Can’t get a normal cuppa in Germany

February 28th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s impossible to find a good cuppa in Germany, my definition being standard strong tea bag variety as drunk by workers whilst they contemplate the arrival of a (much deserved) lunch break away from the strain of leaning on a shovel. Here when you order tea you normally get fruit or herbal tee (yeuchh!), when black tee is served it’s putrid and pale with far too much milk in. When German’s talk of tea from England they seem to think we have esoteric taste and are the ambassadors of all things tea, they are shocked when I show ignorance of the bizarre and complex mixes they have on offer here. They also don’t understand the desire to have a mug of strong, sweet PG tips…I get wierd looks at home from visitors as I covertly brew my PG Tips from consignments my mum sends over.

A ‘Tee Wunderland’ German tea producers offer just about every kind of fruit/herbal variant you could think of. I still have to get my tea imported though.

Well just as well I like coffee, that’s popular here too and the famous German ‘Latte Machiato’ is another story!

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