Lewis Perin wrote:
writes:

This is from "Down and out in Paris and London" by G.
Orwell:
[...]
This is a passage on how he and other tramps had to pray
for half an hour in a mission in order to get a free cup
of tea and two buns.

That's a strange book. I bounces between sharp observation and blind
prejudice.

Indeed, there was a funny stab at armenians,
'trust a snake before trusting a jew, trust a
jew before you trust a greek, but never trust
an armenian.'


Orwell also wrote an essay on tea brewing, although I don't agree
with some of his ideas there.

Right. When he grew up, his politics improved but his tea aesthetic
turned Colonel-Blimpish.

Well, I think the only good tea available at the time
was the type of english breakfast or irish breakfast
blends, so he couldn't say much about other
varieties, but his advice on these strong english
teas was more or less spot on. He mentions that
chinese teas are not very good, but I think he
meant green teas and the ones that he could
get were likely low grade and stale..


/Lew
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