Chancer Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 I am trying to be minimilist in my new small cuisine, I have thrown away things like the microwave and toaster and would like to do away with my electric kettle.I have a Senseo machine that I use for coffee and would like to use it also for making tea for guests.Do they make round dosettes for tea? Has anybody tried them? Do they work? etc.I am sure that I can recollect having some round teabags in the past in England but do not know if they are the right size.As an aside I went to a restaurant with a group of French friends last night, most of the group ordered tea at the end of the meal (YUK!) instead of coffee, I guess it is trendy. Anyway they were given a cup and saucer, teapot full of hot water and a teabag, every one chose to brew the tea in the cup which seemed kind of starnge to me.I am going to ask for tea next time, brew it in the pot and see if I get thrown out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Yes they do, but you have to buy an adaptor. I have a friend with one.Oddly, there is no sign of them on the Senseo website (www.senseo.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 A lot of people I know have tisane (herbal tea / infusion) rather than coffee at the end of an evening meal: camomile, lime blossom (tilleul), vervain, rose hip (églantine) or a mixed version of those...It is served in a cup of hot water on a saucer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 [quote user="J.R."]I aI am going to ask for tea next time, brew it in the pot and see if I get thrown out![/quote]jr, but the water would still NOT be at boiling point! it's almost impossible trying to explain how to make a nice cuppa in a way that would make sense to a non brit. and, believe me, i have tried in many different parts of the world. then, there is the matter of the milk. how do you explain that you prefer fresh (as opposed to uht or sterilised or evaporated or any other type) milk in your tea without coming across as being unecessarily fussy and hard to please?wherever i have travelled in the world, one of things i always miss is a nice cup of tea british style, and this from someone who isn't even native born british! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 If I drink red wine with a meal I opt for tea (usually Earl Grey) afterward as I find that the combination of red wine and coffee can lead to a migraine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted March 10, 2007 Author Share Posted March 10, 2007 DickIs that an adaptor for square teabags? Or perhaps round ones with a different diameter?If round where can I buy the bags?Many thanks.P.S. I have never been able to make a "nice cuppa" so hopefully soon I will be able to blame the machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 I'll ask him tomorrow. As I recall they were Senseo bags and he wasn't very interested, so didn't tell me very much! We discussed whether or not the water would get hot enough for 'proper' tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJSLIV Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Prices, adaptors the lot.I hope it tastes good, seems a pretty expensive way of making a cuppa.http://shopping.kelkoo.co.uk/b/a/ssc_130401_senseo_pods.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 The page seems to have been removed. Perhaps Phillips thought better of the whole idea.I do think a kettle and a teabag sounds a safer bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 http://www.coffeepodshop.co.uk/shop/home.php?cat=284No English breakfast though [:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 I like the idea of Early Grey... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Much as I like Earl Grey, why is it that French supermarkets have a choice of 10 different sorts of EG and that's about it, bring on the Lapsang Souchong?Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Could be it's because they are in France... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 I started going Early Grey in my 20's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyC Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 How can anyone manage without a kettle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 And why would you want to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 [quote user="KathyC"]How can anyone manage without a kettle?[/quote]How can they make boiled eggs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 don't they only give you hard boiled ones? not ones with runny yolks for dipping your soldiers in. but, boiling eggs in a kettle; THAT takes REAL skill and a perfect sense of timing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 [quote user="KathyC"]How can anyone manage without a kettle?[/quote] Having backpacked around the world I can tell you that it is easy to manage without 95% of the posessions, even clothes that we have amassed in a lifetime.Having a new start in France and for the first 20 months camping inside a derelict, unheated and uninsulated house it soon became apparent what the priorities were.1 - Water, to be able to wash, cook and more importantly flush a toilet. This avoided having to go into town to use the public toilets and to carry back water. The first week the clutch blew on the car so I had to cycle everywhere.2. - Something to sleep on, hard to do a days work when continually tired/fatigued.3. - Electricity, an all round convenience but it was mostly invaluable to heat water to take a long refreshing bath after a days work and for powering cement mixers etc. I used a genny for the first couple of weeks.4. Warmth, come the winter I had to erect a gazebo in the house, use baches for side curtains and then bury it in insulation, this way I could keep in some heat from an electric fire.I spent 11/2 winters like that but now am finally installed in the first new flat, it is a case of having to buy everything again but now I know what is really necessary and what will just take up space and gather dust.The things that I no longer have and don't intend to replace.Kettle - If I can use dosettes in the senseo for visitors I will have no need.Microwave - No longer eat junk food, Ironically I bought one of the very first when I was young and it cost about 2 months salary!Toaster - I have cut right down on bread but can use the grill if need be.Diswasher - Have never had one and never willFood mixer/processorIron and ironing board, together with all the clothes that needed ironing!Music centre, no records or CD's but have plenty of radio stations on the sattelite.I could go on but it is becoming a bit boring but suffice to say that I have lived very well without a kettle and can't foresee the ned for one.P.S The first priority should of course have been shelter. Also to be truthfull I put learning the language above all the others as the first thing I did was to do an intensive course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-element Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 J.R. - thank you, that makes for enjoyable reading - as a closet survivalist myself, (some of my best Xmas presents have been SAS Survival Handbooks), I thoroughly appreciated your experience and ideas about "necessary/unnecessary items". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyC Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Kettles are really good for making hotty water bottles when you're cold! I was just surprised that a kettle was non essential and a Senseo was essential. Each to their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 So if we gave a bushman in the Kalahari a choice of an electric kettle and a Senseo machine, which would he prefer, do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyC Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 [quote user="Cassis"]So if we gave a bushman in the Kalahari a choice of an electric kettle and a Senseo machine, which would he prefer, do you think?[/quote]Depends whether he's a tea or a coffee drinker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 no, kathy, depends whether the kettle or the senseo machine comes in a "wind-up" version because i think electrical points in the kalahari might be a bit thin on the ground Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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