I drink a ton of green tea. Is that so wrong?

Well, "parson's tea" is tea with a bit of rum or whiskey in it. I believe it was generally drunk to give the appearance of abstemiousness without the corresponding burden of complete sobriety. But I have just tried to look it up in the OED without success, and although I do not always limit myself to words which appear in the dictionary this does void my usual warrantee.

But regardless of appearances, after walking home from work on a frosty Wisconsin evening (i.e., at some point between September and May, inclusive) I have been known to make a strong cup of Oestfriesland tea, brown sugar, and bourbon. But since hearing about Catrin K.'s cannabis tea I'm thinking of switching to it.

Rick.

I sometimes have sake, hot tea, lemon, and honey (or more specifically, sake, bigelo 'I love lemon' tea, and honey). I think it is a decent low-alcohol drink, using just a couple oz of sake, and a normal size cup of tea.

- j

In Hungary "rumos tea" (black tea with rum) is a quite popular beverage, especially in the winter time, or when you have a flu. As the Hungarian saying goes, it tastes best without adding the tea... But I better stop before getting off topic.

György

I don't know about an overdose (particularly Bigelow) but I do know that if I have been chugging tea on a frequent basis throughout the day I begin to get a sort of "tight" sensation in my head that tells me I have had enough. It isn't that I go hyper from all the caffeine but it is definitely making my nervous system thrum and it isn't all that pleasant a sensation (as I imagine a "high" might be) that I would consciously seek to pursue it.

Much as I hate SoCo, the sweetness might just give a "sweet tea" sort of effect in tea.

--Blair "80-proof kool-aid."

On Mon, 17 May 2004 14:59:56 +0000 (UTC) Rick Chappell snipped-for-privacy@becrux.biostat.wisc.edu> broke off from drinking a cup of tea at Dept. of Statistics, Univ. of Wisconsin to write:

Indeed, while the term 'parson's tea' may be plausible, not only is it not to be found in the OED but it is not to be found in any slang references either. It seems to be a little used, or localised expression.

Matt

Matt Probert snipped-for-privacy@probertencyclopaedia.com answered:

You're right. I can't find it anywhere either. But, unafraid to spend time on obscure and utterly useless causes, I'll keep looking. Rick.

On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 15:29:38 +0000 (UTC) Rick Chappell broke off from drinking a cup of tea at Dept. of Statistics, Univ. of Wisconsin to write:

Hey you and me both. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, as the archaeologists say. If you do trace it's use anywhere, please let me know, I have an encyclopaedia to maintain!

Matt

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