The British Tea Time Alarm

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I've been shocked over the last couple of weeks, it seems a lot of Americans were ignorant of our tea alarm. This has been part of our culture since World War II, to the point where we just assumed everyone knew about it, so we didn't bother mentioning it. I know Europeans are aware of it because they are always making fun of us for it, never mind the sarcastic comments that come from Aussies and Kiwis. Come on Americans, did you really not know, or are you winding us up?

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Is that like a little alarm going off in your head alerting you it's time for tea? Kinda like how dogs know what time the school bus drops off the kids each day or when I wake up before my alarm goes off if I have to get up in the morning?
 
JAS_OH1 said:
Is that like a little alarm going off in your head alerting you it's time for tea? Kinda like how dogs know what time the school bus drops off the kids each day or when I wake up before my alarm goes off if I have to get up in the morning?
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Well no, it is a nationally mandated pause for refreshment. You will notice that nobody from Britain posts on this forum between 3.00 and 3.15pm GMT.
 
The Velvet Curtain said:
Well no, it is a nationally mandated pause for refreshment. You will notice that nobody from Britain posts on this forum between 3.00 and 3.15pm GMT.
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I was mostly just kidding, but I didn't realize you had an "alarm" for it. I'm not always awake yet so no, I didn't notice. I'm semi-retired and I like to stay in bed until 11 a.m. or noon.

I think SandwichShortOfAPicnic breaks that rule anyway, at least sometimes.
 
lol, must be a regional thing, no tea alarm or mandated time of the day here.
Never drink the stuff myself, I'm coffee all the way.
Hmm, feels like coffee time, brb - boiling the kettle!
 
AdaptAndAchieve said:
lol, must be a regional thing, no tea alarm or mandated time of the day here.
Never drink the stuff myself, I'm coffee all the way.
Hmm, feels like coffee time, brb - boiling the kettle!
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You rule breaker, LOL!

I have a cup of tea every day, first thing, followed by a cup of coffee. Always in that order.
 
AdaptAndAchieve said:
ick tea, no ty, I have some in the house for any workmen - they normally want that.
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I hear ya, but I have always loved tea. My family are a bunch of coffee drinkers only, unless they drink iced tea (which all of my Texas relatives do and friends/family in Florida).

Lately I have been drinking green tea. I also like black tea with honey and cinnamon.
 
I've tried iced tea, and even fruit tea ... but it's really not my thing.
I will drink a 'standard' tea to be polite, but it really needs to be strong enough to climb out of the teapot unaided for me to enjoy it in any way. I seem to remember trying Darjeeling and Earl grey long ago, and they weren't too bad
 
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