kongou, bismarck, z1 leberecht maass, warspite, and i-class destroyer (kantai collection) drawn by ido_(teketeke)

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    After-shelling tea time

    Feels like this could really be happening.
    The title is actually a pun of K-ON's Afterschool Tea Time, since they share the same pronunciation (Houkago Teatime).

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    Blindga
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    Kesomesx said:

    Can't Warspite realistically drink tea while her guns are still firing though?
    Does the recoil and cordite mess up the mood?

    "Tea Time" is less about the consumption of tea as it is the ritual of tea. Tea time spent doing anything other than tea time is not tea time at all.

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    • trees
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    And as Bismarck finally began to slip beneath the waves, wondering if maybe things wouldn't have been different if they hadn't lost their support fire, Warspite keyed up her radio and whispered:

    "*God Save the Queen*"

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    ithekro said:

    Tradition might call them to invite the Abyssal ships over for a spot. Killing shall recommence in a half an hour, but for now...tea and a civilized setting.

    If only we could call Submarine Hime or Summer Seaport Hime over for tea. They look like the types who would appreciate a cuppa.

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    Stellarium said:

    Inviting the Abyssals for football? You risk starting a war even bloodier and more fierce than the one we're currently fighting.

    I don't know. . . WW1 had truces on occasion where the Entente and Central powers would stop to play ball. After the Christmas Truces, though, the soldiers were punished for doing so and gas started entering the equation. Due to the horror of the gas attacks, as well as beefed up artillery barrages and superior propaganda, it became next to impossible for the soldiers to see their opponents as anything but monsters, thus putting an end to the temporary ceasefires.

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    tararan said:
    I put Signapore more as a lemonade gal, myself. Regular Seaport, absolutely tea.

    Oh, no. Singaporeans love a good cup of tea themselves. Look at the prevalence of milk tea outlets and coffeeshops where a cup of "teh" is the local way. Though admittedly not a lot of the locals drink "teh o" (red tea without milk).
    That said they don't ritualize tea like the Brits might. Mind you Singapore was a Commonwealth colony.

    And lemonade's not a particular common drink there either.

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    karriope said:

    Oh, no. Singaporeans love a good cup of tea themselves. Look at the prevalence of milk tea outlets and coffeeshops where a cup of "teh" is the local way. Though admittedly not a lot of the locals drink "teh o" (red tea without milk).
    That said they don't ritualize tea like the Brits might. Mind you Singapore was a Commonwealth colony.

    And lemonade's not a particular common drink there either.

    I thought Singaporeans prefer the bubble tea variation.

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    karriope said:

    Oh, no. Singaporeans love a good cup of tea themselves. Look at the prevalence of milk tea outlets and coffeeshops where a cup of "teh" is the local way. Though admittedly not a lot of the locals drink "teh o" (red tea without milk).
    That said they don't ritualize tea like the Brits might. Mind you Singapore was a Commonwealth colony.

    And lemonade's not a particular common drink there either.

    Tea culture is a pretty hefty topic to open up itself; there's hours of history and cultural analysis you can do just on that. I'm certain nearly every nation has had some interest in tea at some point if they still don't already. Saying a certain group of people likes tea is kind of a cheap statement.

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    karriope said:

    Oh, no. Singaporeans love a good cup of tea themselves. Look at the prevalence of milk tea outlets and coffeeshops where a cup of "teh" is the local way. Though admittedly not a lot of the locals drink "teh o" (red tea without milk).
    That said they don't ritualize tea like the Brits might. Mind you Singapore was a Commonwealth colony.

    And lemonade's not a particular common drink there either.

    Kopi Cham/Yuenyeung might cause British tea aficionados to go into apoplexy though, despite how good it tastes.

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    • Orochi Herman
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    karriope said:

    Oh, no. Singaporeans love a good cup of tea themselves. Look at the prevalence of milk tea outlets and coffeeshops where a cup of "teh" is the local way. Though admittedly not a lot of the locals drink "teh o" (red tea without milk).
    That said they don't ritualize tea like the Brits might. Mind you Singapore was a Commonwealth colony.

    And lemonade's not a particular common drink there either.

    We're not exactly tea people here in PH, but that changed when the likes of Gong Cha came here and made tea more tasty.

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