Comment by dukeyukey

5 days ago

If I (a Brit) moves to the US, I'd absolutely get a Yorkshire-branded tea caddy filled with teabags on my desk. Sometimes you need to live up to the stereotypes.

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cyberpunk  5 days ago

May be decorative only —- Isn’t it due due to their wimpy electricity that it takes forever to boil a kettle and that’s why everyone gets coffee externally? Or, absolute horror, they microwave teacups….

Or has the situation improved? :)

  • mghackerlady  4 days ago

    So, about the electricity bit. We absolutely can do 240v, we just don't make tea enough for it to be worth it.

    Also, I've never understood the disdain for microwave boiling. It's just easier 90% of the time

mghackerlady  5 days ago

I've always wondered, do that many brits actually like tea or is it more of a cultural thing? I've very rarely had a tea I like (though, I've never had one I actively disliked), and I can't imagine that's the case for most people but it makes me wonder

  • jowsie  4 days ago

    The majority like it, though there's always a debate about the correct preparation method. I've always felt like a bit of an outsider whenever a brew is offered and I ask if they have coffee, and I've lived here all mi life.