tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post1221874704005587265..comments2024-03-29T04:01:31.445-04:00Comments on Lovely Bicycle!: I Like Coffee, I Like Tea...Velouriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359329171411037482noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-67909459790033633542013-03-31T19:00:52.479-04:002013-03-31T19:00:52.479-04:00Dollar Store coffee in a French press, tea loose b...Dollar Store coffee in a French press, tea loose by the cup - Lapsang Souchong or Earl Grey for me. <br /><br />There's something very civilized in feel about making tea from loose leaves. And done right, it's not a terribly expensive luxury. I get the same "living the good life" feeling from drinking loose tea as when I sit on my porch smoking Black Cavendish tobacco from my dad's pipe.<br /><br />"Postman's tea" (as the Russians call it because it comes in envelopes) just seems like I'm drinking a decoction of floor sweepings. I get no more joy from it than I do drinking coffee from an electric maker.<br /><br />Not long ago I made a "Thermos Corset" (my daughter's name for it) so I could carry a thermos of coffee, tea or stew upright on my bike's cargo rack. It was an adaptation of a design found in a book put out by Tandy Leather Factory. It never fails to get noticed; but more than its attractiveness, it allows me to carry drink or grub as opposed to stopping and buying it.<br /><br />gviglobal village idiothttp://www.alpharubicon.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-42422011729049578362013-03-11T08:31:02.156-04:002013-03-11T08:31:02.156-04:00Thanks for the tips! Thanks for the tips! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-75584193290033669032013-03-09T21:26:45.836-05:002013-03-09T21:26:45.836-05:00The sugar helps when it's been heated over a c...The sugar helps when it's been heated over a camel-dung fire....<br /><br />Big drinker of mint tea here too.<br /><br /><br />(Yes, Screech, I knowiknow, it's not really tea. <br />Clipless pedals aren't clipless, either. I endeavour to persevere.)Corey Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15381826721030941179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-30283088957968126852013-03-09T17:57:02.260-05:002013-03-09T17:57:02.260-05:00You filed a post about tea under 'silliness...You filed a post about tea under 'silliness'! How could you! ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-52428086862539869362013-03-06T23:48:22.264-05:002013-03-06T23:48:22.264-05:00I am a pure tea drinker, and to a higher extent al...I am a pure tea drinker, and to a higher extent almost always raw puerh check out my blog, chakungfu.blogspot.com thank you for your writings as I always look forward to your next post.Emmetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05691780965014088061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-54821788934031269522013-03-06T21:07:27.447-05:002013-03-06T21:07:27.447-05:00I've at times subsisted on Moroccan whiskey. A...I've at times subsisted on Moroccan whiskey. Actually its a Moroccan joke. Nothing more than green tea and mint. They make it with obscene amounts of sugar. I recommend without.Bifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05543158648103470697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-45085129291125966812013-03-05T22:00:53.317-05:002013-03-05T22:00:53.317-05:00Tea is a kinder, gentler source of caffeine than c...Tea is a kinder, gentler source of caffeine than coffee, and more in keeping with the British roots of bicycle touring. <br /><br />Alcohol stoves are light and compact enough to carry for a roadside brew-up even on a day trip. The Swedish Trangia stove complements a lugged steel frame well, while an Evernew titanium model is more appropriate for a high-tech bike. If you're into DIY grunge-tech, you can make your own out of beverage cans.<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-52299628868101713342013-03-05T16:18:00.387-05:002013-03-05T16:18:00.387-05:00how is that Starbucks espresso blend ground? an es...how is that Starbucks espresso blend ground? an espresso grind is way too fine for a french press pot. going with a coarser grind makes a big improvement.Don McMahanhttp://www.softirishrain.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-18869643682039154832013-03-05T10:28:22.327-05:002013-03-05T10:28:22.327-05:00Blue Bottle Three African made with Airpresso - No...Blue Bottle Three African made with Airpresso - Not bitter at all. Smooth, deep flavor. Very good. You have to order via fedex to get it out of the Bay Area.Matthew Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10408057524387021992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-14468415343244157162013-03-05T08:58:40.717-05:002013-03-05T08:58:40.717-05:00I'd love to see a bicycle with a samovar strap...I'd love to see a bicycle with a samovar strapped to the back!<br /><br />I drink one cup of coffee every morning and I'm not too picky, aside from using freshly ground beans and filtered water. I don't drink nearly as much tea. Every time I go on a trip, I buy some fancy loose-leaf tea, which lasts a long time with me and has led to quite the collection of teas from London, Paris, Dublin, St. Petersburg. Dottiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03984050970208363927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-41238038891748292892013-03-05T08:20:10.731-05:002013-03-05T08:20:10.731-05:00Given, Gifted, I dunno'... If "gifted&quo...Given, Gifted, I dunno'... If "gifted" crosses a line I'm not sure where one can safely step off the path. I'm perfectly cool with that sort of thing in peoples writing, it's when it creeps into our speech that I get all puffy and judgmental. <br /><br />If one of my friends were to use the term "cupping" in conversation I think I'd probably form a one person playground circle, point,laugh and break they're crayons till an adult arrived to break it up. I had to do just that the other day when one of my chums asked me how the "Build" was going,(referring to my new bike(which isn't "going" anywhere because evidently the gnomes in the hollow tree in England are too busy CUPPING to BUILD ME A DAMN BIKE!!! Oh my word, I can't breathe again...)). If you could just see me, all middle aged, thick browed and hairy, you would NEVER use that sort of word and tone with me. But let's feel free to write that way if we want. <br /><br />If you could cook with any spice you wanted, regardless of cost or what far place it comes from, just by thinking of it, wouldn't your meals be more interesting than if you just used the ones on the little wooden rack your Granny gave you at your wedding?<br /><br />Write how you like, just talk 'Murican to me, OK?<br /><br />SpindizzyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-20989005561061423222013-03-05T00:30:19.868-05:002013-03-05T00:30:19.868-05:00JP... It was one of those serrendipitous psychic c...JP... It was one of those serrendipitous psychic connection things. I really hope to meet her in person some day in the not too distant future.<br /><br />Great news re your daughter. I am not familiar with Sue Haywood, but then I am far removed from the MTB world. Velouriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00359329171411037482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-55841631291726531222013-03-05T00:15:51.244-05:002013-03-05T00:15:51.244-05:00Oh yeah, I forgot to ask, do you know Jacquie Phel...Oh yeah, I forgot to ask, do you know Jacquie Phelan? She's seems pretty fabulous. She's a good example of the best sort of people you get to meet messing around with bikes. I used to see her at the races in the early days and always wished I could get in her bubble, everyone seemed like they were having a nicer time around her. <br /><br /> Sue Haywood is like that too and we're lucky to have her living around here. She is soo squared away. My daughter is getting deeper into MTB racing and it's largely due to Sue that she stays motivated and doesn't let all the drama from having to train and race with the guys drag her down. Maybe it's all the tea...<br /><br />SpindizzyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-1736122190325618702013-03-04T22:35:03.032-05:002013-03-04T22:35:03.032-05:00No Way, it fouls the buzz from the Four Loco.
Spi...No Way, it fouls the buzz from the Four Loco.<br /><br />SpindizzyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-31173664256360139602013-03-04T22:25:58.012-05:002013-03-04T22:25:58.012-05:00Just when you think you know someone. And I always...Just when you think you know someone. And I always imagined you writing these things with a cup of coffee by your side. Velouriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00359329171411037482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-17753403742407374462013-03-04T22:20:34.831-05:002013-03-04T22:20:34.831-05:00Coffee. Blehhh. There's not enough "craft...Coffee. Blehhh. There's not enough "craft" and nifty vintage accoutrements to get me past the burned burrito smell. If I had started drinking it before I found myself in a dormroom with a microwave and a minifridge full of cheap frozen Mexican food maybe I would've had a chance. <br /><br />It's not that I'm picky, on the contrary, my standards are really appallingly low(I ate most of those charred burritos after all)but coffee is firmly on the "nasty" list. I DO like tea and find all the ceremony and cultural connotation(Asian and European) to be pretty fascinating. There's something charming about it that coffee culture lacks for me. <br /><br />I have a friend who's REALLY into coffee, buys beans from all over, has them custom roasted by a guy who does it as a home business, owns a kitchen counterfull of machines/presses/mills/stills/compressors etc. and who can talk about coffee like I talk about old airplanes. What the hells gotten into him? He used to smuggle hash back from his winter trips to Jamaica but now gets himself all worked up twisting my arm to bring him Haitian coffee back whenever I go down there. It's funny, he brought back dope from Jamaica every year for 2 decades and never got caught, I bring him 10 pounds of Store bought "Rebo" and get worked over because they suspect I'm trying to smuggle something hidden in the beans. He says he's developed an allergy to cockroach from all the bug bit's in preground stuff(can THAT be true?) but still makes himself ill drinking it when he can't get his "clean" stuff. He can't understand why I'm not interested... <br /><br />SpindizzyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-38587929098670838342013-03-04T22:07:36.852-05:002013-03-04T22:07:36.852-05:00Velouria - perhaps use your coffee maker to make t...Velouria - perhaps use your coffee maker to make tea? I put some tea bags in the carafe and program it to turn on when I'm ready to wake up. Nothing like rolling out of bed and having a nice pot of Lapsang Souchong ready and waiting for me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-50801840184301381182013-03-04T20:26:33.163-05:002013-03-04T20:26:33.163-05:00I'm a tea drinker. PuErh Tuo Cha is my go to t...I'm a tea drinker. PuErh Tuo Cha is my go to tea for the past several years. I was raised on tea! Every morning my mom would make us all tea with breakfast. Just the basic black with some milk and sugar. I still start the day with a cup, once again (at least) in the late morning and in the evening. I usually prefer the black teas. Green tea is ok, though I do enjoy white. I've got this lovely little handmade tea pot with two matching cups (japanese cups - no handles). I could go crazy collecting tea pots!Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08236210810344032312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-71929424999775317872013-03-04T19:51:21.727-05:002013-03-04T19:51:21.727-05:00Try cold-brewing your iced coffee in a French pres...Try cold-brewing your iced coffee in a French press in the fridge over night. It will open up a whole new world of flavor.<br /><br />FWIW, some "working-class cyclists who don't ride by choice" are absolutely foodie-types, at least as much as they can afford to be. (Jobs and contacts in the food industry help a great deal with that.) Moreover, many working-class cyclists have made a deliberate decision with the choice of a bicycle as their primary mode of conveyance. On the flip side, I have witnessed countless moneyed cyclists (of the "weekend warrior in lycra with a nice bike" variety) as they order DECAF-- in PUBLIC!<br />Screechhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15397676711365438175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-54283204934755478532013-03-04T19:08:00.154-05:002013-03-04T19:08:00.154-05:00I agree with Moopheus. "Gifted" will al...I agree with Moopheus. "Gifted" will always seem to me a gimmick. One of my favorite pet peeves in the language department is the confusion of "as for" and "as far as [noun]". If one could just remember that the latter always includes "is concerned" after the noun, it would be a treat, and correct, besides.Patricianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-41381395578026977872013-03-04T19:04:18.385-05:002013-03-04T19:04:18.385-05:00Try Upton teas right here in Massachusetts if you ...Try Upton teas right here in Massachusetts if you really want to feed your addiction. You can order online and they will even provide samples. Every kind of tea imaginable!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-42072214033166839582013-03-04T18:47:15.902-05:002013-03-04T18:47:15.902-05:00I don't like tea at all. Just has never appeal...I don't like tea at all. Just has never appealed to me in any form. Every year or so I'll have a cup and it's like "okay, that's nice, but I want a real drink now."<br /><br />I drink coffee in great quantities, though almost always iced. I don't buy the spendy stuff, because I can't really tell the difference between most brands so there's no point paying for expensive blends when a $6 bag of grounds works fine. I think a lot of the taste might get obliterated in the icing process. <br /><br />Sometimes I feel like the only non-foodie/drinky(?) cyclist out there. Except for all the working-class cyclists who don't ride by choice.Erica L. Satifkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134032079725071000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-64286052696688040692013-03-04T17:32:41.310-05:002013-03-04T17:32:41.310-05:00Mount a single propane burner, small grate and a c...Mount a single propane burner, small grate and a cylindrical windblock (could be made from sheet metal or a jumbo coffee can with a few vent holes in the bottom) on a front rack and run a flexy camp stove gas line to a disposable propane tank in an oversized water bottle cage. Mount a pair of "Flammable Gas" diamonds on the bike for DOT compliance and watch motorists give you three feet and then some to pass!<br /><br />Alternately, get a Worksman front loader trike and tote around a pot-bellied stove (with smokestack, of course) for the utmost in both country charm and rock-hard leg muscles.Daily Rider Chrishttp://dailyriderbike.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-8896992926083385702013-03-04T17:26:39.859-05:002013-03-04T17:26:39.859-05:00My favorite loose black tea is Zarin, packaged in ...My favorite loose black tea is Zarin, packaged in Ceylon, sold in a local Albanian grocery market. All the writing on the box, except for one side, is in Arabic. When the water hits it, it's real leaves, not saw dust or floor sweepings. After collecting and using various tea pots (at least 40) of different designs, sizes and materials, my most satisfactory go-to has been the cast iron Staub which boils the water, brews the tea and re-heats on the stove. And is very easy to clean. Makes great ice tea also, with a full taste that is not bitter.jdlvtrnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07103376928930841424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-15636110857997952212013-03-04T17:12:45.263-05:002013-03-04T17:12:45.263-05:00V, if you can try a Chemex , do so. You might find...V, if you can try a Chemex , do so. You might find it is easier on your stomach than the other paper filter methods, and certainly easier on the stomach than a French Press. <br />The only drawback I have ever found for Chemex is the filters are proprietary and somewhat more expensive than Melitta. Chemex is about the same or less than the little Hario ones.<br /><br />Then there's the cold Toddy method....<br /><br />edit: Holy snappin, the turing word is ATMOCorey Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15381826721030941179noreply@blogger.com