If I were a rich man

[venta]

[Poll #1706424]

Comments

[venta.livejournal.com]

I'm always surprised anyone can get excited about them - but there's now two "yay" votes.

I always think of Rich Teas as the worst kind of lowest common denominator, where everything which anyone could object to has been removed, leaving some sort of Essence of Bland.

[zotz]

They're a bit like cornflakes - don't taste of anything much in themselves, but go nicely with a few other things.

[huskyteer.livejournal.com]

Yes, quite. I will eat them if they're the only available biscuit, but I can't imagine them stirring wild passions either way.

[the-alchemist.livejournal.com]

I dislike things that taste sweet, as a rule, so for occasions where sweet biscuits are necessary (or the only thing available), rich tea are great because they fulfil that function without tasting particularly sweet at all.

I think they have a distinctive taste. Things quite often taste strong to me that taste bland to other people, however.

[venta.livejournal.com]

Yes, maybe bland was a bard word, as they do have quite a strong taste. It is (to my mind) a curiously uninteresting and, well, bland flavour, though.

However, it is useful to know that there are genuine people in the world who like them (or at least have a use for them).

[venta.livejournal.com]

A bad word, obviously. I'm not trying to claim it's some sort of Shakespearean insult.

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

Is this a Rich Tea I see before me?

[tigerfort.livejournal.com]

I definitely have a use for them - they stop me snacking so much; if I don't want a rich tea biscuit from the pack right here, I'm clearly not actually hungry and therefore shouldn't get up and find some chocolate.

[venta.livejournal.com]

Ah, the dwarf bread approach to dieting :)

[tigerfort.livejournal.com]

Sadly I'm not convinced that it's any more effective than any other form of dieting....

[uitlander]

Its essentially a biscuit designed by committee.

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

I always think of Rich Teas as the worst kind of lowest common denominator, where everything which anyone could object to has been removed, leaving some sort of Essence of Bland.

General expressions of disinterest concerning Rich Tea I can understand, but I don't quite agree with this comment. The one respect in which Rich Tea aren't perfectly unremarkable is that they're extremely biscuitty (by which I mean dry, hard and brittle) whilst also being highly durable. These characterstics are seldom called for, but if you're serious about dunking biscuits in hot drinks then it helps quite a lot.

Around 20 years ago or so my sister also discovered that if you have two Rich Tea biscuits and a jar of chocolate spread then good things can happen.