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Spooky welsh tea money

Recently Emily Cole mailed us to say 'While enjoying my sunday afternoon cuppa, i noticed that there were many little bubbles on the top of my tea. My gran once told me that this is called "money", and if there are many bubbles, then you are due for good fortune in the near future. Is this myth recognised throughout the tea-drinking world or is it confined to the pensioners in the South Wales' valleys?' Well we checked with some other Welsh people who although having not heard of such a saying, conceded that it was perfectly possible. Perhaps you know somebody who has a Welsh Granny, or maybe you know of some tea and biscuits superstitions of your own. If so we want to hear about them, fire up those email programs! Your tea money feedback

Bin there for tea

Big brother house mates Dean and Stuart came up with the Tea Bag Bin, a little bin thing that sits next to your kettle and collects up all your used tea bags. We've had one for a test drive for a little while now. To find out how we got on and for a gratuitous picture of our Courgette patch take a look at our Tea Bag Bin report.

Personal mug awareness week

If you're like myself or the Wife then you probably have your own favorite or personal mug for use in your place of work, or some such communal area. If you do then you'll no doubt know the embarrassing and sometimes ugly scenes that can occur when somebody else uses your mug. I have seen people resort to drinking tea from truly ghastly excuses for mugs, such as our appalling Jar-jar Binks mug with its strange stains, in the hope that other people will pass it over when searching for a clean drinking vessel. Perhaps you have gone to extreme ends to ensure the sanctity of your mug, or maybe caused an unpleasant scene as you reclaimed it from a fellow worker. Then again maybe you use those nasty plastic cups from vending machines. Either way we want to know, send those emails in! As we have started this campaign week on a Thursday we'll probably let it run for a week or two or until we can think of something better, I expect. Your personal mug feedback