Tea thread

[Dînadan]

Tangential topic because it's an amusing tea titbit: apparently during WW2, tea was so vital to the British war effort that in something like 1940/41, Britain bought up the world's entire supply of tea.

[Robovski]

Hob nobs are the best with tea, but they are a British thing.

Bah! Fool, everyone knows the best biscuit with tea is a Ginger Nut. I shall duel you over this, tea bags at dawn sir!

Ginger nuts are acceptable, as are digestive, bourbon cream and the classic custard cream, but that upstart Hob Nob is a cut above dear sir.

[Dînadan]

Hob nobs are the best with tea, but they are a British thing.

Bah! Fool, everyone knows the best biscuit with tea is a Ginger Nut. I shall duel you over this, tea bags at dawn sir!

Ginger nuts are acceptable, as are digestive, bourbon cream and the classic custard cream, but that upstart Hob Nob is a cut above dear sir.

On the contrary, the hob nob is far too big for its britches; indeed its very name screams of a superiority complex - hob nob indeed, tsk. The more humble ginger nut is far more adequate for the task.


;p

[yamiangie]

Oh a tea thread! I rather like Earl Grey Moonlight that Adagio has, I also like the lapsang souchong sample I got. They also let people make their own blends so I like one called Sherlock.

[Dînadan]

One bit of trivia on tea I've just recalled - in the U.K. the demand for tea is so high that we built a power station (inside a mountain) specifically to meet the power demands of all our kettles. Said power station (Dinorwig) has one of the fastest (if not the) fastest response times of generating electricity in the world.

[Robovski]

One bit of trivia on tea I've just recalled - in the U.K. the demand for tea is so high that we built a power station (inside a mountain) specifically to meet the power demands of all our kettles. Said power station (Dinorwig) has one of the fastest (if not the) fastest response times of generating electricity in the world.

It's technically a hydroelectric accumulator, it stores power generated when demand is lower by pumping water into an upper resevoir and then power is needed (like a tv break after Corrie) water is released by down to the lower resevoir via hydroelectric turbines, much like a dam. The station is very neat and worth a geek visit if you are up that way in Scotland.

[Dînadan]

. The station is very neat and worth a geek visit if you are up that way in Scotland.

That'd be a neat trick to pull off considering it's in Wales :p

[Robovski]

. The station is very neat and worth a geek visit if you are up that way in Scotland.

That'd be a neat trick to pull off considering it's in Wales :p

Sorry, I had the wrong accumulator. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruachan_Power_Station

[Dînadan]

Going off the Wikipedia stats, the capacity of that one is peanuts compared to the Welsh one (440megawatts in 30-240 seconds compared to 0 to 1800megawatts in 16 seconds for Dinorwig):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinorwig_Power_Station


Regardless, it's still interesting that the demand for tea in Britain is such that specialised power stations are required to meet its needs. Without them the post Doctor Who/sports match/soap/etc cuppa would probably overwhelm the National Grid.

[Robovski]

Well, yours is cooler.