Farah's never used a kettle before?!

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revolver44

12-09-2015

Originally Posted by Ænima:
“Enrico is extremely sensitive He had a go at me the other day for saying 'Tasha' for Natasha, saying he 'doesn't correspond with people who use pet names for housemates' when it was him who quoted me He also snapped at several other posters over silly things.”

Sounds a right fun guy

Originally Posted by adwalton:
“But you still have to boil water first to brew the tea before you let it go cold in the fridge”

Doze crazy Yank Barbarians!

pugamo

12-09-2015

Originally Posted by EnricoIV:
“"Yanks" tend to drink more hot tea, because it's cold up there. Southerners tend to drink more iced tea, because it's a more tropical climate.

Oh wait, you meant Americans? Well, Americans don't drink much tea. I think it has something to do with that dumping of it in the harbor when we kicked your sorry butts out of the country.”

This reads like something out of a cheesy American teen film

An Thropologist

12-09-2015

Originally Posted by Scots rool:
“That's why a lot of people from this country take a travelling kettle & teabags abroad with them when they go on holiday.

Yes, It was Spencer's sister who put in packet soup into a kettle.
Most Americans drink fresh coffee anyway, apparently they make lousy tea. ”

By and large that was my experience. They make great coffee but not so much tea. Where I lived I generally brewed the tea, the Americans I lived with found they liked tea and liked me to make it. LOL. But one time we went visiting to the Poughkeepsie home of the brother of the person I lived with. They made a pot of tea for 7 people using ONE feeble Liptons tea bag and luke warm water. Well as you can imagine I was horrified!"

It all ended well though. These were normal Americans and we had a good laugh at the divided by a common language thing. They brewed coffee. I made a proper pot of tea and we all settled down to the trifle I had made and brought for them to try. They loved it but not as much as they loved my Christmas pudding.

EnricoIV

12-09-2015

Originally Posted by pugamo:
“This reads like something out of a cheesy American teen film”

I wouldn't know. I don't watch them, but you sound like you must be well-acquainted with them.

EnricoIV

12-09-2015

Originally Posted by revolver44:
“Doze crazy Yank Barbarians! ”

There are none so blind as those who will not see.

21stCenturyBoy

12-09-2015

Electric kettles really aren't a thing in America.

It's the one thing that never fails to baffle me when I'm over there. The American method is much more laborious!

Scots rool

13-09-2015

Originally Posted by An Thropologist:
“By and large that was my experience. They make great coffee but not so much tea. Where I lived I generally brewed the tea, the Americans I lived with found they liked tea and liked me to make it. LOL. But one time we went visiting to the Poughkeepsie home of the brother of the person I lived with. They made a pot of tea for 7 people using ONE feeble Liptons tea bag and luke warm water. Well as you can imagine I was horrified!"

It all ended well though. These were normal Americans and we had a good laugh at the divided by a common language thing. They brewed coffee. I made a proper pot of tea and we all settled down to the trifle I had made and brought for them to try. They loved it but not as much as they loved my Christmas pudding.”

Hahahaha, that me laugh, I can visualise what the tea looked & tasted like with one teabag in the pot, & made with lukewarm water!.

patricia50

13-09-2015

In my experience they don't use electric kettles so I see that she was baffled but I think anything that doesn't involve lip gloss or a mirror would baffle Farrah.

moonlily

13-09-2015

Originally Posted by EnricoIV:
“Well, you know. I think you guys must have better instant than we do. Like I said, you hardly even see it here. Not sure if they carry it in every grocery store. My great-grandmother (and I think she died in the 70s) was the last person I knew who drank instant ... and it was absolutely vile.”

Try Camp coffee

(if you want vile)

Some of our instant is ok- but we do drink real coffee too.

moonlily

13-09-2015

Originally Posted by An Thropologist:
“By and large that was my experience. They make great coffee but not so much tea. Where I lived I generally brewed the tea, the Americans I lived with found they liked tea and liked me to make it. LOL. But one time we went visiting to the Poughkeepsie home of the brother of the person I lived with. They made a pot of tea for 7 people using ONE feeble Liptons tea bag and luke warm water. Well as you can imagine I was horrified!"

It all ended well though. These were normal Americans and we had a good laugh at the divided by a common language thing. They brewed coffee. I made a proper pot of tea and we all settled down to the trifle I had made and brought for them to try. They loved it but not as much as they loved my Christmas pudding.”

I remember my American friends (stationed on base here) always having Lipton's teabags, by the time it was strong enough to drink it was cold. I can remember them having fish sticks instead of fish fingers too.

Lilylilac

13-09-2015

In a hotel in Arizona at breakfast the waiter filled our pot of tea from the warm tap.

nattoyaki

13-09-2015

The voltage isn't an issue - I've lived in a country with a lower voltage than the US and everyone had electric kettles, so just cultural I guess.

xynaria

13-09-2015

Originally Posted by EnricoIV:
“Thinks I need to chill out.”

Damn it's just so annoying when people dream of the impossible ...

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