George Orwell: A Nice Cup of Tea, 12 Jan 1946 http://www.booksatoz.com/witsend/tea/orwell.htm is often cited as the correct _English_ way to take tea. No sugar. Lloyd Wood http://about.me/lloydwood sure, why not take your dietary advice from someone who died at the age of 46? ________________________________________ From: ietf [ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Randall Gellens [randy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 08 April 2014 05:17 To: Ole Jacobsen; Rgd.ietf Cc: IETF Discussion Subject: Re: RFC 7168 on The Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol for Tea Efflux Appliances (HTCPCP-TEA) At 8:16 PM -0700 4/1/14, Ole Jacobsen wrote: > Sat-too-long-and-is-still-hot is, if I recall, known as "stewed" > and anyone responsible faces possible deportation from the UK. A > very serious matter indeed, almost as serious as refusing to obey > the rules of a queue. Sitting and steeping are orthogonal, provided the tea preparation apparatus has a method to arrest steepage (e.g., a Chatsford tea pot with large-basket mesh infuser that one simply lifts out after the appropriate interval). However, my understanding was that the customary way to prepare British-style tea is to leave the leaves in all day, providing a strongly tannic tea which is better suited to copious milk and sugar. -- Randall Gellens Opinions are personal; facts are suspect; I speak for myself only -------------- Randomly selected tag: --------------- He hadn't a single redeeming vice. --Oscar Wilde