Welcome once again to Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4.
The living cat on record, Creme puff, lived to be 38 years old and was given coffee at breakfast all his life. Breakfast for him was bacon, eggs, broccoli and coffee.
The previous owner of the record was Grandpa Rex Allen who lived to be 34 years old on the same diet. Coffee reduces chances of Alzheimers, Parkinsons. Tea without adding milk can "tan" your bladder making for many problems . Milk binds the tannic acid making it safe to drink.
1. Coffee increases a bee's memory and does the same for you. Bees love caffeinated coffee flowers. What do you love about coffee or tea?
I love coffee for the smell and the taste. The caffeine also perks me up enough to get going after a night's sleep. I also love tea for the taste.
2. If you opened a tea or coffee shop in your neighborhood what would it be named? How would you decorate it? Would pastry or cake be served?
Good question. I haven't landed on a name because I haven't thought much about opening such a shop. How about "Perfect Potion" or "Chat and Brew", lol. As for decor, I envision a rustic interior with lots of wood and beams. The other option would be a shabby chic look. Cakes and pastries would definitely be on the menu because these sweet treats go well with tea and coffee.
3. Beethoven required 60 beans per cup of coffee. How particular are you about your coffee or tea?
I am not that particular. I only require that the coffee or tea not be bitter.
4. Italian clergy in1600s declared coffee the devil's brew and forbid it.
Pope Clement the VIII wanted to taste it, loved it and blessed it ... today, new research shows black coffee is drunk mainly by psychopaths...
Sweden banned coffee in 1746 as dangerous and Islam banned it for causing free thinking! How do you take your coffee you free thinking, radical and what's your favorite brand of devil's brew?
I take my coffee with cream, no sugar. My favourite canned brand is Maxwell House. My favourite beans if I buy at the coffee shop is Sumatran Java or Guatemalan Antigua. I also like certain coffees from Ethiopia, Kenya and Columbia. I used to drink my tea black or with lemon but these days I drink it with cream. If I drink herbal tea, I take it without cream or sugar. My favourite at the moment is Rooibos from South Africa.
I'm a tea drinker and I love a rooibos at night before I go to bed. Sometimes I buy the vanilla flavour just for a change. We discovered a new, to us, brand while on holiday, Queen Victoria, but haven't seen it here in the supermarkets since we got home. Very nice.
ReplyDeleteI like your ideas for the coffee shop, even though I don't drink coffee, I'm sure you'd have some tea for me! LOL. I do like Rooibos tea. My cousin brought me some from New Orleans when they were there, and I've enjoyed it I don't drink cream in my tea, although it might be better for me that way, but I'm not a milk drinker so I really don't like cream either. Hope you have a lovely day today!!
ReplyDelete"Perfect Potion" made me smile!! I've never thought of coffee or tea as a potion but I guess that's exactly what it is for most of us. ☺☺☺
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