Tea strainers are surprisingly difficult to find. Sieves in all shapes and sizes except the ones that fit a mug or a cup. Loose tea technology has become rather a niche affair.
A local historian posts regularly on Bookface about notable residents.
This morning's short article was about somone interested in telegraphy. In 1911, he made his own Morse Code machine, with headphones, then walked up a nearby hill at midnight to communicate with someone in Paris.
Today I have bought 6kg of coffee and I'm about to go out in hunt of a new shower curtain.
It's a grey and chilly day here chez Casa Reynard, but the forecast rain hasn't materialised.
Slept OK, but lady issues are making me feel rather meh. I have spent the day (so far) re-jigging the fridges in the kitchen & utility room, furkling for ingredients for tonight's supper, doing some proof reading and watching the snooker.
I know I have an excess of tea strainers in a cupboard somewhere as the late and unlamented male parental unit insisted on having (and using) them. However, I much prefer to use an infuser doodad in my pot, as it's far less faff than a tea strainer.
Tea strainers are surprisingly difficult to find. Sieves in all shapes and sizes except the ones that fit a mug or a cup. Loose tea technology has become rather a niche affair.
@biggs682 Theres about 150yards of Spectacle Lane been gritted up now.. (not the bit down to the ford, though!)
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