"A venti transparento? Coming right up, sir. That'll be $3.52 with
tax. Have a nice day."


Blair P. Houghton wrote:
Carmen wrote:
At Starbucks you get a previously unused cup of hot water and a Tazo
teabag. I'm curious, how do you manage to mess that up and get coffee
in it? :-P~

Starbucks would come up for a name for "previously unused cup of hot
water" implying it's a variety of coffee. The "Transparento," perhaps.

And Tazo sure ain't tea... what do boiled coffee leaves taste like?

--Blair

On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:31:37 -0400, wrote:

I understand that mixing coffee and tea in the same cup is widely
popular in many Asian countries.

I have had that in Nepal once. I was on a nightbus from Kathmandu to
the Indian border. At some nameless place were we had a brief stop
this "Coffee-Tea" concotion was the fad of the town. Several guys were
pushing it to bus passangers.

I had a cup. It was heavy on milk and dark brown. Then I don't
remember any more. ;-)


Lars
Stockholm

Blair P. Houghton wrote:
Carmen wrote:
At Starbucks you get a previously unused cup of hot water and a Tazo
teabag. I'm curious, how do you manage to mess that up and get coffee
in it? :-P~

Starbucks would come up for a name for "previously unused cup of hot
water" implying it's a variety of coffee. The "Transparento," perhaps.

And Tazo sure ain't tea... what do boiled coffee leaves taste like?

laughing Let me guess, you're replying from the tea group? I enjoy
tea, but what sort varies widely with my mood, the weather, my
hairstyle (just kidding about the last one). On a cold brisk windy day
I might well go for an ill-mannered but brawny cup of good old Lipton
tea. On a cold winter's evening I might opt for a Celestial Seasonings
herbal tea and on cool morning in early spring go for some Wedgwood
Darjeeling. My true love (see also: obsession) is coffee, but teas
definitely have their place.

Carmen

Pretty damned popular in the Chinese restaurant dives of
Brooklyn, where you'll have no trouble at all finding it.
Comes with lots of half and half, to add insult to injury.
Michael


I've heard this same rumor but I've never seen it served. I don't know if
it is an urban legend or not.

I understand that mixing coffee and tea in the same cup is widely
popular in many Asian countries.

Wondering if anyone in the news group has encountered this sort
of beverage -- are there standard ways of preparing this beverage,
etc.

Lars wrote:
On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:31:37 -0400, wrote:

I understand that mixing coffee and tea in the same cup is widely
popular in many Asian countries.

I have had that in Nepal once. I was on a nightbus from Kathmandu to
the Indian border. At some nameless place were we had a brief stop
this "Coffee-Tea" concotion was the fad of the town. Several guys were
pushing it to bus passangers.

I had a cup. It was heavy on milk and dark brown. Then I don't
remember any more. ;-)

And when you woke up all your money was gone?
--scott


--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

On 12 Jun 2006 13:39:26 -0400, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

I had a cup. It was heavy on milk and dark brown. Then I don't
remember any more. ;-)

And when you woke up all your money was gone?

Almost. I still had them but they were worthless. We had crossed the
Indian border, and after that nothing was ever the same again.
India!
Where the gods are for real, and you realize what kind of a person you
really are.

I long for her every day.

I actually believe Roger Waters has a daughter named India. Nice!


Lars
Stockholm

I don't believe that mixing coffee and tea together tastes good. If
someone does have a recipe for one of these mixed drinks that tastes
good, I would be interested in hearing it as well.




wrote:
I understand that mixing coffee and tea in the same cup is widely
popular in many Asian countries.

Wondering if anyone in the news group has encountered this sort
of beverage -- are there standard ways of preparing this beverage,
etc.