Women and Tea

Philosophically speaking women are definitely from Venus, what a variable bunch they are...  As we are British and enjoy a good cuppa most things end up being discussed and solved over a cup of tea.  This morning The Mini and I were having a little chat about our girls (when they weren't listening ;-) and decided that they are like tea!    We reckon the ladies here at Muleteer HQ have many similarities to our favourite brews, let us tell you more....

Firstly I must describe the many types of tea as some of our overseas friends may be a little less familiar with tea.....

Baby Tea - milky, standard tea that is not very strong, very comforting and the choice of FH
Standard Brew - A good mocha colour with a medium strength of tea and not too much milk
Builder's Brew - strong enough to stain your mug, tea bag dunked for many minutes, minimal milk.
No Milk - very odd this one, very definitely an acquired taste! Not frequently seen with standard tea but the choice of MH for his Rooibos (reminds him of never ending African skies :-)
Herbal Tea - fruity and unpredictable!  Smells of one thing, tastes of another... all sorts of wild flavours, good as a pick me up or for calming down at the end of a busy day.

Our Dragon friend is either a No Milk Tea or a Builder's Brew depending on her mood, Dragon is a very feisty woman with a little bit of soft thrown in occasionally (when no one's looking).  Things in her world are either black or white, soppy or tough, alert or asleep, she doesn't do things by half.... when challenged our Dragon is the strongest Builder's Brew in the world and is not to be consumed by the faint hearted.  Something spooked our Dragon friend this week and made her go in to full alert, we were awestruck, this 'momma' mule was adamant the pixie in the hedge was not going to harm us minis, even FH was slightly alarmed at Dragon's attempts at getting to her enemy, she was ready with dog defenders, radar ears and fire breathing, snorty nostrils.... in the end it was just the neighbour's dog, commotion averted...

Our Catanian is definitely a Herbal Tea, she is fruity, unpredictable and somewhat scatty, when in a sweetened state she is the apple of FH's eye, she purrs and head butts and manages to endear herself to all she knows and is great relaxation, when she is on the prowl she is certainly a 'pick me up' for every small mammal in the area!

Finally there is FH, well she is definitely a Baby Tea or a Builder's Brew depending on her mood, if all is well and her clan are happy she is the cuddly Baby Tea, if however someone makes waves for her clan she can be a Builder's Brew with about a hundred spoons of sugar... remind me to be a good pony?

So how did I get on to Women and Tea?  Well I heard a great quote from a very wise woman this week, this'll make you understand...

A woman is like a tea bag, you never know how strong they are going to be until they find themselves in hot water!
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Have a lovely weekend muleteers, here's to strong women, plenty of tea and time for a chat with friends :-)