Two For Tea?
When I was young, it didn’t take me long to figure out that Europeans were first introduced to coffee by the tribes in South America in order to stunt their growth and make them less of a threat to said tribes. I mean, really, if you coffee drinkers were honest, you would admit that you would have been at least six inches taller with better muscle tone, if you had not daily ingested multiple cups of that horrible stuff.
Yes, I hate coffee. For something that smells so good in the morning as it perks, how in the world can it taste so close to burnt and bitter dirt? I can’t really say that I’ve ever tasted burnt and bitter dirt, but I can imagine what it tastes like and that is exactly how coffee strikes my taste buds.
I’ve had quite a number of people tell me, “Well, it is an acquired taste.” Why? Why would I want to try over and over to choke down a hot liquid in order to acquire a taste for burnt and bitter dirt? I mean, I won’t eat raw oysters, either, and the only difference there is that they don’t taste burnt or bitter – just dirty.
I can’t even stand coffee IN anything. Put it in a cake and call it Tiramisu? Are you kidding? Why ruin perfectly good pound cake? And coffee toffee? Bleh. If I’m going to pull my teeth out on candy, give me a caramel any day!!
I suppose that you have figured out that I don’t order any Caramel Toffee Pumpkin Spice Mocha Macchiato Vanilla Frappucino Vinte Lattes at any of those hoity toity Dobie Gillis Coffee House wannabes. (For those of you not older than the dirt that coffee tastes like, that would be the Dobie Gillis 1950’s television show.) No. I am a tea drinker and I am a persnickety tea drinker. I don’t like just any ol’ tea. My favorite two teas are our Irish Breakfast Tea and our ultimate Oklahoma Prairie Wedding Tea. The first one is a rich, dark, full-bodied organic tea with just a hint of natural sweetness and the latter is a light black tea infused with Kiwi, Raspberry, Strawberry and Mango flavors. Yum. They so totally beat dirt three times over.
So, the other evening I got a little crazy. I’ve seen what you coffee drinkers do to your coffees with the whipped cream and gently sprinkled spices or cinnamon sticks. I’ve always assumed that it is to keep from having to taste how really awful the stuff is. But as I was reaching for some cream to put into my cup of tea the other night, my eye fell onto a can of Real Whip hanging out on a tray in the door of the refrigerator. I grabbed that can and contemplated my next move. A pretty swirl of whipped cream wrapped around the surface of my tea and I lightly sprinkled cinnamon and nutmeg over the swirls. Oh my gosh. That was the most incredible tea I’ve ever had. Yummy. It could have been dessert!
So there you go. If you want to try something tasty, just relax one night with a lovely cup of tea and gild the lily. Who knows? Start drinking tea instead of coffee and you might catch up to the height you should have been in the first place!!
And while you’re at it, leave a comment below to enter our October Giveaway. On October 18th we’ll draw a name out of the hat and the lucky winner will receive our luscious New England Cupboard blueberry scones mix (with a can of real, wild Maine blueberries!) and a package of our new frybread mix. Two treats from two cultures! And you can enjoy them with a cup of spiffed up tea – or – if you really, really feel you have to do it, with a cup of coffee. Good luck!!
Happy Sipping!
MB
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Tags: Blueberry scones, Cinnamon, frybread, giveaway, Irish Breakfast Tea, Nutmeg, Oklahoma Prairie Wedding Tea, whipped cream
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Probably good I discovered coffee when I did–I’m already taller than average! It wasn’t an acquired taste for me (I never understand that either) and I don’t drink it for the caffeine. I just like it. I also love tea, though (and I’m drinking some right now). Kiwi tea sounds awfully nice!
If you’re looking to fancy up a drink, hot spiced cider is wonderful with some whipped cream, nutmeg, and a cinnamon stick!
I agree with your comments about the taste of coffee. I have tried to learn to tolerate it, but just cannot. Iced tea for me, please, :-)….
I’m with you on the coffee thing! WHY do people drink the stuff??
Yummy, Ally!! Hadn’t thought of that. Will have to try that around Christmas when we make mulled cider. Mmmm. And you are entered.
Ken, you are entered! And iced tea, it is!!
Because, Bruce, they like bitter dirt, silly!! 🙂 you are entered.
At nearly 6 foot tall (5’11) before I started shrinking with age and wisdom, I don’t think coffee was my enemy.
I started drinking Swedish gasoline when I was eight while sitting around the table with my grandparents and other kin folk. They were all downing the steaming hot drink straight from the pot on the stove.
At first try it was horrid, but with a lot of milk and a little coffee I found it pleasing to my youthful senses. At that time and many years to come I was the shortest kid in my class but graduated second tallest girl. Someone beat me by 1/2 inch, but she was also about 30 pounds heavier.
Coffee was never my enemy–steroids were. I gained 100 pounds after a huge dose that took me two years to come off of. So as I end this little ditty I shall kick off the Styrofoam cup which is the enemy of all greenies and get off to my exercise class.
Two things in life that are here to stay, my MS and my coffee beans. 🙂
I’m another coffee AND tea appreciator, and I LIKE the taste of coffee, although it’s not at all hard to understand why many people don’t. I’ve never thought majority rule had much to do with personal taste — hence the number of brands, flavors and colors, out there. That’s the beauty of the free market.
After reading in a Latin American Lit class about Argentine gauchos and their allegiance to Yerba Mate, I finally tried some of that, and found it to be interesting, too.
To each, his own. Long live the free market.
My daughter -in-love calls me a tea snob. But I have to have my tea, any way I can get it. Now, I will admit, I do drink my version of coffee…a bunch of sugar, lots of cream, and if there is any room left, I add coffee…..lol. However, my drink of choice is TEA, 24/7-365.
First let me say “Thank you, Thank you, Thank you” for all the help and advice you gave me on canning! We canned 6 quarts of salsa and 3 quarts of tomatoes. It was fun and we are planning on doing more next year!!
I did not expect to hear from you and was so excited when you called! I am so glad you did as we covered soooo much information. Just wish you had were closer so we could attend your classes. Thanks again.
Now, as to coffee…I have always taken mine straight. A boyfriend’s father always said, “If you are old enough to drink it, you are old enough to drink it straight!” Don’t know why but it has always appealed to me. However, I am a coffee snob…I don’t like mainstream coffee and if the beans are black and greasy looking they are roasted too much. This does make it hard to get a decent drink outside of home!
That said might have to get some of the Oklahoma Wedding Tea, that sounds quite yummy!
thanks again!
You are entered Tom!
You are entered Micheala! And I’m surprised you lived through your youth drinking that stuff!! Giggle
Smart lady, Judy! And you are entered
Its hot in the morning and iced tea every night.No coffee for me.I always drank tea with my grandmother when I was young and never stopped.
I am a coffee drinker, but also a tea drinker at night. I have never had fry bread, would love to make some with the mix if I win. The tea looks so yummy with the whipped cream in it. Please enter me into the drawing.
What a nice memory about drinking tea with your grandmother, Denise! You are entered.
You are most certainly entered, Janet!
I was one of the ” cream and suger ,with a little coffee ,sort until I married . My MIL put a cup for everyone ,when she was setting the table ,and I’m not sure she owned a sugar bowl, she did have milk ( no cream) but she made wonderful Coffee . A beat up old metal Drip pot ,and lots of Coffee grounds ,fresh for each pot,Boiling water . At first I would have to jump up and grab a glass of water ,but got used to it and came to love it . Had some health concerns later,and at that time the Doctors were saying no coffee ,so I switched to tea. Generally Gunpowder Green Tea,then I throw in some grated fresh ginger and a little honey , maybe some lemon peel. Can’t live without it now ,or at least I don’t think so . You are as good at writing as you are at cooking and preserving .Love all your tips .
Awwww. You are so sweet Barbara – in kindness and full of sugar! 🙂 You are entered. Thanks for reading the blog and for using the tip!
You are so welcome, Frankie! It is exciting to hear when readers actually do what you have attempted to teach! 🙂 I am so pleased that you all dove in the way you did. Hope you had fun. And you are entered.
I actually like coffee (with lots of cream and sugar, but not flavored cream), iced tea (preferably Tetley, with 7/8 cup of sugar per gallon), and hot tea (Earl Grey. No herbal teas!). 😀
I just had a Canadian explain to me what a scone is, and I’m supposing frybread is maybe some sort of fritter? At any rate, I’m intrigued, and would definitely enjoy the chance to try them.
Miss M, you are entered. But just to let you know, on our Oklahoma Pastry Cloth™, one of the sayings that can be picked to go on the card is, “An English Scone is nothin’ but a fancy Oklahoma biscuit!” 🙂 Frybread is more like sopapilla dough or beignet dough. Very crispy on the outside and light and fluffy on the inside.
I remember in my youth my grandmother LUVed coffee. I loved the aroma… but would not drink it due to health reasons.
She left us about 20 years ago.
I like warm/hot drinks like the next person. To me, they are just warm and soothing to the inners and it just comes out. To me, it is a comfort thing. So, I drank hot cocoa, but unfortunately, when I drink hot cocoa, the pounds just magically appear…and it affects my restful moments.
About a year ago, I ran across an ad for Teeccinio herbal coffee drink. I think at that moment I felt my grandmother tap me from the other side of the, and give me a BIG hug…and tell me “You are going to LUV this.”
I tried it… and the next thing I know I was placing an order all different kinds of flavors. Oh, my I fell in LUV!! Oh, my!!!!
I have found it is not only comforting….the comfort food I have missed, BUT it is seriously good and healthy for you.
Becky, thanks for sharing!! Glad you found a coffee that you really like. And you are entered!!
A fancy Oklahoma biscuit! 😀 That’s really funny… things aren’t so different after all, are they?
Now beignets… those I know! Oh dear… now I want some beignets…
Miss M, I loooooove beignets. When we were in New Orleans, we had them at the Café Du Monde and oh my goodness. Heavenly. Now I want some too.
I’m not big on coffee either — the last couple years I started liking fancy Starbucks drinks, but I still cannot drink straight coffee. I don’t even like anything coffee flavored! Scones are one of my favorite desserts! ANy flavor.
Amen on the scones, Carolsue!! And you are entered.
Oh heavens, yes! I have been to the Café Du Monde, though it has been some 30 years. Wonderful beignets!
Yep!!
No a huge fan of coffee unless it is flavored. More of a hot tea drinker. Winter and Summer. 🙂
Hi MaryBeth, you make me laugh out loud 🙂 ! You can hit my funny bone better than most!
I love coffee, but also love tea. I’ll have to try your suggestion with the whipped cream and spices….sounds very yummy to me. Do you have any tea without caffeine? They sound might tasty!
I need to get out my pastry cloth and make some scones 🙂
Hugs, Ruth
Yep, Ruth. We DO have some decaffeinated teas. In fact we’re getting ready to put up our newest tea – peach apricot – in bags and it comes as decaffeinated. And you are entered. Glad you got a laugh!
I love coffee and I like tea but it has to be iced. Don’t like it hot. I know I am weird. I would love to win your Oct contest. Thanks.