I suspect the coffee industry has got the tea industry by the cojones and is ever so slowly beginning to squeeze some fear into it; and because I suspect this was enough excuse for me to nod my head oh-so knowingly when the latest Nigella Lawson ads hit our shores for a particularly well-known British tea brand. Will the ample-bosomed and cashmere-garbed temptress draw us away from our coffee addictions?
No chance, I thought.
Then, in the bath the other night, Riley held up a little bath toy cup and said, ever so sweetly, “T is for Twinings.”
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Too funny.
Way to go Riley.
I :heart: my coffee but nothing beats a good cup of tea to pick me up out of the blues.
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Coffee wins, hands down. Mostly due to International Delight’s amazing array of flavored creamers.
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Can’t stand Nigella and I have the over-whelming urge to shove her head in the damn teapot everytime the ad comes on.
Besides….I drink Aussie breakfast tea, it puts hairs on your chest
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I am so over those ads. Seriously, every time they come on I just want to throw things at the TV. Nigella’s awful cocky smile just annoys me! I’m with Jayne – shoving her head in the teapot sounds like just the ticket!
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Yeah, I haven’t seen the ads. But coffee’s for morning/afternoon, tea is for evening/nighttime, no matter what Nigella’s wearing.
And is cashmere the best material to wear in the kitchen?
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As for Ms. Nigella, look, I like her. But I guess like Jayne I reach a point when I just wanna….!! And, hey, it shows my bias. If she was promoting coffee, I don’t know if I’d even have a problem…?!
Oh, I hate those ads too. I used to like Nigella, but she sounds so pompous on those ads and so self-satisfied I want to slap her! Funny though, I was always a coffee girl, but now prefer good Aussie breakfast tea, like Jayne. Maybe I’m turning into my mother?
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I have just never got the whole tea thing. I don’t like it. So Nigella or no, I will never be swayed. Coffee . . .mmmmm . . .
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Riley sounds very cute … I haven’t seen the ad .
I am trying to teach my boys to run and tell daddy ‘cup of Tea’ …. for Mummy in bed
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