Editing The Pen Addict 532/transcript (section)

== Christmas Tea Series ==


'''Myke:''' No. Okay. I have no doubt there are people that drink these kinds of teas, right? Like, herbal teas, fruit teas, interesting, you know, like mint tea, whatever, right?

'''Brad:''' Here, let me answer my own question here and cut you off. Tea enjoyed during Christmas in England and other European countries. So, that's in the press release. I don't know.

'''Myke:''' I don't know how to say that. I'm going to say. As winter approaches, blended tea is released from each tea maker. And many of them are mixed with spices such as cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg.

'''Myke:''' Look, this is one of those things, right? Do people do this? I have no doubt, right? I have no doubt people are doing this. Have I experienced in my life a Christmas tea? No. I have never experienced a Christmas tea in my life. Like, if they would have called it, like, kind of mulled wine or something, that, you know, that would be like, oh, yeah, people do that. I've never come across Christmas tea.

'''Brad:''' All right. Well, let's stick with the Christmas tea and let everyone know it is awesomely orange. I did not expect this. I didn't know what to expect because I wasn't actually looking for this to exist. But Christmas Spice is a translucent orange barrel pen. And it does have an alternate color finial, like a deeper orangish brown.

'''Myke:''' A quick Google, by the way, does tell me that Christmas teas exist. Like, and I have no doubt about that, right? That, like, tea makers make Christmas teas. But it's kind of like, it's like how, this is actually kind of a good analogous for me of, like, sailor maker Christmas tea pen, right? Right. It's the same as tea makers making a Christmas tea. Of, like, well, we need something to do. Right? We can't just release our one black tea or black pen forever. So, here's a Christmas tea. You know what I mean? And, like, they're kind of like, this is the same to me of, like, well, hey, we've got to have a new pen. What do you want to do? Christmas tea? All right. We'll do Christmas tea.

'''Brad:''' So, it's not as ubiquitous as something like the pumpkin spice season that we're currently in. No, exactly.

'''Myke:''' If this was called pumpkin spice, I'd be like, all right, I get it.

'''Brad:''' Right, right, right.

'''Myke:''' It's also like, one of them is Christmas pudding tea? That doesn't make any sense. Why not just make a Christmas pudding?

'''Brad:''' I think it is Christmas pudding. Okay. That could be. Because that's the thing, right?

'''Myke:''' That's the thing, for sure.

'''Brad:''' This is Sailor's problem with this naming convention. The series is the tea series, okay? The overarching theme of this set is Christmas tea, and then the pudding also falls, and the Christmas spice also falls under the... They've dug themselves a hole here, as far as the naming. They've dug themselves a big hole.

'''Myke:''' Because by calling it tea would seem to suggest that, like, Christmas pudding is a tea-based cake, like a cake that you have with tea, which it is not, like, it is not that. Like, you have it at the end of a Christmas dinner. You know, like, it's not like how we have afternoon tea or whatever, right? Right. You don't have Christmas pudding as far as an afternoon tea. Because I'll tell you, Christmas pudding sucks. Everyone that tells you they like it, they're lying. They're lying to themselves. It's horrible.

'''Brad:''' Yeah, it looks like the fruitcake version of the Christmas dessert here in the U.S. and other parts of the world, where the firmer fruitcake is made into a mushier pudding style. It's like, that's a full pass.

'''Myke:''' And I believe every single person that tells me they like Christmas pudding, they do one of two things to it. They cover it in icing, or they cover it in brandy. And I will tell you now, what you're enjoying is either the icing or the brandy. It's not the Christmas pudding.

'''Brad:''' You have to get drunk before you participate. Oh, definitely. I mean, that's why it's at the end of Christmas dinner. Yeah, exactly.

'''Myke:''' Everyone's, they've had to be filled at that point.

'''Brad:''' So, they did the naming convention thing in the first go round, because I ended up liking the brown ink very much. But it was called Sailor Tea Time Fika Coffee. Which is also hilarious. I was like, why is it coffee in the tea time? It's like, they're like, well, you have coffee at tea time. I'm like, you are really not helping your cause here whatsoever. Why would you start your tea series with coffee?

'''Myke:''' Why would you do that?

'''Myke:''' Look, I'm from England. Tea, right? It means... Like, yes. Like, tea is like lunch, right? Right. So, you have like breakfast, lunch, supper, dinner, tea. Like, these are just, it's just a reference for a time.

'''Myke:''' Fine. I get that. I still wouldn't start with coffee. You know? Hey, how are you going to do? Sometimes you get yourself into these things.