because it tastes like shit
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there's probably a legitimate real reason other than the taste. they've used sean bean for ads since his UK army recruitment advert maybe?
oh, the uk army ads were after yorkshire tea
the thing i love about yorkshire tea is you can put a yorkshire tea box in the office, put your good tea inside, and no one will drink your good tea
yorkshire tea fans in the notifications right now     

I haven't read bernard cornwell's sharpe series so i don't know good they are, but given how horrible the adaptions make napoleonic conflict look i assume they're pretty good.

1) the napoleonic wars were horrible, heavy losses to disease, malnutrition, and exposure. armies were mostly pressganged rolling mauls unable to live off the land due to the need to prevent their unwilling captives escaping. these armies are then thrown into very stupid battles, again the tactics limited to what the captive armies can do without using their initiative to escape
2) cornwell writes a very faithful series of historical novels
3) ITV make a faithful set of adaptions. literally no one with a brain can come away from this without thinking war and the uk class system are horrible corrupt rackets
4) however the soundtrack goes extremely fucking hard
5) sean bean is making adverts for uk army recruitment. even though in many ways nothing has improved since wellington
6) sean bean has also advertised yorkshire tea
7) i start tooting about how much i hate yorkshire tea, much to everyone's horror

anyway, go listen to the soundtrack for the ITV's adaptions of the Sharpe novels.
if this thread gets people reading about the amount of microplastic in tea made with bags I've very happy I did it. honestly, get yourself some loose leaf tea and stick the bags in the bin

i have been informed not everyone has the spoons for loose leaf.

my recommended bagged tea brands are Clipper and M&S own label in that order.

the real trick of course is drink coffee. best coffee grounds on the uk market are Tchibo Family. You save huge amounts of money drinking this stuff simply because it's too strong so you take the same time getting through a 500g bag that you would 1kg of regular coffee. has the downside of making literally every other coffee taste like weak piss by comparison.
as you can tell i have a pressing deadline today

Just in case you don't know how hard the soundtrack to Sharpe goes

wow, they only made this in 1993, i thought it was older 😸

31 years ago 🙀

Sharpe: Sharpe's Rifles
https://youtu.be/zZegw3Otpkc

Sharpe - 01 - Sharpe's Rifles [1993 - TV Serie]

YouTube
I understand Helen Mirren must be terribly distressed Kurt Cobain only had the chance to see the first three episodes of this series.
drink it if the only alternative is twinings
@floppyplopper i'll fucking kill you! bastard!
@alex
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