2011-01-04
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quote 17:18:35
“ It’s quite common to be served a cup or a pot of water, well off the boil, with the tea bags lying on an adjacent cold plate. Then comes the ridiculous business of pouring the tepid water, dunking the bag until some change in color occurs, and eventually finding some way of disposing of the resulting and dispiriting tampon surrogate. The drink itself is then best thrown away. ”
Christopher Hitchens: How to make a decent cup of tea, following George Orwell’s golden rules in Slate.
The saddest thing about this paragraph for me is that, with the spread of Starbucks, Costa, Caffe Nero and their ilk, the same sentiment applies in London as much as it does here. At least there are still greasy spoons, if you look.
