I’d like to apologize to the entire country for allowing this to have happened. I’m sorry.

Update

Made a small Tesco run and got some Yorkshire Tea. On with the day.

  • booty [he/him]
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    -510 months ago

    brits really drink tea out of bags and have the gall to act like the tea experts

    • SbisasCostlyTurnoverOP
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      710 months ago

      I don’t think anyone is suggesting we’re experts, just that as a nation we love a cup of tea.

      • SbisasCostlyTurnoverOP
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        210 months ago

        We trailed this a few years ago in the supermarket I worked at. The idea was you’d buy the jug and then just buy a new bag when you needed one. Save on plastic waste I assume, but it never caught on.

        • Ech
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          210 months ago

          I figure the reusability of jugs would make them less wasteful, but I have no notion of the metrics. The one thing about bags I just can’t get over is there is no reasonable way to reseal it again. They cut the corner and then just have an open liter of milk sitting around. Wild stuff.

          • @Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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            110 months ago

            You keep it in your refrigerator, it doesn’t smell.

            Source: used to get my milk from bags when I was still drinking it, am Canadian.

      • booty [he/him]
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        -110 months ago

        bagged milk is just the same as any other milk in a different container. bagged tea is the lowest quality tea out there

      • OurTragicUniverse
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        510 months ago

        You don’t need the string, just fish the bag out with a spoon or your fingers when it’s done brewing.

        • @HerbalGamer@lemm.ee
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          110 months ago

          That either creates more dirty silverware than necessary, or requires me to stick my fingers into hot tea! How barbaric a suggestion, really.

          • OurTragicUniverse
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            210 months ago

            Eh each to their own. The bags float and it’s easy to grab a corner sticking out without burning yourself or getting your fingers in your tea.

          • @VioletTeacup@feddit.uk
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            110 months ago

            Eh, the string just disappears into the pot anyway when you pour the water over. Why not cut out the middle man?

              • @VioletTeacup@feddit.uk
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                310 months ago

                You can try, but it’s like the string on peelable packs: it always breaks.

                And our empire was built on keeping calm and fishing bags out of teapots.