Hello Hello Hivians
This morning I was reminded of this post The Great British Cup of Tea from @mypathtofire and I thought I would do my version...
It's all about the water!
Okay the water and the tea of course blended together make the perfect ☕ .
The problem with Britain is much of it is England and most of England has hard water...
Scotland has soft water...
So what you say!
The main difference between hard and soft water is the amount of dissolved minerals it contains.
Hard water contains high levels of minerals like calcium and magnesium and water with 100 parts per million (ppm) or more of minerals is considered hard.
The main problem to me with hard water, is that you get mental limescale buildup in appliances. I remember when I worked in London and other places in the south of England, the elements in kettles would get bowfing very quickly!
It would even float in your cup of tea...
Ewww!
Now on the other hand ....
Yes my tea of choice in Scotland to capitalise on the nicer water is Scottish Blend which has been specially blended for Scottish Water...
No idea what that means, but it does taste good.
Working from home this week
I have a pleasant week this week as I will be 100% working from home.
Which meant I could start this morning with a nice gentle cup of tea. I did not need to be wired awake.
So I picked out a couple of teabags and got the kettle boiling...
No floating limescale jobbies in my kettle thank you very much...
Yes the kettle was chosen as it lights up blue when boiling the water lol.
I don't use cups any more for tea or coffee come to think of it. No, it is mugs, now of course back in the day, tea was served in your best bone china cups. These would be thin walled.
The Scotland mug is actually Mrs T's favourite mug for tea as it has thinner walls.
Then you let it steep.
Steeping time is more important with different teas that don't use water.
You can tell I made these mugs of tea because of the tea bags.
Mrs T on the other hand will get tea leaves and put into little strainers to dangle in the mug!
Usually green tea but she has others too.
However we are having breakfast tea and that means a dod of milk...
Talking of breakfast, in this house it was toast this morning...
Butter and orange marmalade for the Scot and Peanut butter and raspberry jam for the American.
One thing about Scottish Blend that I like ....
... is that everything is biodegradable, they got rid of the plastic outer wrapper. I do my best to eliminate plastic where possible so whenever I see a product doing it, then often I will get it...
RAINFOREST ALLIANCE CERTIFIED 100% Certified Tea
Scottish Blend tea is fully Rainforest Alliance Certified™
By choosing Scottish Blend, you are choosing a brand that is helping to protect the environment, ensure decent working conditions for tea farmers and provide access to education and healthcare for them and their families.
Yes hopefully the tea workers actually benefit from the Rainforest Alliance Certification...
So there we have it, my great Scottish cuppa this morning!
And to work I must get now... So thanks for visiting and have a wonderful new week!
All images and ramblings are from me, the mad Scotsman TengoLoTodo unless otherwise stated. All photos captured with my Google Pixel 9 Pro XL and have not been edited.
@tengolotodo October 14th 2024 (Oct 8 Premium 2 VR)
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