tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599161450506060548.post6043933460425570386..comments2024-01-24T18:33:04.790-08:00Comments on Smythologies: Tea and CoffeeKarin Spirnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02431240000259421369noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599161450506060548.post-16001056987215393142010-04-19T09:54:35.145-07:002010-04-19T09:54:35.145-07:00I wasn't sure how I knew that, either, but the...I wasn't sure how I knew that, either, but then I remembered that I looked the description of the book up on Amazon. It named all the drinks except the rum...hmmm.Karin Spirnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02431240000259421369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599161450506060548.post-2652189094959126832010-04-17T18:00:02.517-07:002010-04-17T18:00:02.517-07:00It's interesting that you knew that one of the...It's interesting that you knew that one of the drinks was soda. The other one is rum.Melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06725397033078189660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599161450506060548.post-34036536377516164702010-03-08T13:39:45.933-08:002010-03-08T13:39:45.933-08:00I've heard of that book but haven't read i...I've heard of that book but haven't read it. Maybe I should; I find tea and coffee pretty interesting, for some reason more so than wine and beer and soda (and I don't know what the 6th beverage is...I wonder).Karin Spirnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02431240000259421369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599161450506060548.post-13989967901780144532010-03-07T21:52:03.126-08:002010-03-07T21:52:03.126-08:00I'm an avid coffee drinker, but I like a nice ...I'm an avid coffee drinker, but I like a nice spot of tea in the afternoon. In fact, I may make one right now...but really I should run out to replace the coffee pot I just broke. I will need that tomorrow.<br /><br />Have you ever read that book A History of the World in Six Glasses? Tea is discussed at great length.Melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06725397033078189660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599161450506060548.post-56067535534385522812010-02-18T00:39:23.153-08:002010-02-18T00:39:23.153-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599161450506060548.post-54262821983829951822010-02-11T14:51:47.853-08:002010-02-11T14:51:47.853-08:00I figured coffee had to be good for you; anything ...I figured coffee had to be good for you; anything that weird that people have consumed for centuries has to be good for something. <br /><br />You're giving up DECAF for Lent? You're really the aescetic's aescetic, aren't you? <br /><br />You know I'm not Christian, but maybe I'll give up those fat-free decaf cappuccinos I sometimes treat myself to when I'm not too embarrassed to order them.Karin Spirnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02431240000259421369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599161450506060548.post-83725173110396811332010-02-08T06:10:30.770-08:002010-02-08T06:10:30.770-08:00Guess what--coffee is now good for you, too: http:...Guess what--coffee is now good for you, too: http://www.health.harvard.edu/press_releases/coffee_health_benefits<br /><br />I love both coffee and tea, even though I usually drink decaf varieties to avoid the physiological addiction.<br /><br />The psychological addiction is just as strong, though--as I'll rediscover soon when I give up both again for Lent. (Re: an earlier blog--I think ascetism definitely has its benefits, esp. when it's short-term and directed toward a particular end, like Lent.)Sondra Gateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04043594854923048753noreply@blogger.com