durendal

A little google resulted that Ghirardelli is in fact a US arm of swiss candy maker Lindt. And you are correct, the founder was italian but founded his chocolate company in California, making it the second oldest chocolate company in the US. Cocoa powder is derived from cocoa beans, just like how coffee granules are derived from coffee beans. I'm sure cocoa powder is easy to find, but I doubt it's going to be that easy to find cocoa beans. Does it sound strange to have chocolate flavored tea?

Actually, I was referring to the part where the friend told your EX that she was cheating on the guy while he was away on training. Could it be possible that it was not her friend but she herself who has committed such acts? Even if it were true, the fact that she did not have any violent reactions to such actions would say that if she were the one to commit such acts, it wouldn't be much of an issue. They say that the best way to know a person is to see who their friends are.

I've just seen a new trailer of the movie and it looks like it's all out war on earth. And prime doesn't seems to be too happy being lied to. I have to admit, the world devastation kinda hooked my interest. I'd like to see what happens out of curiosity.

Oh hey, since I have a lot of condensed milk left over, I had been experimenting with a lot of flavors in preparing milk tea. Last night I hit the jackpot and managed to concoct a very tasty drink. It was the usual black tea and milk. But instead of adding the usual flavoring, I decided to try to add some Ghirardelli chocolate power. Around a teaspoon full. I was surprised that it tasted different. The aroma of the tea remains with a hint of chocolate. The only difficulty with this is that Ghirardelli chocolate is expensive.

It is hardly desirable to remain in a relationship with a woman of loose morals. You,my royal friend, has had an ill-fortune of having acquainted with such a wench. The current situation had shed light on matters which persists to confound the logical reason of how such an affair was able to manifest itself quickly. Do recall my previous opinion that the courtship was too immediate. It is also with much remorse that the matter of unfaithfulness as represented by the colleague was also applicable to your associate. Perhaps the matter of the other friends flirtatious manner was but a deceit in itself, that it is actually the tramp who committed the atrocities and not the colleague.

Now, now, friend. Do not worry. Come here *hugs*. I'm sure, as they say, there are a lot of fish in the sea. Looks like it's time for you to get some quick loving. Let me direct you to this page first so you can use your imagination to run wild: Then, go get some strippers to get your mind off this issue. If there's anything else you need, don't hesitate to ask.

What? How did she cheat on you? Did you talk about it? I mean, it's kinda depressing that things would end up like that. Besides, judging from that short post of yours, she can turn around the story and make it look like you left her after she gave it to you. You know, something like an extended one night stand. Besides, how deliberate was the cheating? Maybe it was a slight error in judgement. You can also turn this to your advantage. With her making a mistake, admitting it and asking for your forgiveness, this gives you the upper hand in controlling the relationship. You can make demands.

If you say it's good, I might pick it up and take a look myself. Although you would probably be finished watching this by the time I managed to obtain them. I guess watching how I met your mother has satiated my drama fix. Oh by the way, I'm watching Kuuga at the moment. I can feel a certain "Showa-y" aura in the show.

Why? What happened? you can let it all out as we're all here for you. My offer to take you to a stripper joint still stands by the way.

This reminded me of the topic where it was pointed out Kiva was the lovechild of Faiz and Knight. However, this does look interesting.

I'm sure our friends in the UK would find this video very familiar. As for me, I love it. Very nice beat and a powerful voice. I'm actually having an LSS with this song. Rolling in the Deep - Adele Well, not sure if this will work since I posted this blindly from our office (office does not allow youtube). If this doesn't work, I'll have this fixed when I get home.

Oh, here's a few that you might have missed and are usually used. Chichi-ue Haha-ue the suffix "-ue" is a respectable form of calling a person. In this case, the literal meaning is father-up, or mother-up. It's not as polite as "-sama", but still gives a venerable expression towards your parents. I guess you can classify this as a more archaic form of "Oto-sama" and "Oka-sama". Well, the "-ue" is rarely used nowadays anyway. kids these day...... By the way, "jiji" and "oyaji" is a disrespectful way of calling your father. If you are familiar with the distinction of "Ore" and "Watashi", "jiji" and "oyaji" lies in the same level as "ore". And usually, "jiji" (gramps) is used in conjunction with "baba" (old lady), meaning they are used for old people, grandparents-like old, or for insults. These two words are the shortened version of "ojii-san" and "obaa-san" (prolonged "i" and "a") which is a more polite term. Do note that this is different from "oji-san" and "oba-san" which is "uncle" and "auntie" respectively.

I have to say, even though information on how to make milk tea is available, it's still not the same as the one being served in our local bar. The consistency is somehow different as well as the taste. I can't figure out how they managed to do that. Like I said, I know what tea with lots of milk tastes like, and the milk tea I made tastes exactly like that. But the milk tea I buy from outside tastes different. I guess that's probably the reason why so many people are buying from them, it's because it's difficult to imitate their formula. Additionally, I'm drinking Roasted Milk Tea from another establishment right now. The taste of the tea is very prominent but having the consistency of something like diluted milk. Very tasty, with Adzuki beans and pudding as sinkers.

I find it funny how sometimes single men wants a relationship while married men wants out of it.

Oh hey! I managed to prepare the milk tea like I said and here are my findings. It's not necessary to use condensed milk. Based on my taste test, it's the tea that gives the aroma and the milk that gives the taste. So the better tea you use, the better the aroma, this goes the same for the milk. I was informed that instead of condensed milk, other people use coffee mate. So your option to use cream may be more preferable than using condensed milk. Also, my mixture consists of 2 parts tea and one part milk. This may vary depending on the consistency that you prefer. You can add more parts tea if you want to have a stronger tea aroma, as usually, the flavoring and milk may overcome the aroma of the tea. Analyzing it further, the only difference that milk tea is to your regular tea drink is the addition of flavoring like vanilla or almond syrup and the sinkers (tapioca pearls, pudding or coconut gel etc.). It's the consistency of the drink that differentiates this from tea with milk. I think I'm going to make this a regular nightly drink.

I've bought all the ingredients necessary to make Milk Tea (with the exception of tapioca pearls, as I don't like them). I'll test it out tonight to see how my concoction would fare against the leading milk tea out there.

Okay, I don't think I said anything about putting the viola in the drink.did I? Right back at yah. As for "stewed" tea, I'm not entirely sure. There are two things you can do for it. It's either you risk doing the same process where there will be two outcomes, or adopt your prefered way of preparing tea. As for condensed milk, I'm not sure how cream will affect the taste. Pardon me for saying this, but such treatment to milk may be considered snubbish to others. Not sure about the ingredients over there, but cream is too rich and doesn't have the right flavor. Cream being rich is probably the reason why condensed looks cheap. As for the sugar, it will depend on how much your sweet tooth can handle. I prefer mine to be very sweet. There are establishments that allow you to choose your sugar level, but generally, this drink is sweet. The key here is to experiment. There are processes that we think is not acceptable only to find out that it's the exact opposite of what we expected. Like I mentioned, this information comes from the information highway (internet), so I really can't confirm any of it as I have never actually done it. Hmm... perhaps this is a good time to try making one myself. This is actually the beauty of milk tea, it's inexpensive to prepare but still give out a soothing taste, and when you sell it, you can charge a lot. A standard milk tea over here, the good one, sells for around $2 for a large drink.

That's perfect. Just tell her your plan to expose the truth. Remember, the Truth is out there. *cue erie X-file music* What is it with girls? You tell them something and ask them to keep it a secret but they don't. is it some sort of instinct that compels them to tell somebody something they just heard? This is where gossip starts, one person tells another person the story, but with slight modifications. Until a few people in between later, the story completely changes. I bet the situation with the girl is not that bad, just exaggerated. I'm guessing that it's not like she slept with another guy, but just hanged out with him and wouldn't want to make her boyfriend jealous.

Worry no more. Thanks to the information highway, here are a few easy steps in making your own milk or bubble tea. Boil black tea leave, the longer you boil, the richer the taste would be. Be sure to drain it properly. Don't want you to be sipping leaves. Mix cold condensed milk to the tea. (although you can add hot, my preference is cold) Add sugar to sweeten. Add syrup of desired flavor (can be almond, vanilla, chocolate or anything you want. Limited only to your imagination) Option for you to add tapioca pearls or pudding (or even red beans, Lime jelly or black bricks) And viola, you have your very own milk tea. Of course you'll have to figure out the amount of each ingredient for yourself since it will vary depending on your preference. I'm guessing that it would be 1 part tea and 2 parts milk. But don't take my word for it.

Opening a tea house does not neccessarilly mean that you are only serving drinks. A different thing that you can actually offer is the Lifestyle. Don't promote the drink, but promote it's benefits and its way of life. Opening a business is always a risk. But it's still something that you can manage, given the right skills and knowledge. Similar to Starbucks, they're not only serving you coffee, they are serving you the prestige. Or rather, that's how it is presented here. I just thought up of a good business proposal. Maybe there's a market for "International Tea House". A bar that serves not only the herbal tea variety, but specialty teas from other regions as well, like Chai, Bubble Tea, and Teh Tarik. I'm sure there are a lot of variations out there.

Skewing a little off topic, but is the discuss button disabled in the wiki page? I was recently editing the Kuuga page and I wanted to discuss the reviews Larz made and how it would fit in the wiki. But when I clicked on discuss, a 404 error occured. I pressume that this was intentionally disabled. If that's the case, then I will just manually create a separate topic for it. I would just like to get verification before I do so. I also made a few minor changes in the main wiki page. Hope you don't mind.

You don't need to tell the guy anything. Why don' t you let the girl tell him herself? Just ask a few questions about the time where the two of them weren't together and let the guy ask the questions. Seeing that this girl wanted the two of you guys to keep it a secret, she is definitely a bad liar. Ask something like, how did you guys communicate when both of you were so far apart? What do you do to ease missing each other? Sooner or later, she has got to give. Maybe drop subtle hints like, "hey, how's the guy you used to hang out with doing?". Or maybe show pictures and then say "hey remember the time when.....". Of course, you'd have to relly on Kat for the contents of the conversation to be able to pull it off. Tsk, tsk, tsk. Always keep in mind, that if you are going to do someting stupid, make sure that you don't get caught and all your bases are covered. That includes not letting anybody find out. Remember, as you grow older, the smaller your world gets.

You see, that's just it. Milk tea is not your regular cup of tea. I know what tea tastes like when you mix milk with it, and milk tea, or bubble tea, does not taste like that. It's taste is actually closer to sweet coffee, but without the bitterness. Of course it depends on what kind of flavor you want for your milk tea. But I guess you are right about the british being creatures of habit. I mean, just the other day, it was the second time that I heard a british company requiring their call centers to speak with a british accent. Though I'm not sure if I should call that habit or just being pompous. Am I correct to pressume that tea in the UK is consumed hot? Milk tea is consumed cold. Do pardon my advocacy for Milk Tea. I really do enjoy the occasional drink with its rich and aromatic flavors, and would like to share my new found habit. Perhaps should chance permit, you might want to partake in trying it.

I think it would work. Nevermind the novelty of the cafe, as long as the beverage and food is good, customer will continue to patronize it. Do you have any tea houses over there? If you do, then I think it is definitely worth a try. Since the UK has tea as a staple drink, I think a tea house would be a welcome market if it isn't already available. Move over starbucks, here come Maid Cafe!

I just had milk tea for lunch. It's vanilla based milk tea. Not sure what other components are included, but it keeps me from falling asleep. I'd prefer this over coffee any time. I'm surprised that it is only available in your Chinatown. Hasn't the milk tea craze penetrated the mass market yet? In Taiwan, milk tea is big. Even their local brand, Quickly, managed to setup shop in our country. Maybe it might be a good business venture over there to put up a milk tea shop. As for hosting images, I personally prefer photobucket. All of the image I post in this board is hosted in photobucket.