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What's your default drink?

Started by Josquius, December 23, 2022, 07:28:00 AM

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When offered at someone's house what would you have?

Tea. Black
1 (4.2%)
Tea. Milk.
2 (8.3%)
Tea. Sugar.
0 (0%)
Tea. Milk+ Sugar
0 (0%)
Coffee. Black
11 (45.8%)
Coffee. Milk
3 (12.5%)
Coffee. Sugar
1 (4.2%)
Coffee. Milk + sugar.
3 (12.5%)
Green tea
0 (0%)
Tea. But with something odd.
1 (4.2%)
Coffee. But with something odd.
0 (0%)
In my country a default choice is also _______________
0 (0%)
I refuse to drink something anyone else offers. What if its poison?
1 (4.2%)
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1 (4.2%)

Total Members Voted: 24

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HVC

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Josquius

Quote from: celedhring on December 23, 2022, 09:16:53 AMSo we get a million iterations of tea but no water/beer/wine options? :bowler:

That said, black coffee for me. Beer when I'm at a friend's.
Alcoholic much? :p
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Duque de Bragança

Quote from: Sheilbh on December 23, 2022, 09:37:57 AM
Quote from: HVC on December 23, 2022, 08:42:30 AMJust because they invented it doesn't mean they're good at it. Look at England and all the sports they suck at :P
Chai is delicious too! :o

Quote*edit you sure about the name thing? Chá (corrected) in Portugal but I'm pretty sure it came by sea.
QuoteI think I was a bit simplistic :blush:
This is the map I meant and I think it's basically "cha" = probably overland and from the Mandarin; "te" = probably by sea and from the Fujianese dialect.

QuoteThe Portuguese get it first from India (spread by land) and the Dutch get it first from Sri Lanka, South-East Asia and Fujian where it's a variation on te. The Dutch then spread it to the rest of Europe:


Disagree with this part. The Portuguese got it through Cantonese in Southern China cf. chá vs tea.
Wiki also disagrees, for what it's worth
QuoteTea was first introduced to Western priests and merchants in China during the 16th century, at which time it was termed chá.[13]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea#Worldwide_spread


As for the Dutch spreading it to Europe, D. Catarina of Bragança had her part in Great Britain:

QuoteINFLUENCE OF A PORTUGUESE PRINCESS
In the contemporary era tea is so much associated with the British way of life that it can come as a surprise to learn that it owes much of its popularity here to a foreign princess. While it is not true to say that Catherine of Braganza, the queen-consort of Charles II of England, actually introduced tea to Britain, she certainly had much to do with it becoming a fashionable and widely drunk beverage.

https://www.tea.co.uk/catherine-of-braganza[/quote]

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A glass of water? I don't drink coffee or tea.
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Cola. I don't drink coffee and tea.
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Coffee, black, for breakfast and after lunch.

Otherwise water.
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Quote from: Sheilbh on December 23, 2022, 09:37:57 AM
Quote from: HVC on December 23, 2022, 08:42:30 AMJust because they invented it doesn't mean they're good at it. Look at England and all the sports they suck at :P
Chai is delicious too! :o

Quote*edit you sure about the name thing? Chai in portugal but I'm pretty sure it came by sea.
I think I was a bit simplistic :blush:

This is the map I meant and I think it's basically "cha" = probably overland and from the Mandarin; "te" = probably by sea and from the Fujianese dialect.

The Portuguese get it first from India (spread by land) and the Dutch get it first from Sri Lanka, South-East Asia and Fujian where it's a variation on te. The Dutch then spread it to the rest of Europe:


My understanding of the tea/Chai difference is that it depended from which part of China the traders sourced it.

Richard Hakluyt

It is archaic but "char" was certainly used by British people as an alternative to "tea"; I still use it on occasion though I'm not sure people under 40yo would know what I was talking about.

My main drink is black tea.

Sheilbh

Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on December 26, 2022, 07:07:55 AMIt is archaic but "char" was certainly used by British people as an alternative to "tea"; I still use it on occasion though I'm not sure people under 40yo would know what I was talking about.
Yeah although I think that's an imperial hangover from India :hmm:
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Josquius

Quote from: Sheilbh on December 26, 2022, 07:18:26 AM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on December 26, 2022, 07:07:55 AMIt is archaic but "char" was certainly used by British people as an alternative to "tea"; I still use it on occasion though I'm not sure people under 40yo would know what I was talking about.
Yeah although I think that's an imperial hangover from India :hmm:

Isnt it a Cockney thing to call tea chai?
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Gups

Quote from: Josquius on December 26, 2022, 08:15:14 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on December 26, 2022, 07:18:26 AM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on December 26, 2022, 07:07:55 AMIt is archaic but "char" was certainly used by British people as an alternative to "tea"; I still use it on occasion though I'm not sure people under 40yo would know what I was talking about.
Yeah although I think that's an imperial hangover from India :hmm:

Isnt it a Cockney thing to call tea chai?

Not that I know of. Rhyming slang is Rosie Lee but nobody says that either.

mongers

Quote from: Gups on December 26, 2022, 08:25:29 AMNot that I know of. Rhyming slang is Rosie Lee but nobody says that either.

Yes, I don't ever remember hearing anyone use either, maybe in film/tv for an authentic flavour of the time it's set in. 
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