Will Coles

Will Coles passed away Monday 10th December 2008.
Suddenly, in his Pub.
He was 61.
He will be greatly missed.

Alcohol and Tea

I seem to have cut right down on alcohol recently.
I just began to feel that it was too easy to consume a whole bottle of wine in a single evening.
Sometimes more. Not really getting drunk. A bit scary really.
I worried I was going to turn into one of those unsuspecting middle aged boozers with liver failure.

So I have decided to cut back and have discovered tea.

Not PG Tips but posh tea. In my new Bodum Tea Infuser.
I originally sent off to Paris- Palais du Thes -  and got some lovely stuff.
Darjeelings, Assam, some Earl Gray made with Yunnan China Tea.
Since then I discovered that theres a great tea seller just near here in Ermington.
Silent Lion Tea.
My wife got me started there with some purchases off Totnes Market.
So I now have a lovely Oolong from Nepal, a Wulong from Taiwan, Chai which is like mulled tea. (V christmassy!) and now a Keemun. Possibly my favourite so far.

It is really just as exciting as a posh red wine, and I can't think why I haven't discovered teas earlier.

I'm not sure it will totally distract me from the booze- so I'm sure the odd cold lager will still pass my lips (my favourite ever is still Karlsberg UR pils from Homburg in Germany). Pilsner Urquell is on a par with it but both of differing characters.
Whisky was once my thing, but now I just get heartburn after it, which is a helpful deterrant!