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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/08 02:05:02
Post by: CommanderRednaxela
Correct me if I'm mistaken, but I am pretty sure in the game SM someone said that Britian was the last surviving country (concidednce that most 40k players are British) and as an avid tea-drinker, and 40k (fanatic religous) nerd, I had to know, does the Imperium drink tea. Mainly curious on whether Guardsman (mainly Cadia) can drink tea. Do they still have it, Emperor forbid it's been lost in time? And would the Guard be allowed to drink it (being the cannon fodder they are). If you question why I ask, I have one thing to say: when the Imperium comes to our lost world, I must be sure that I can continue to drink tea until the last battle in which I shall serve (probably the first...)
Ok maybe I sound slightly insane, maybe I wrote this completly wrong(but yes tea in 40k is correct), and maybe I've had one too many cups of tea, but I must know.
Edit: No one in SM said Britian was the last country, I am just going mad...
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/08 02:12:33
Post by: Engine of War
Probably.
There is nothing saying they don't anywhere. For all we know there could be whole planets that drink it. As for guard. They have a coffee kind of stuff (Recaff or something) which is watered down due to its mass use but I would imagine the higher up you go the better the stuff you go. So Officers could drink tea. Its not impossible.
If you think of it. There is a chance somewhere in the galaxy its there. Its a really big galaxy after all.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/08 02:14:14
Post by: Avatar 720
Recaf is pretty much a catch-all for tea and coffee, but official descriptions of it--crushed and brewed leaves--are closer to tea. As for actual specific teas, they might still exist, though would likely be a luxury for nobles who can afford them.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/08 02:19:21
Post by: SomeRandomEvilGuy
Best thread ever.
But yeah there's probably still tea or at least similar alien/mutated plants.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/08 04:21:08
Post by: amazingturtles
so it isn't the most grim dark vision of the future at all!
There's still tea. there's still tea.
Now i want art of an ork sipping his cup while fighting a space marine
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/08 04:35:19
Post by: Anfauglir
I know in Abnettverse there's tea/coffee (caffeine), smokes (Iho sticks), liquor (sacra) and even liquorice flavoured cigars!
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/08 04:47:30
Post by: swcorwyn
The Valhallans regularly drink Tanna tea. Mentioned all throughout the Commisar Cain series.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/08 07:51:20
Post by: Mudrat
Completely unrelated, but what was that fluff about Britan being the last country? As an aussie, very curious.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/08 07:53:33
Post by: oldzoggy
Sure they have tea, but as a rule it has to be grim dark somehow. So just don't ask what it is made of.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/08 12:28:30
Post by: CommanderRednaxela
Mudrat wrote:Completely unrelated, but what was that fluff about Britan being the last country? As an aussie, very curious.
Space marine, the game.
The Valhallans regularly drink Tanna tea. Mentioned all throughout the Commisar Cain series.
Well, that is a relief.
Well, thank the Emperor there is tea.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/08 12:42:47
Post by: zedmeister
Mudrat wrote:Completely unrelated, but what was that fluff about Britan being the last country? As an aussie, very curious.
Perhaps its from back in Rogue Trader when they refer to a place called Birmingham, a desolate backwater that nobody ever visits 
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/08 13:02:18
Post by: jhe90
Tea... Theres tea I'm Cain series.
Tea survived. Humanity may yet have hope!
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/08 13:06:26
Post by: Iron_Captain
40k is British. Of course there will be tea.
In the Grim Darkness of the far future, there is only war. Except for when it is tea time.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/08 13:18:39
Post by: wuestenfux
Beer seems to be confirmed by SW.
I'm sure that some caffeine will be served in the 40k universe.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/08 13:48:13
Post by: alanmckenzie
CommanderRednaxela wrote:
The Valhallans regularly drink Tanna tea. Mentioned all throughout the Commisar Cain series.
Well, that is a relief.
Well, thank the Emperor there is tea.
Thank goodness.
A grim dark future where there is only war just became a little bit more survivable.
A universe without tea is a universe I want no part of.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/08 14:01:23
Post by: Galef
 wuestenfux wrote:Beer seems to be confirmed by SW. I'm sure that some caffeine will be served in the 40k universe.
Kinda makes you wonder if the GW writers imposed traits onto any particular SM chapter to represent their views on Americans? If Ultramarines are rule-following "proper" British Space marines, does that mean Space Wolves are the rebellious wild spirited Americans who drink lots of beer (masked in Norse/Viking like mythos)? Or would they be more like the Scots/Irish?
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/08 14:15:22
Post by: AnomanderRake
 Galef wrote: wuestenfux wrote:Beer seems to be confirmed by SW.
I'm sure that some caffeine will be served in the 40k universe.
Kinda makes you wonder if the GW writers imposed traits onto any particular SM chapter to represent their views on Americans?
If Ultramarines are rule-following "proper" British Space marines, does that mean Space Wolves are the rebellious wild spirited Americans who drink lots of beer (masked in Norse/Viking like mythos)?
Or would they be more like the Scots/Irish?
Or could they just be Vikings?
(Speaking of which where are we getting 'proper British Space Marines' out of the Ultramarines? They always seemed more classical Greco-Roman to me.)
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/08 14:19:46
Post by: Aben Zin
Closest to being British are, of course, the Praetorians. And the Orks (especially at about pub closing time on match nights).
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/08 17:05:28
Post by: Baldeagle91
Really?  when do they mention it?
Even then the Kingdom of Urartu was the last to fall to the emperor. But yes Albyon (british isles) is one of the warring states during the unification wars.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/08 19:37:27
Post by: TheLumberJack
I imagine things like tea and coffee still exist. I'm sure all races have something like it as well, except nids
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/08 22:12:03
Post by: CommanderRednaxela
And the Orks (especially at about pub closing time on match nights).
HERESY!!
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/08 22:19:57
Post by: RandyMcStab
This is why I like forums
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/08 22:43:14
Post by: Ynneadwraith
Galef wrote: wuestenfux wrote:Beer seems to be confirmed by SW.
I'm sure that some caffeine will be served in the 40k universe.
Kinda makes you wonder if the GW writers imposed traits onto any particular SM chapter to represent their views on Americans?
If Ultramarines are rule-following "proper" British Space marines, does that mean Space Wolves are the rebellious wild spirited Americans who drink lots of beer (masked in Norse/Viking like mythos)?
Or would they be more like the Scots/Irish?
Seems more Scots/Irish to me...
I'm not certain they'd sell many models basing a faction on the stereotype of Americans we have. I'm fairly certain it's not particularly flattering*...
*not meaning anything by that, just that stereotypes are stereotypes. Apparently we have bad teeth or something 
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/08 23:20:14
Post by: Aben Zin
 Ynneadwraith wrote:
*not meaning anything by that, just that stereotypes are stereotypes. Apparently we have bad teeth or something
See? Orks!
The closest America gets are Deathwing Terminators (and I guess Ratskins in Necromunda). Native Americans though, rather than ...uh, not native Americans?
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/09 07:26:52
Post by: amazingturtles
 oldzoggy wrote:Sure they have tea, but as a rule it has to be grim dark somehow. So just don't ask what it is made of.
oh, i got it! They have tea, but it's like... that really cheap off-brand kind that they sell in american gas stations. that's the only kind you can get.
GRIMDARK
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/09 13:53:17
Post by: Arktyranus
There's still tea, mostly for the officers, just look at White Dwarf (Tea and Crumpets for me!) Also, the future is nice. Except they'll make sure it's grim dark. I guess no Earl Gray. 
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/09 15:15:16
Post by: Captain Joystick
Not calling you out or anything, but I've played that game pretty intensely on PS3 and PC... and don't recall anything of the sort.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/09 15:29:03
Post by: Ketara
http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Tanna
Tanna is a leafy plant native to the underground ice caverns of Valhalla. The planet's native inhabitants use the leaves to brew a tea[1], which is traditionally served in bowls[2].
Commissar Ciaphas Cain, who spent most of his active service career assigned to Valhallan Imperial Guard Regiments, developed a liking for the beverage, describing it as fragant, and with a "faintly bitter aftertaste" that he enjoyed[3].
Valhallan Guard regiments enjoy tanna so much that their Chimera troop transports are traditionally modified to carry a samovar to brew and dispense the beverage, even en route to a battle zone.[5]
Few non-Valhallans seemed able to tolerate the beverage, as Cain conceded to fellow Commissar Tomas Beije that it was "a bit of an acquired taste."[4] Inquisitor Amberley Vail, after sampling it for the first and only time in her long association with Cain, euphemistically described its flavour as "distinctive."[1] Likewise, when Cain described its flavour as "delicate" in his memoirs, Vail sardonically compared the use of the adjective to describing a Baneblade tank as "dainty."[6]
Copied from real life, funnily enough. Every British tank since the Centurion in 1945 carries a kettle.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/09 15:36:57
Post by: General Annoyance
Absolute nonsense; as a Brit I'm sure I would've noticed that in the 5 times I played through the Space Marine campaign. However, I would say that absolutely tea will exist in 40k - it's just various herbs and plant matter mixed with hot water. It certainly won't taste like a good ol' English Breakfast brew, but I'd put money on almost every world in the Imperium having some kind of botanical they'd make tea with. Also you guys know tea isn't just a British thing, right? Pretty much every country outside of the Americas consumes or grows more tea than coffee - hell tea was never a thing in Britain until the colonials started importing it from Ceylon, and we still get most of our tea from Sri Lanka to this day.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/09 16:41:56
Post by: Ynneadwraith
 amazingturtles wrote: oldzoggy wrote:Sure they have tea, but as a rule it has to be grim dark somehow. So just don't ask what it is made of.
oh, i got it! They have tea, but it's like... that really cheap off-brand kind that they sell in american gas stations. that's the only kind you can get.
GRIMDARK
Oh God! it's worse than I expected.
It's tea, but the stuff they sell from machines in polystyrene cups that's either 50% milk or inexplicable dark and bitter.
I don't know why humanity fights anymore...
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/09 17:07:35
Post by: Sgt_Smudge
CommanderRednaxela wrote:Mudrat wrote:Completely unrelated, but what was that fluff about Britan being the last country? As an aussie, very curious.
Space marine, the game.
Yeah, I've not seen this? Could you provide a little more evidence, I'm not sure if I've missed something.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/09 17:24:48
Post by: General Annoyance
 Sgt_Smudge wrote:CommanderRednaxela wrote:Mudrat wrote:Completely unrelated, but what was that fluff about Britan being the last country? As an aussie, very curious.
Space marine, the game.
Yeah, I've not seen this? Could you provide a little more evidence, I'm not sure if I've missed something.
I can assure you that it doesn't exist at all in that game, if anywhere; I do happen to be able to recite practically every piece of dialogue that happens in the story, because of multiple playthroughs and photographic memory.
The only thing I can think of is the audio logs. I found all of them but 3, and I doubt those 3 would really contain such a blatant real life reference in them.
If they do, it's time for playthrough no.6
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/09 17:38:58
Post by: CommanderRednaxela
 General Annoyance wrote:
Absolute nonsense; as a Brit I'm sure I would've noticed that in the 5 times I played through the Space Marine campaign.
However, I would say that absolutely tea will exist in 40k - it's just various herbs and plant matter mixed with hot water. It certainly won't taste like a good ol' English Breakfast brew, but I'd put money on almost every world in the Imperium having some kind of botanical they'd make tea with.
Also you guys know tea isn't just a British thing, right? Pretty much every country outside of the Americas consumes or grows more tea than coffee - hell tea was never a thing in Britain until the colonials started importing it from Ceylon, and we still get most of our tea from Sri Lanka to this day.
t
Perhaps I am mistaken then.
As a Canadian (who lives in America) I know tea is isn't just the British (though Canada still does recognize the Queen...)
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/09 18:36:47
Post by: nareik
On Catachan Death World the tea drinks you!
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/09 20:39:01
Post by: JamesY
 Baldeagle91 wrote:
But yes Albyon (british isles) is one of the warring states during the unification wars.
Indeed, and from those isles the first warriors for the dusk raiders where recruited, who went on to become the death guard. And you know what the first thing we English do when feeling a bit peeky? Get the kettle on...
Mortarion has the tea, those aren't incense censers hanging from his belt 
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/09 23:13:51
Post by: Raven911
 Anfauglir wrote:I know in Abnettverse there's tea/coffee (caffeine), smokes (Iho sticks), liquor (sacra) and even liquorice flavoured cigars!
Which begs the question, do the liquorice flavored cigars really exist? I've search everywhere and can't find any...
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/09 23:33:33
Post by: Anfauglir
 Raven911 wrote: Anfauglir wrote:I know in Abnettverse there's tea/coffee (caffeine), smokes (Iho sticks), liquor (sacra) and even liquorice flavoured cigars!
Which begs the question, do the liquorice flavored cigars really exist? I've search everywhere and can't find any...
I faintly remember Rizler doing liquorice rolling paper, but that would have been for cigarettes. I may be wrong as I'm not a smoker and have never smoked, but I think liquorice extract (a root extract, I think?) can be used as an addative for cigars, but not for any flavouring properties. Perhaps Dan heard of this and thought it made them liquorice-flavoured? Or maybe he knows they don't but made his fictional ones flavoured anyway, I don't know.
Any connoisseur of the ol' blunts around here? I'm sure they could shed some proper light on this for you.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/10 06:33:39
Post by: Jehan-reznor
Not a Tea drinker but a can of custodian coffee* gets me going during the day!
*Only marines survive more than 3 cans a day!
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/10 07:36:19
Post by: Spetulhu
Anfauglir wrote:I faintly remember Rizler doing liquorice rolling paper, but that would have been for cigarettes. I may be wrong as I'm not a smoker and have never smoked, but I think liquorice extract (a root extract, I think?) can be used as an addative for cigars, but not for any flavouring properties.
Not raw liquorice directly but you can use liquors or spirits like anisette or ouzo to flavor a cigar. I'm sure "real" cigar aficionados are greatly offended at such a barbaric practice if you do this to anything worth more than a couple of bucks. :-)
Another way of flavoring (maybe not real cigars but at least smaller cigarillos) would also be using a wooden tube as a cigar holder. Infuse that one with some taste and see what happens.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/11 01:13:53
Post by: Gulgog TufToof
In the grim darkness of the far future, there is no time for tea, there is only eternal war!
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/11 01:27:28
Post by: Elbows
Even dirty space elves have tea. Thirianna is mentioned drinking some Eldar type of tea (forget the name of the plant/tree mentioned) in her apartment in Path of the Seer.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/11 01:54:49
Post by: Anfauglir
 Gulgog TufToof wrote:In the grim darkness of the far future, there is no time for tea, there is only eternal war!
Why do you think the Imperium was founded and set out to conquer the galaxy and cause eternal war in the first place? Terra ran out of teabags. War amongst the stars was the only choice.
The drinker must awaken! The tea must flow!
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/11 01:57:08
Post by: General Annoyance
Khorne will be very unimpressed when he realises a whole load of the "blood" that the galaxy has spilled has actually been accidents involving strawberry infusions at afternoon meetings
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/11 03:04:50
Post by: AndrewC
Sorry to be picky, but no that button doesn't start the kettle. It's an Apache. It's American and it doesn't have a BV.
Cheers
Andrew
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/11 03:52:45
Post by: General Annoyance
 AndrewC wrote:
Sorry to be picky, but no that button doesn't start the kettle. It's an Apache. It's American and it doesn't have a BV.
Cheers
Andrew
It might be - the British army do have their own modified version of the Longbow, after all 
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/11 06:06:54
Post by: TheLumberJack
 Elbows wrote:Even dirty space elves have tea. Thirianna is mentioned drinking some Eldar type of tea (forget the name of the plant/tree mentioned) in her apartment in Path of the Seer.
Eldar have apartments?
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/11 11:14:57
Post by: DeffDred
amazingturtles wrote:so it isn't the most grim dark vision of the future at all!
There's still tea. there's still tea.
Now i want art of an ork sipping his cup while fighting a space marine
I'll get right on that!
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/11 12:10:49
Post by: Elbows
 TheLumberJack wrote: Elbows wrote:Even dirty space elves have tea. Thirianna is mentioned drinking some Eldar type of tea (forget the name of the plant/tree mentioned) in her apartment in Path of the Seer.
Eldar have apartments?
Yep. Lofted ceiling, garden tub, full walk-in closets. Only 865 square feet though (doesn't include the balcony).
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/11 16:18:12
Post by: TheLumberJack
Elbows wrote: TheLumberJack wrote: Elbows wrote:Even dirty space elves have tea. Thirianna is mentioned drinking some Eldar type of tea (forget the name of the plant/tree mentioned) in her apartment in Path of the Seer.
Eldar have apartments?
Yep. Lofted ceiling, garden tub, full walk-in closets. Only 865 square feet though (doesn't include the balcony).
Wonder what rent is?
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/11 21:02:20
Post by: nareik
TheLumberJack wrote: Elbows wrote: TheLumberJack wrote: Elbows wrote:Even dirty space elves have tea. Thirianna is mentioned drinking some Eldar type of tea (forget the name of the plant/tree mentioned) in her apartment in Path of the Seer.
Eldar have apartments?
Yep. Lofted ceiling, garden tub, full walk-in closets. Only 865 square feet though (doesn't include the balcony).
Wonder what rent is?
The rent is long overdue and is to be paid to She Who Thirsts (for tea apparently).
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/12 06:37:48
Post by: amazingturtles
I'm learning so much and i love it
this is all canon in my head. all of it
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/12 07:27:09
Post by: RaiGreySteel
Does that mean a lot of British traditions is implemented throughout the Imperium or the 40k universe? Also assuming that Humanity during the Millenniums probably before the fall and the decay of the Imperium has probably mixed culturally given the fact that the world in the 21st Century is already embracing other cultures. Would other traditions from other Country also exist?
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/12 10:04:04
Post by: nareik
The Imperium is post Brexit. It is all Whippets and Gold Blend now.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/12 10:53:39
Post by: Ynneadwraith
nareik wrote:The Imperium is post Brexit. It is all Whippets and Gold Blend now.
I cannot exalt this enough!
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/12 11:38:35
Post by: oldzoggy
Does anyone know more of "Solian Tea"
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/12 12:01:44
Post by: Snake Tortoise
Let the galaxy burn! *sips tea*
I'm curious about eating and drinking in 40k. Most of what I've read is HH and the only parts I remember with food/drink were primarchs drinking fine wines/spirits, and Space Wolves drinking beer
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/12 12:26:23
Post by: nareik
There was a Space Marine chapter that specialised in wine. I think it might have been in the omnibus.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/12 18:47:18
Post by: TheLumberJack
 Snake Tortoise wrote:Let the galaxy burn! *sips tea*
I'm curious about eating and drinking in 40k. Most of what I've read is HH and the only parts I remember with food/drink were primarchs drinking fine wines/spirits, and Space Wolves drinking beer
I've always wondered this, what do people in this universe eat?
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/12 19:13:16
Post by: Ynneadwraith
Apparently the Grox (a sort of semi-reptilian cow-like creature) is common as a beast of burden and source of food, so probably Grox steaks and burgers would be common.
Other than that, probably various different types of staple food crop that can be grown en-masse: grains, rice etc.
They'd likely be heavily genetically altered from the crops we'd recognise today. We've already started genetically altering food crops in M3. I'd expect it would be commonplace in M41.
Saying that, there's a whole galaxy full of different worlds with alien life. What people eat probably varies massively between continents on a world, let alone between worlds themselves.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/12 19:49:58
Post by: TheLumberJack
Ynneadwraith wrote:Apparently the Grox (a sort of semi-reptilian cow-like creature) is common as a beast of burden and source of food, so probably Grox steaks and burgers would be common.
Other than that, probably various different types of staple food crop that can be grown en-masse: grains, rice etc.
They'd likely be heavily genetically altered from the crops we'd recognise today. We've already started genetically altering food crops in M3. I'd expect it would be commonplace in M41.
Saying that, there's a whole galaxy full of different worlds with alien life. What people eat probably varies massively between continents on a world, let alone between worlds themselves.
Yeah I've read about Grox. Orks eat squigs. I imagine humans eat very basic diets. Marines eat whatever. Eldar probably eat fancy food. Tau no clue. Nids eat everything
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/13 09:49:37
Post by: Ynneadwraith
Most humans would probably eat a very basic diet, but the Imperium is huge and has many different social classes. I expect Spyrers in hives would eat as fancy food as the Eldar For some reason I expect the Tau to have rationing rather than purchasable food. That's more of an economic mechanism than actual food though. Kroot eat (nearly) everything too, provided their Shapers say it's ok
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/14 20:34:19
Post by: CommanderRednaxela
Ynneadwraith wrote: amazingturtles wrote: oldzoggy wrote:Sure they have tea, but as a rule it has to be grim dark somehow. So just don't ask what it is made of.
oh, i got it! They have tea, but it's like... that really cheap off-brand kind that they sell in american gas stations. that's the only kind you can get.
GRIMDARK
Oh God[-Emperor]! it's worse than I expected.
It's tea, but the stuff they sell from machines in polystyrene cups that's either 50% milk or inexplicable dark and bitter.
I don't know why humanity fights anymore...
Emperor Save Us!!!
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/18 01:00:14
Post by: Frstwlf
Regarding the food, in the Lure of the Expanse adventure for the FFG Rogue Trader RPG, there's a few dishes on page 17. Granted, it's on a backwater void-port with highborns with bizarre tastes but...
- Voidburned Winterscale Creeper with Rakken Brain Sauce (not too dangerous, just generally disgusting)
- Live Dolorium Throat Crab (hard to keep down)
- Shardspider Eggs in Promethium Soup (mind the sharp bits and try not to smoke afterwards)
- Jerazol Brain-Fluke braised in Ork Spinal Fluid (don’t let it get onto your brain stem)
- Deep Warp Eel (of unknown origins) with Egarian Mummy Extract (one look at this ‘eel’ will tell anyone something is not quite right about it…)
Some effects of these dishes are quite dire. Anyway, I thought it was an interesting example of the level of goofiness one might expect from the edge of the Imperium.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/11/21 04:14:58
Post by: Elbows
Reading some more of the Path of the Outcast and they mentioned tea again. Aradryan and his companion were drinking "whitenut" tea...and again it mentioned Thirianna's "apartment".
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/12/02 07:13:07
Post by: Matthew
I'd imagine tea's the only way for IG regiments to relember home... valhallans probably bring a bag or two on campaign just to remember home
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/12/02 07:44:39
Post by: Kid_Kyoto
The classic Dark Future books by Kim Newman (writing as Jack Yeovil) had the first mention of Recaf that I can remember.
I was a poor substitute for coffee after President Oliver North's wars in Central America caused the US to be cut off. Real Coffee was a luxury for the rich.
Those were good books. I should reread them again.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/12/03 20:37:31
Post by: Psienesis
Adding a plant to hot water and drinking the extract is probably a social custom, a form of experimental (or established) apothecarianism, and a general habit across the Imperium. Even on advanced/industrialized worlds, the powder they add to the water probably began as a plant at some point (though is now just recombined chemicals).
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/12/06 21:03:32
Post by: CommanderRednaxela
I formall declare I was wrong, not sure how I got the idea in my head (damn you tzeetch) but britian was not brought up in SM
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/12/07 01:31:03
Post by: TheLumberJack
CommanderRednaxela wrote:I formall declare I was wrong, not sure how I got the idea in my head (damn you tzeetch) but britian was not brought up in SM
Did you play the whole game to find out?
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/12/07 12:42:39
Post by: MarsNZ
Humans have shown that they will go to great lengths to attend to their vices. I'm sure all manner of things are boiled, strained, distilled, snorted or rolled up and smoked throughout the Imperium. Reminds me of Kalma and Spook from Necromunda, it's a shame the general mainstreaming of the 40k IP means that these types of adult references are gone.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/12/07 13:45:10
Post by: Maniac_nmt
wuestenfux wrote:Beer seems to be confirmed by SW.
I'm sure that some caffeine will be served in the 40k universe.
Beer is not difficult to make, the Egyptians were drinking it at least 3000+ years ago. Likewise tea is very simple to make, and bark teas were drunk before modern tea reached Europe (not much, but still done for various reasons).
It isn't technology that would be lost. Maybe the sorts of beer or tea you know might be lost, but not beer or tea themselves (beer, in particular, was drunk,as well as wine, for thousands of years because it was safer than water due to boiling the liquid/mash).
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/12/07 13:52:45
Post by: Ynneadwraith
 MarsNZ wrote:Humans have shown that they will go to great lengths to attend to their vices. I'm sure all manner of things are boiled, strained, distilled, snorted or rolled up and smoked throughout the Imperium. Reminds me of Kalma and Spook from Necromunda, it's a shame the general mainstreaming of the 40k IP means that these types of adult references are gone.
Agreed that it's a shame these references are gone. Same reason why we've got the androgynous crab-people as Daemonettes instead of the kickass Huan Diaz sculpts...
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/12/07 23:16:21
Post by: ChazSexington
Tea, as in plant-based infusions, will exist. The Camellia sinensis plant, from which real tea is made, is probably extinct, or so different it might as well be.
However, a case could be made for, due to the grimdark of the setting, everyone drinking flower and fruit "tea" with heaps of sugar or artificial sweetener with milk. Truly gruesome.
 Arktyranus wrote:There's still tea, mostly for the officers, just look at White Dwarf (Tea and Crumpets for me!) Also, the future is nice. Except they'll make sure it's grim dark. I guess no Earl Gray.
Earl Grey isn't even real tea. It's just bergamot flowers and hot water.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/12/08 23:22:47
Post by: jhe90
 ChazSexington wrote:Tea, as in plant-based infusions, will exist. The Camellia sinensis plant, from which real tea is made, is probably extinct, or so different it might as well be.
However, a case could be made for, due to the grimdark of the setting, everyone drinking flower and fruit "tea" with heaps of sugar or artificial sweetener with milk. Truly gruesome.
Arktyranus wrote:There's still tea, mostly for the officers, just look at White Dwarf (Tea and Crumpets for me!) Also, the future is nice. Except they'll make sure it's grim dark. I guess no Earl Gray.
Earl Grey isn't even real tea. It's just bergamot flowers and hot water.
Galexey may be going to hell. The warp wants to eat you and a entire invading race do the same to your body.
But wr have tea... And in tea... We shall have calm!
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/12/09 08:16:34
Post by: Jehan-reznor
I heard tea made from the Venus Mantrap has an exquisite taste
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/12/09 09:31:45
Post by: Glasdir
nareik wrote:There was a Space Marine chapter that specialised in wine. I think it might have been in the omnibus.
might be the 1k sons you're thinking of, if I recall correctly ahriman (or one of the other characters mentioned in a thousand sons) owned a vineyard and made wine as a peacetime occupation.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/12/13 03:18:05
Post by: TheLumberJack
 Glasdir wrote:nareik wrote:There was a Space Marine chapter that specialised in wine. I think it might have been in the omnibus.
might be the 1k sons you're thinking of, if I recall correctly ahriman (or one of the other characters mentioned in a thousand sons) owned a vineyard and made wine as a peacetime occupation.
No way? That's funny
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/12/13 10:47:04
Post by: Glasdir
can't remember where it was mentioned in the book, but it did amuse me, especially the idea of peacetime in 40k
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/12/13 12:05:31
Post by: ColonelFazackerley
I love this thread. It is delightfully niche.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/12/14 20:06:11
Post by: TheLumberJack
Does alcohol still exist in 40k? I know the wolves have their beer but anyone else or any info on alcohol in the universe?
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/12/14 21:11:47
Post by: Maniac_nmt
TheLumberJack wrote:Does alcohol still exist in 40k? I know the wolves have their beer but anyone else or any info on alcohol in the universe?
Alcohol is a naturally occuring phenomena. As long as life exists it will exist. It occurs naturally when yeast encounters sugar.
Drinkable alcohol dates to earliest recorded human history as a result. Egyptian poetry states, "If I kiss her and her lips are open I am happy even without beer." Grave goods thousands of years old show evidence of having contained alcohol.
It is a byproduct of nature, and imbibile alcohol is also completely natural. You just also get toxic forms as well if the wrong yeast is introduced.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/12/14 23:18:08
Post by: General Annoyance
TheLumberJack wrote:Does alcohol still exist in 40k? I know the wolves have their beer but anyone else or any info on alcohol in the universe?
Fungus Beer, if yer Green enuf ta drink it! 
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/12/20 05:05:46
Post by: Kid_Kyoto
TheLumberJack wrote:Does alcohol still exist in 40k? I know the wolves have their beer but anyone else or any info on alcohol in the universe?
The Abnett books frequently mention Amsec which serves the role of wine. One of the Gaunt books has him going on a bender after several 100 Ghosts are killed in a friendly fire incident.
The 'Of Mars' books has the Cadians setting up a still and bar in the bowels of their ship and talk about it as standard procedure.
And that's off the top of my head.
This helps.
http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Imperial_Food_and_Drink
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/12/20 05:30:58
Post by: amazingturtles
Frankly, I think even 40k isn't going to go so evil as to deny the people alcohol. Got to deal with the nature of the universe somehow.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/12/20 06:01:39
Post by: MagicJuggler
TheLumberJack wrote: Ynneadwraith wrote:Apparently the Grox (a sort of semi-reptilian cow-like creature) is common as a beast of burden and source of food, so probably Grox steaks and burgers would be common.
Other than that, probably various different types of staple food crop that can be grown en-masse: grains, rice etc.
They'd likely be heavily genetically altered from the crops we'd recognise today. We've already started genetically altering food crops in M3. I'd expect it would be commonplace in M41.
Saying that, there's a whole galaxy full of different worlds with alien life. What people eat probably varies massively between continents on a world, let alone between worlds themselves.
Yeah I've read about Grox. Orks eat squigs. I imagine humans eat very basic diets. Marines eat whatever. Eldar probably eat fancy food. Tau no clue. Nids eat everything
In Kill Team, the Last Chancers had dinner with a Tau delegation, and almost all the food was vegetarian of different shades. Different fruits, vegetables, breads and rices, among other things. The Fire Warriors occasionally ritually eat meat but otherwise it's vegetarian.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/12/20 07:08:32
Post by: icn1982
I now have the image of whole planets devoted to nothing but the growing of tea leaves.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/12/20 11:13:30
Post by: JetmechNOR
 Kid_Kyoto wrote: TheLumberJack wrote:Does alcohol still exist in 40k? I know the wolves have their beer but anyone else or any info on alcohol in the universe?
The Abnett books frequently mention Amsec which serves the role of wine. One of the Gaunt books has him going on a bender after several 100 Ghosts are killed in a friendly fire incident.
The 'Of Mars' books has the Cadians setting up a still and bar in the bowels of their ship and talk about it as standard procedure.
And that's off the top of my head.
This helps.
http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Imperial_Food_and_Drink
Actually the Imperial Infantry Mans Uplifting Primer mentions gargling neat Amasac as a way of treating leaches in the throat
OJJ
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/12/20 12:42:05
Post by: Anfauglir
icn1982 wrote:I now have the image of whole planets devoted to nothing but the growing of tea leaves.
Yeah, and they're more sacred than shrine worlds and more heavily defended than fortress worlds. 
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/12/20 13:10:41
Post by: Ynneadwraith
icn1982 wrote:I now have the image of whole planets devoted to nothing but the growing of tea leaves.
And they say the future is grimdark!
Actually, it's probably all that weird tasting stuff you get in hotels...
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/12/20 14:08:29
Post by: icn1982
Anfauglir wrote:icn1982 wrote:I now have the image of whole planets devoted to nothing but the growing of tea leaves.
Yeah, and they're more sacred than shrine worlds and more heavily defended than fortress worlds.
Orks invade a world that exclusively grows tea leaves, next thing you know, the largest army since the great crusade shows up and utterly smacks the orks into the middle of next week, the few that survive wake up thinking 'what did we do.' The Tyranid Hive Mind sees this and diverts an entire tendril away from another such planet, unfortunately its towards one that exclusively grows cucumbers.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/12/20 19:27:13
Post by: Ynneadwraith
icn1982 wrote: Anfauglir wrote:icn1982 wrote:I now have the image of whole planets devoted to nothing but the growing of tea leaves.
Yeah, and they're more sacred than shrine worlds and more heavily defended than fortress worlds.
Orks invade a world that exclusively grows tea leaves, next thing you know, the largest army since the great crusade shows up and utterly smacks the orks into the middle of next week, the few that survive wake up thinking 'what did we do.' The Tyranid Hive Mind sees this and diverts an entire tendril away from another such planet, unfortunately its towards one that exclusively grows cucumbers.
Hmmm, thinking in the way of a radical inquisitor, an idea strikes me.
1. Devote an entire sector to growing nothing but pot.
2. Plant a Genestealer cult in each world, and watch as the hive fleet homes in
3. Send in the sector fleet to mop up the bugs that are all too baked to retaliate
Of course, it could all go horribly wrong and just make the Tyranids extra hungry...
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/12/20 19:50:01
Post by: icn1982
I can see the Inquisitors all standing around after the 'nids get extra hungry all looking at one shame faced inquisitor until one of them speaks up and says 'well, this is another fine mess you have gotten us into'
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/12/20 19:56:28
Post by: Anfauglir
Ynneadwraith wrote:icn1982 wrote: Anfauglir wrote:icn1982 wrote:I now have the image of whole planets devoted to nothing but the growing of tea leaves.
Yeah, and they're more sacred than shrine worlds and more heavily defended than fortress worlds.
Orks invade a world that exclusively grows tea leaves, next thing you know, the largest army since the great crusade shows up and utterly smacks the orks into the middle of next week, the few that survive wake up thinking 'what did we do.' The Tyranid Hive Mind sees this and diverts an entire tendril away from another such planet, unfortunately its towards one that exclusively grows cucumbers.
Hmmm, thinking in the way of a radical inquisitor, an idea strikes me.
1. Devote an entire sector to growing nothing but pot.
2. Plant a Genestealer cult in each world, and watch as the hive fleet homes in
3. Send in the sector fleet to mop up the bugs that are all too baked to retaliate
Of course, it could all go horribly wrong and just make the Tyranids extra hungry...
Oh, my. Tyranids... with the munchies. *shivers*
Emperor, preserve us!
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/12/20 20:21:20
Post by: icn1982
Anfauglir wrote: Ynneadwraith wrote:icn1982 wrote: Anfauglir wrote:icn1982 wrote:I now have the image of whole planets devoted to nothing but the growing of tea leaves.
Yeah, and they're more sacred than shrine worlds and more heavily defended than fortress worlds.
Orks invade a world that exclusively grows tea leaves, next thing you know, the largest army since the great crusade shows up and utterly smacks the orks into the middle of next week, the few that survive wake up thinking 'what did we do.' The Tyranid Hive Mind sees this and diverts an entire tendril away from another such planet, unfortunately its towards one that exclusively grows cucumbers.
Hmmm, thinking in the way of a radical inquisitor, an idea strikes me.
1. Devote an entire sector to growing nothing but pot.
2. Plant a Genestealer cult in each world, and watch as the hive fleet homes in
3. Send in the sector fleet to mop up the bugs that are all too baked to retaliate
Of course, it could all go horribly wrong and just make the Tyranids extra hungry...
Oh, my. Tyranids... with the munchies. *shivers*
Emperor, preserve us!
That's going to be the biggest and strangest pizza order they will have gotten
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/12/20 20:49:20
Post by: gnome_idea_what
icn1982 wrote:I can see the Inquisitors all standing around after the 'nids get extra hungry all looking at one shame faced inquisitor until one of them speaks up and says 'well, this is another fine mess you have gotten us into'
I told you we should have stuck with the bug spray, but noooo, you had to try something different.
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Tea in 40k @ 2016/12/20 20:54:03
Post by: Ynneadwraith
 gnome_idea_what wrote:icn1982 wrote:I can see the Inquisitors all standing around after the 'nids get extra hungry all looking at one shame faced inquisitor until one of them speaks up and says 'well, this is another fine mess you have gotten us into'
I told you we should have stuck with the bug spray, but noooo, you had to try something different.
When I said feed them a galaxy of green I meant the Orks you numbskull!
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