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  • M Malcolm Smart

    As I am not going to get my really important thing done tonight as I've spent too much time here, I made a quick cup of tea and realised how much better it tastes here (Leicestershire UK) than on my client's site in London. I use the same brand of tea (PG - the only tea worth drinking). The ones here are superb, perfect, a dream to drink. The ones I make on my clients site in London taste like cat's ****. And before you ask, yes, I have tasted cat's ****, and I imagine a lot of other people have as well, but won't admit to it. Like nobody seems to admit to dancing around their mum's bedroom as a teenager, in one of her bras, pretending to be her. I can't be the only one. Back to the tea - the water in London must be so rank and full of crap to make tea taste that bad.

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    Next time you're in London take a look inside the kettle chances are the bottom will be coated in mustard coloured scale.

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    • M Malcolm Smart

      As I am not going to get my really important thing done tonight as I've spent too much time here, I made a quick cup of tea and realised how much better it tastes here (Leicestershire UK) than on my client's site in London. I use the same brand of tea (PG - the only tea worth drinking). The ones here are superb, perfect, a dream to drink. The ones I make on my clients site in London taste like cat's ****. And before you ask, yes, I have tasted cat's ****, and I imagine a lot of other people have as well, but won't admit to it. Like nobody seems to admit to dancing around their mum's bedroom as a teenager, in one of her bras, pretending to be her. I can't be the only one. Back to the tea - the water in London must be so rank and full of crap to make tea taste that bad.

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      Nagy Vilmos
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      You'll find it's all down to the water. Hard water makes awful drinks. Either use a purifier when your in London or do what I do, drink the beer. The worst tea I ever had was in Hungary. The canteen staff refused to use boiling water and would add the bag to the water not the other way round. At least they had beer in the office canteen :-O W.

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      • M Malcolm Smart

        As I am not going to get my really important thing done tonight as I've spent too much time here, I made a quick cup of tea and realised how much better it tastes here (Leicestershire UK) than on my client's site in London. I use the same brand of tea (PG - the only tea worth drinking). The ones here are superb, perfect, a dream to drink. The ones I make on my clients site in London taste like cat's ****. And before you ask, yes, I have tasted cat's ****, and I imagine a lot of other people have as well, but won't admit to it. Like nobody seems to admit to dancing around their mum's bedroom as a teenager, in one of her bras, pretending to be her. I can't be the only one. Back to the tea - the water in London must be so rank and full of crap to make tea taste that bad.

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        You are ;P


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          Next time you're in London take a look inside the kettle chances are the bottom will be coated in mustard coloured scale.

          pseudonym67 My Articles[^] Beginning KDevelop Programming[^]

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          Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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          pseudonym67 wrote:

          mustard coloured scale

          I heard once that on average, water in London has been through 5 people before it got to you.

          "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance." Ali ibn Abi Talib "Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri?"

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          • H Hans Dietrich

            Malcolm Smart wrote:

            the water in London must be so rank and full of crap to make tea taste that bad

            Or maybe the water in London is purified more than in Leicestershire, and it's the pollutants that make it taste better. :)

            Best wishes, Hans


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            The water in London is some of the purest in the country. Coca Cola were using London tap water to create their Dasani. The hardness of the water and oxygen content will have a big effect on the taste of a cup of tea. That is why if you ever use water from a hot water tap for boiling your pasta or making your tea - it tastes awful. It may be that the water used for your tea had very little oxygen in it.

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            • M Mustafa Ismail Mustafa

              pseudonym67 wrote:

              mustard coloured scale

              I heard once that on average, water in London has been through 5 people before it got to you.

              "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance." Ali ibn Abi Talib "Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri?"

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              Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:

              I heard once that on average, water in London has been through 5 people before it got to you.

              X| is all I can say about that.

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              • G GuyThiebaut

                The water in London is some of the purest in the country. Coca Cola were using London tap water to create their Dasani. The hardness of the water and oxygen content will have a big effect on the taste of a cup of tea. That is why if you ever use water from a hot water tap for boiling your pasta or making your tea - it tastes awful. It may be that the water used for your tea had very little oxygen in it.

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                Is Dasani sold in Europe/Usa?

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                  Is Dasani sold in Europe/Usa?

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                  It was to be sold in the UK. It was to be Coca Cola's new drink a few years back now - basically bottled water. However when the public discovered that it was bottled London tap-water Coca Cola had to withdraw the product from the shelves. Yes - they were actually using water London's public water supply. Their claim was that the water was 'purified' London tap water - the public and media were outraged by this. Needless to say that it was a marketing disaster for Coca Cola.

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                  • M Malcolm Smart

                    As I am not going to get my really important thing done tonight as I've spent too much time here, I made a quick cup of tea and realised how much better it tastes here (Leicestershire UK) than on my client's site in London. I use the same brand of tea (PG - the only tea worth drinking). The ones here are superb, perfect, a dream to drink. The ones I make on my clients site in London taste like cat's ****. And before you ask, yes, I have tasted cat's ****, and I imagine a lot of other people have as well, but won't admit to it. Like nobody seems to admit to dancing around their mum's bedroom as a teenager, in one of her bras, pretending to be her. I can't be the only one. Back to the tea - the water in London must be so rank and full of crap to make tea taste that bad.

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                    Malcolm Smart wrote:

                    Like nobody seems to admit to dancing around their mum's bedroom as a teenager, in one of her bras, pretending to be her. I can't be the only one.

                    So you are a lumberjack just like your dear papa?!?

                    _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                      It was to be sold in the UK. It was to be Coca Cola's new drink a few years back now - basically bottled water. However when the public discovered that it was bottled London tap-water Coca Cola had to withdraw the product from the shelves. Yes - they were actually using water London's public water supply. Their claim was that the water was 'purified' London tap water - the public and media were outraged by this. Needless to say that it was a marketing disaster for Coca Cola.

                      You always pass failure on the way to success.
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                      It is what I heard. This water is sold in a lot of countries. What about this? Is it just blabla or is it true? [^]

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                        It is what I heard. This water is sold in a lot of countries. What about this? Is it just blabla or is it true? [^]

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                        Dasani is still being sold in other countries. The Dasani website, on the "About Dasani" tab says: "To create Dasani, Coca Cola bottlers start with the local water supply, which is then filtered for purity using a state-of-the-art process called reverse osmosis. The purified water is then enhanced with a special bled of minerals for a pure, crisp, fresh taste." They had to come clean on where the water came from. The special blend of minerals are probably mainly salt and calcium. Marketing at it's most ridiculous!

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                        • M Malcolm Smart

                          As I am not going to get my really important thing done tonight as I've spent too much time here, I made a quick cup of tea and realised how much better it tastes here (Leicestershire UK) than on my client's site in London. I use the same brand of tea (PG - the only tea worth drinking). The ones here are superb, perfect, a dream to drink. The ones I make on my clients site in London taste like cat's ****. And before you ask, yes, I have tasted cat's ****, and I imagine a lot of other people have as well, but won't admit to it. Like nobody seems to admit to dancing around their mum's bedroom as a teenager, in one of her bras, pretending to be her. I can't be the only one. Back to the tea - the water in London must be so rank and full of crap to make tea taste that bad.

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                          Don't you have Red Rose tea ... oh ya, "Only in Canada, you say? Pity...."

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                          • E El Corazon

                            Malcolm Smart wrote:

                            Like nobody seems to admit to dancing around their mum's bedroom as a teenager, in one of her bras, pretending to be her. I can't be the only one.

                            So you are a lumberjack just like your dear papa?!?

                            _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                            El Corazon wrote:

                            So you are a lumberjack just like your dear papa?!?

                            I hung around in bras, not bars... I need to get the monty python box set - all good stuff.

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