Tea making Tips - from 1941

Mike_1101 · 06-09-2011, 15:34

This short film was made to train the staff of wartime canteens in 1941.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnvYymrCn4g

My first job in the 1970s was in a large office complex where tea trolleys came round in the mornings and afternoons with two urns, one for tea, the other for coffee. It was drinkable but not great......

Does anyone remember a company that installed heated cabinets in shops (around 1995), the tea was sold in cans? Only problem was, the tea tasted foul.

diablo · 06-09-2011, 18:52

I'd rather have tea in urns than cans. We used to have the trolley with two urns when I started in the Civil Service in 1969. They put a tinful of dried milk in the coffee urn along with the coffee powder. It was an acquired taste.

I started taking in a large flask of tea after a while though.

Think I saw some new product which had some sort of chemical heating built into the can, which operated when the tab was pulled. (or did I dream that??)

06-09-2011, 15:34	#1
Mike_1101 Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Lancs Posts: 7,928	Tea making Tips - from 1941 This short film was made to train the staff of wartime canteens in 1941. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnvYymrCn4g My first job in the 1970s was in a large office complex where tea trolleys came round in the mornings and afternoons with two urns, one for tea, the other for coffee. It was drinkable but not great...... Does anyone remember a company that installed heated cabinets in shops (around 1995), the tea was sold in cans? Only problem was, the tea tasted foul.

06-09-2011, 18:52	#2
diablo Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Fylde Coast Posts: 8,103	I'd rather have tea in urns than cans. We used to have the trolley with two urns when I started in the Civil Service in 1969. They put a tinful of dried milk in the coffee urn along with the coffee powder. It was an acquired taste. I started taking in a large flask of tea after a while though. Think I saw some new product which had some sort of chemical heating built into the can, which operated when the tab was pulled. (or did I dream that??)

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