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As an ex founder of similar ideas, good luck to you. This needs to happen. I'm just curious: doesn't tea give you a British angle?
by alain94040 12y ago
As an ex founder of similar ideas, good luck to you. This needs to happen. I'm just curious: doesn't tea give you a British angle?
- zatkin 12y agoComing soon: Coffee with strangers.
- justizin 12y agoRetro throwback: beer with strangers
- Paul_S 12y agoYou don't really need a site for that - just walk into a pub.
- justizin 12y agoThat was my notion. ;) When I moved to SF ~10y ago, you could get tea or coffee with strangers by walking into a cafe, but it's become taboo to talk to strangers in public when sober.
- ankitshah 12y agoAll about breaking down the barriers that exist between us. The grander vision is to create systems that make our cities feel more like neighborhoods. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYcX534JqG4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYcX534JqG4
- smacktoward 12y agoShortly followed by "fistfights with strangers."
- justizin 12y agoAt least, "loud political arguments with strangers"
- qmr 12y agoWe need something abstract that will support any beverage. https://xkcd.com/974/ https://xkcd.com/974/
- mbrock 12y agoTea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world after water, and it comes from China, not Britain! Obvious, perhaps, but the popular association of tea with Britishness is a tragedy that must be stopped. That's why I also firmly reject the ludicrous notion that the artificially scented "Earl Grey tea" is some kind of default option; why give such credence to the habits of 19th century British aristocrats?
- keenerd 12y agoArtificially scented? The bergamot orange is a real plant. Every culture that has tea will have flavored teas. It gives you something to do with the low-grade leaves. Just last night I tried ginseng oolong for the first time. Is it as artificial as earl grey?
- mbrock 12y agoSo they say. Sorry, I'm half joking, half referring to this, from Wikipedia: "Tea flavoured with bergamot to imitate the more expensive types of Chinese tea has been known in England at least since the 1820s. In 1837 there is a record of court proceedings against Brocksop & Co. who were found to have supplied tea 'artificially scented, and, drugged with bergamot in this country.'" Yes, I'm quite a big fan of oolong flavored with osmanthus; haven't tried ginger.
- desas 12y agoEarl Grey is not even the default option in Britain...
- ankitshah 12y agoPerhaps for those who are a little more Anglophilic :) But generally, no. Haven't had any trouble on this front, thankfully!