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Back home!
« on: March 19, 2008, 01:48:29 PM »
Just got back to England from 5 days in New York. I really love it there! The people are (generally) really friendly and the atmosphere is like nowhere else I've ever been. It's really nice to go to a coffee shop and be able to have a conversation with the people who work there, rather than being grunted at, and for "have a nice day" to sound genuine rather than seeming like a thinly-veiled threat of a stabbing if you look at them the wrong way, as it so often does in England.

I do have two suggestions though. Please, please America, sort your bloody tea out. Tea leaves should remain separate when wet in the bag, not turn to pulp which refuses to brew. Also, please start importing Cadbury's chocolate. Much appreciated.

Apart from those two misdemeanours, I had a fantastic time  in NY. And all the complements from locals about my bleach blonde mohican and Union Jack DMs more than made up for the lack of decent tea and chocolate ;-)

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Re: Back home!
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2008, 01:57:22 PM »
Union Jacks DM?
And a bleached mohican is plain wrong (but I do like it :oops: )
Btw. you British better do something about your coffee :-P
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Re: Back home!
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2008, 02:00:53 PM »
Union Jack DMs:


As for the mohican, you know I can pull of that look ;-) I don't care much about British coffee. Real Brits don't drink the foul stuff :-P

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Re: Back home!
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2008, 02:08:40 PM »
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Union Jack DMs:

Ah, boots.
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As for the mohican, you know I can pull of that look ;-)

 :oops:
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I don't care much about British coffee. Real Brits don't drink the foul stuff :-P

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And what's about that stuff, what's it called again, something like "Irn Bru"? :-P :-P :-P

*enjoying his espresso arabica corazon au lait
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Re: Back home!
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2008, 02:38:26 PM »
For those living in the UK, I have yet to find coffee as nice as "Costa Coffee"... They do sell their beans too, which I also recommend for your coffee makers!
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Re: Back home!
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2008, 02:50:15 PM »
Well, here in NL, you should try Simon Levelt. Also for tea.
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Re: Back home!
« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2008, 03:49:31 PM »
@Speel
Nah, Irn Bru is more (stereo)typically associated with the Scots. English people drink tea from floral bone-china cups and saucers with a doily on the table.

@bloodline
The problem with Costa is that they make their tea using the coffee steamer. The water is far too hot and not only spoils the taste of the tea, but makes it too hot to drink. Then they serve it in a ridiculously shaped cup which is only about 3" deep but with a massive rim. This has the result of a massive surface area, meaning that the tea goes from boiling hot to luke warm within about 2 minutes.

Given the choice of sitting in a crowded coffee shop gulping down scorching hot and then room temperature water mildly flavoured with cheap tea, or a nice hot mug of PG in the comfort of my own home, I would choose the PG any day...

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Re: Back home!
« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2008, 04:11:13 PM »
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Nah, Irn Bru is more (stereo)typically associated with the Scots.
I drank it after a bet
(and no, I didn't drink all of it)
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Re: Back home!
« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2008, 11:42:53 PM »
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Nah, Irn Bru is more (stereo)typically associated with the Scots. English people drink tea from floral bone-china cups and saucers with a doily on the table.


Rab C. Nesbit... I rest my case...

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The problem with Costa is that they make their tea using the coffee steamer. The water is far too hot and not only spoils the taste of the tea, but makes it too hot to drink. Then they serve it in a ridiculously shaped cup which is only about 3" deep but with a massive rim. This has the result of a massive surface area, meaning that the tea goes from boiling hot to luke warm within about 2 minutes.


Never had their Tea... Their Coffee is the stuff of legend though...

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Given the choice of sitting in a crowded coffee shop gulping down scorching hot and then room temperature water mildly flavoured with cheap tea, or a nice hot mug of PG in the comfort of my own home, I would choose the PG any day...


Next time you are in London, I will drag you to a Costa for a latte and a Muffin :-)
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Re: Back home!
« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2008, 12:32:44 AM »
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 I really love it there! The people are (generally) really friendly and the atmosphere is like nowhere else I've ever been.
NY is a great city. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

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Please, please America, sort your bloody tea out. Tea leaves should remain separate when wet in the bag, not turn to pulp which refuses to brew. Also, please start importing Cadbury's chocolate. Much appreciated.
:lol: personally I like herbal tea. And we can get Belgian chocolate so great choclate can be had here. In fact Anything can be had in NY if you know where to look.

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And all the complements from locals about my bleach blonde mohican and Union Jack DMs more than made up for the lack of decent tea and chocolate ;-)
I had a friend who had 40 hole Doc Martins!

and how did they like your tattoo   :-D
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Re: Back home!
« Reply #10 on: March 20, 2008, 12:34:44 AM »
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Btw. you British better do something about your coffee :-P
oh, yeah, the English have a problem with coffee.....I would just do without if I ever was to visit.

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Re: Back home!
« Reply #11 on: March 20, 2008, 09:39:17 AM »
@bloodline
Well I actually do like Costa's muffins, so I will take you up on that (and chuck the latte in a plant when your back is turned).

@cecilia
I did think of you actually as we were travelling from JFK to Manhattan and saw Brooklyn on the map. I was thinking of popping in to see you :-) You could see my tattoo in person then! I haven't been to the gym for ages so don't really have the body for vests at the moment, but I was wearing rather snug t-shirts which let the tatt poke out :-D A few heads turned in the hotel (it was very posh, and I'm not...) but that could have been anything - the hair, the boots, the tattoo... ;-)

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Re: Back home!
« Reply #12 on: March 20, 2008, 10:29:32 AM »
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Btw. you British better do something about your coffee :-P
oh, yeah, the English have a problem with coffee.....I would just do without if I ever was to visit.

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You better go to my place for coffee, since I have mastered the art of making espresso :-)
When I went to GB I always drank coffee at home (well, my sis' home that is)
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Re: Back home!
« Reply #13 on: March 20, 2008, 10:34:47 AM »
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:lol: personally I like herbal tea.
Don't tell me you also love carrot-cake ;-)
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Re: Back home!
« Reply #14 on: March 20, 2008, 10:40:46 AM »
I'm actually now quite interested in NY...
Isn't it too much of a hassle to go to NY? Getting a visa and all that kind of stuff?
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