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Sat, 31 Jul 2010

Tea

I'm going insane in this country - the accents, the jaywalking, the food, the money, the poverty in the heart of Manhatten... suddenly I appreciate the UK much more.

So I have purchased an electric kettle, and set it up in the Carman basement, for the moment. I have also splashed out on a teapot, and one mug. (So far I haven't found any other mugs in the place, so bear that in mind if you wish to join me - $2.49 from the homeware store across the street.) I have brought two boxes of Twinings tea from the UK, and in the unlikely event that it runs out there are some brand names I recognise in the Westfield Market.

In the spirit of US philanthropy, I intend to donate this equipment for the betterment of Columbia University when I leave.

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 20:16 | Tags: , , | Comments (4)

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Posted by Kumar Appaiah at Sat Jul 31 21:00:23 2010
Tim,

I'll be in Debconf10 from 4th onwards. And, while Indian tea is the first choice (I'm from India, what more do you expect), I love English tea as well, so I think we should discuss tea during my visit to NYC! ;-)

Kumar

Posted by VelvetElvis at Sun Aug 1 00:43:05 2010
I can't handle downtown NYC either and I'm an American.  I'm enjoying reading all of your impressions of NYC on planet.debian tremendously though.

FWIW, Twinings can be obtained fairly easily in the US.  Over the past few years P&G tips has started being imported and distributed fairly widely.  I find myself drinking it more and more often for the (perceived) higher caffeine content despite the fact that  it's likely stripping the enamel from my teeth even with plenty of milk.

Posted by Dean at Sun Aug 1 11:55:18 2010
Stripping your tooth enamel? Tea is good for teeth, it contains flourides. I seem to remember that black tea is slightly better than green tea.

Of course if you're ruining tea with sugar then all bets are off.

Posted by Forrest at Sun Aug 1 17:22:35 2010
If you can't find decent food in Manhattan there's something wrong.

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Here, try this:

Tal's Bagels
333 E 86th Street (between 1st Ave & 2nd Ave)

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