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Entry: How to Make Polish Tea - A71874886
Author: Lord Brandstatter-Swiatecki-Pietrzyk - U14557821

Drink up and enjoy!

I enjoyed some Polish Tea the other day after an accident with the Mr Sheen.

I like this. I have no idea whether it is factually correct, but the tone is brilliant. Just the kind of thing that separates hootoo from the *other* place. Imparting information without taking it too seriously.

Loving it.


Geggs

I love the "your researcher" at the end. Why didn't I think of that before?

I think this is correct in its content. I used to give English lessons to a Polish girl and she certainly liked her tea like that.

A few Russians I know also brew the tea this way. Meanwhile that's also sort of what I do.

Agreed that the style is very pleasant and the content very fitting.

I think that these little vignettes of other country's cultures are priceless. The tone is spot on as well.

An entertaining read, and for someone like myself whose innards have become so steeped in tea they could be used by fortune tellers, this sounds an ingenious way of making my favourite brew.

I agree with all the above - a well-written and entertaining Entry

However, I didn't understand the second sentence of the following. (Is it just me being stupid?)

i.e. What does 'ready' mean in this context?

Mu Beta: I d at your comment above about having 'enjoyed' some Polish tea after an accident with Mr Sheen

'Ready' meaning to prepare said amount. I disliked using the same verbs over and over again is all.

Ah, so youre using 'ready' as a verb.
I think 'prepare' would be better

'Ready somewhere between 25 and 30' > Then you need 25 to 30 teaspoons-full of tea leaves.

Are you still with us, Lord Brandstatter?

Hope he is, because this is a good one. Bops along, but informative.

This is how Russians do their tea too, as is pointed out above, although they don't pour it into a special serving pot first. Is that an everyday thing, or a special company thing? Because although we use a smaovar to add the diluting water on special occassions, most of the time we just use a kettle.

Because of the similarity across the whole region, perhaps this could be renamed? I suppose it might need a bit of rejigging then in order to make it more general, with the 'variations' expanded and the bit about the serving pot moved there, for example. Dunno.

Incidently, as I'm sure you know, but might be worth a mention, the tea used in Poland (and certainly in Russia) is probably a bit different to, say, uk blends. UK blends taste better with milk, wheras Russian blends taste better without/ with lemon.

And in Russia at least, people in prisons (used to?) brew extra extra extra strong pots of tea, which were so strong they were/ are halucegenic. It's called 'chaif' ('tea' is 'chai'). I think that might be getting really off topic though.

If Lord Brandstatter has vanished and this was eventually sent to the Flea Market, would you be interested in bringing it back here Solnushka? Then it could be completed? It seems a shame to let it languish.


Lanzababy Scout

Lanzababy, what do you think is lacking in this entry? After reading the entry and this thread, it seems to me that any changes it needs are trivial and could be made by a subeditor. It looks good to go to me.

NBY Non-scout

I'd have liked the suggestions that Solnushka made incorporated, and it would be much easier if she had editorial control. But you are correct, a sub-editor could sort it all out anyway.

Solnushka's point about milk/lemon could certainly be added during the subbing stage. This looks ready to be accepted now. Many thanks all.

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BMT

Well done, Lord Brandstatter!

lil xx