It’s dried leaves in boiling water ffs

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Synode

stephen_n wrote: »

It’s dried leaves in boiling water ffs

The same way you're just a bag of meat

stephen_n

Synode wrote: »

The same way you're just a bag of meat

Well actually a bag of mostly water, but to a lion you and I wouldn’t taste differently people are so precious about tea, it’s very amusing.

stephen_n

stephen_n wrote: »

Well actually a bag of mostly water, but to a lion you and I wouldn’t taste differently people are so precious about tea, it’s very amusing.

Yeah it's bizarre. I drink probably two cups a day but try all sorts of different types. I dunno how you confine yourself to just Barry's.

mfceiling

Lads do none of you drink coffee? A drop tay is alright now and again but it's more a drink for women/oul ones.

thomond2006

Skinny mocha with turnip shavings on top, ftw goys.

Stheno

mfceiling wrote: »

Lads do none of you drink coffee? A drop tay is alright now and again but it's more a drink for women/oul ones.

Latte x 3 in the morning.

Earl grey/herbal tea the rest of the day

Bridge93

I drink neither with any regularity. Never drink tea, coffee very occasionally if I happen to be in a cafe for some other reason

Squidgy Black

2 coffees a day, either filter or flat white.

Never been much of a tea drinker.

Dubinusa

Growing up in Dublin, I drank tea. Tons of tea.
After leaving to America, I drink coffee. Tons of coffee.
Tea over here is like farm run off water.
It's weak and tasteless imo.
When back home I drink Americanos. Usually at Insomnia or Costa. Delicious

Dave_The_Sheep

Partial to a glass of cold water myself. Don't drink tea or coffee.

The reaction you get when you ask for that when someone offers you tea/coffee is hilarious. Like you've two heads.

Does my girlfriend's mother's head in too. She feels like she has to offer me something but water doesn't quite cut it. Bonus!

Podge_irl

Deleted User wrote: »

Yeah it's bizarre. I drink probably two cups a day but try all sorts of different types. I dunno how you confine yourself to just Barry's.

I drink anywhere up to 5 or 6 a day I'd say (depending). Dunno where you getting that anyone is "confining" themselves but you're going to have a staple drink.

swiwi_

[Deleted User] wrote: »

What the English drink cannot be called tea. Only Yorkshire Tea is in anyway comparable to Irish Tea and even that is a step down.

You'd need 3 teabags of PJ Tips to get the tea the right colour.

Insipid dirt water doesn't have the same ring to it.

What Irish teas do you recommend Emmet?

When it comes to tea I often go breakfast blend as I like tea strong as possible.

I’ve found these good

Fortum & Mason breakfast blend
Clipper Organic everyday tea

Personally I never found Barry’s that good. But I suspect I’m risking a forum backlash. At least from zzippy.

The Pheasant2

Often have a coffee, but drink tea by the pint (I find ceramic beer steins make excellent mugs), I'd have a few pints of tea daily - a Lyon's man myself, strong as possible with a splash of milk

troyzer

Texans are ****ing dreadful.

dregin

The Pheasant2 wrote: »

Often have a coffee, but drink tea by the pint (I find ceramic beer steins make excellent mugs), I'd have a few pints of tea daily - a Lyon's man myself, strong as possible with a splash of milk

I'd be in this boat. If I'm making tea for more than one, I usually throw everyone else's tea bags into my cup once theirs is made and leave them in there while drinking it.

dregin

Just realised that i can dole out infractions and warnings to posters on my ignore list when I unhide their posts here as I'm a mod on another forum. Fun time.

Buer

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

Partial to a glass of cold water myself. Don't drink tea or coffee.

The reaction you get when you ask for that when someone offers you tea/coffee is hilarious. Like you've two heads.

Does my girlfriend's mother's head in too. She feels like she has to offer me something but water doesn't quite cut it. Bonus!

The wife doesn't drink tea or coffee. People she has known for 20 years still offer her a tea when she is over in their houses. It's bizarre.

I drink two cups of coffee a day. I know people who drink 6-8 cups a day a few of which are take out. The money they spend on coffee is like the repayments on a small loan.

If I drank that much coffee my head would be in bits.

Podge_irl

I will happily have 6-7 cups of tea a day, but I'll also happily have zero. I always find the way people talk about needing their coffee slightly disturbing.

molloyjh

Podge_irl wrote: »

I will happily have 6-7 cups of tea a day, but I'll also happily have zero. I always find the way people talk about needing their coffee slightly disturbing.

I’m one of those people who doesn’t drink either and I have to laugh at the way people talk about coffee. There’s one of the coffee ads at the moment that says something like the first coffee of the day is the most important thing on earth. It is an addiction. A lot of coffee drinkers I know aren’t the same until they’ve had their first coffee of the day. Disturbing is the word.

irishbucsfan

I personally think its great that coffee drinkers and tea drinkers of all shapes and sizes can live together with such grace and harmony.

If anything I'd say it's the ateaists who are the least open-minded of the lot, ironically enough.

I'd be an agcofftic myself, partial to a bit of the coffee from time to time but I'm really just going through the motions, I haven't really studied the literature on the subject.

It's 2019 now, lets leave people to enjoy their beverages of choice in peace. These are ecumenical times we live in.

Buer

Coffee has a similar culture to weed or craft beer or Munster. A lot of people dabble but those who are really into it tend to be insufferable and pretty obnoxious about it.

swiwi_

Buer wrote: »

Coffee has a similar culture to weed or craft beer or Munster. A lot of people dabble but those who are really into it tend to be insufferable and pretty obnoxious about it.

Thirsty by human nature, drink coffee by the grace of God...?

Car insurance is such a cartel. Banking and Insurance industries need to be regulated into the ground.

Every time renewal comes up I feel like I'm shopping around for who is going to take the least advantage of me as opposed to where I can get a good deal.

Neil3030

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Car insurance is such a cartel. Banking and Insurance industries need to be regulated into the ground.

Every time renewal comes up I feel like I'm shopping around for who is going to take the least advantage of me as opposed to where I can get a good deal.

That's pretty much how capitalism works, right? They charge what the market will pay. Not what the product is worth. E.g. avocados are extortionately expensive in California despite being grown down the road.

stephen_n

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Car insurance is such a cartel. Banking and Insurance industries need to be regulated into the ground.

Every time renewal comes up I feel like I'm shopping around for who is going to take the least advantage of me as opposed to where I can get a good deal.

That’s a bit chicken and egg, it’s regulation that’s driving the price up. Central bank rules on cash reserves are making it very hard for insurance companies to make investments, which is basically how they operate. It’s killing competition as most of the companies can’t underwrite more business because of the increasing reserves.

stephen_n

Then there’s this, which is f’d up on a whole different level :eek:

errlloyd

Motor is actually really **** business for the insurance industry. A lot of companies have loss ratio for Motor in the 95 + percentile, and a combined ratio near enough 100%. The new EU solvency 2 legislation also restricts what sort of investments insurance companies can use to reserve for claims, which means they don't make as much investment income as they used to.

Cars are becoming safer and better, but they're also becoming more expensive to repair and congestion is going up. I reckon car insurance will continue to grow in price until driverless cars make it irrelevant.