No Coffee, Tea Please Comments

Tan Pratonix, What a delightful lesson in the lovely beverage of Tea. I thourougly enjoyed your detailed explanation of preparation, equipment, and purpose. Just a delight! Blessings Sir as I lift my own cup to you in agreement! Kathy

A very comprehensive look at coffee and tea. Unlike you, I drink both coffee and tea. M.Walker.

This is an epic tribute. Your kettle must be very slow. Byte the bye, I read this while drinking my coffee, so I hope you are not offended. I share your condescension toward mass-produced beverages (though I am not so snobbish as to not avail myself of the conveniency) , but you must try sipping a steaming cup of coffee at the first light of dawn in the old city of Antigua, from the rooftop of a converted monastery, watching the Volcan de Agua puff smoke into the blue dawn. Perhaps you've had the pleasure of sitting cross-legged on a pile of Turkish rugs in Antalia, sipping Turkish coffee- -the thought of Starbucks a million miles away Yes, life has its treasures, and many are found off the beaten path.

Tan, A wonderful tribute to tea. Thank you for the history lesson! ! I rate a 10

Nice and very cool, I recently started to drink more tea it's amazing :)

Er Sorry, Tan. I'm an incorrigible coffee drinker, tea only on sufferance! But I found your poem highly informative and your enthusiasm infectious! Coffee does produce withdrawal symptoms, I must admit. So I'm probably an addict. I think the Chinese say Pao Cha and the Russians Piot Chai to infuse Tea. very similar in all these languages. Most interesting poem but I don't think you'll convert me to tea! Prob too late!

I prefer coffee in the morning and tea thereafter, I am Canadian so we lie somewhere between the British and Americans.

Tea and coffee! Thanks for sharing.

Not true that Americans have never liked coffee. Before the Boston Tea Party, tea was always the most popular drink in this country. Quite an ambitious and entertaining poem you have written, however.