A Nice Cup of Tea, by George Orwell


	A Nice Cup of Tea, by George Orwell

Lexica

10-19-2008 9:30 PM

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tea, history, george-orwell

Lexica says:

From the Evening Standard, 12 January 1946.

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10-20-2008 3:59 PM

carrerinyes

Now that's a good cuppa

10-23-2008 4:50 PM

invictus

... except the last thing: I can't even imagine drinking tea without sugar.

10-28-2008 6:36 PM

jimbo1000

tea without sugar is the best but the milk goes into the cup first.

10-28-2008 7:53 PM

benaloy

Ceylonese Tea? Long gone.

It's now Sri Lanka ... and a civil war on there for 30 years now.

Had Orwell foreseen the nationlistic politician he would have said: Ceylon Tea for clarity.

One takes the milk to tea and adds sugar as finale.

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