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Why does a cup of tea at work, always taste like shit?

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by codswallop

It never ever ever tastes as good as tea made at home.

codswallop | 16 May '08, 10:19 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Because the backbreaking and monotonous toil of work

sours absolutely everything aspect of existence


I drink

Rooibos (red) tea, so it always tastes good


get back to work

lazy employee


K


THX


No, I know why it is I was just being rhetorical

It's because of the bloody great big wall mounted urns that they use. The water is in the system for days at a time and tastes like sheeee it.


Actually

I have magic tea at work. My friend invented it. What happens is you make a cup of tea an hour before you leave work and by the time you have finished drinking it, it's time to go home. It works almost every time. Magic!


i think the basic problem is

tea tastes like gnats piss. stick to coffee.


if you work in an office of middle-aged women,

it tastes of shit. I can only assume that a combination of childbirth* and smoking has killed their taste buds. 'Oh this is a good cup of tea Adam' yes of course it is you prune because I've not:

a) scorched the milk by putting it in BEFORE the water
b) literally dropped and crushed the tea bag in the cup rather than let it brew
c) put fucking sweetex in it
d) spent time I should've been monitoring the brewing of the tea talking to the principle of childs school about how he's been sent home again for hitting someone/being hit by a teacher

phew, rant over </sexism></ageism>

*not sure about the science of this.


does it actually

make a difference the order you add milk to hot water, or hot water to milk?


yes it bloody does

SEE! its girls and their slap-dash attitude towards tea and other things!

p.s. are we still going shopping at lunch?


I don't do it myself!

it's a sign of impatience... I pride myself on my tea making skills. I even have a black mug that has a peice of chalk that goes with it so you can draw funny pictures on it!
ja sure! i hope the weather doesn't get any worse, or my morale will droop :)

You rich atm?


nope but i have

SOME money. Is nick joining us?


i'm on it


Plan is

Wild clothing, then we can proceed down the road to the music shop to look at guitars for Nick


lol

i just suggested that to him having not read this post via council email twenty minutes late...


Agreed.


work tea IS horrible

long life milk + economy sugar + recyled tea bags


try again

take your own mug, rinse out the cup first with boiling water as if it were a teapot or summat and bring your own teabags. Works for me!


^

i'm with you on this - its the water.