Picard’s Tea Order Makes No Sense

"Don't you people from the 24th century ever pee?"
- Z. Cochrane

 

I dunno- seems perfectly logical to me. Earl Grey is the blend- and he states the temperature. Which you know...a machine kind of needs you to do.

Also I know people who drink tea cold- it is a thing!

 

But as in the OP, Earl Grey only refers to tea, and 'hot' is not a temperature. And even if drinking cold tea is a thing (never heard of this), it's very out of the ordinary.

 

I mean, Earl Grey is a specific blend of tea, is it not? Flavoured with bergamot oil?

About the temperature- I do understand, and see your point. Even when (I believe it was Lieutenant Barclay) ordered water, he specified that he wanted the water to be 10C. That makes more sense. I do not know why the replicators are not consistent. Lol.

 

Yes, but that's the point. It is tea, so you wouldn't also need to say 'tea', just 'Earl Grey'.

 

Ahhhhh. I see your point now. Whoops.

 

You’ve never heard of ice tea? It’s served cold all over America. In the American South it’s served cold and sweet. If you don’t want it sweet you’d better make that clear.

 

I disagree. Clothes get dirty and need cleaning. Part of life.

Interesting. That's the main way people I know drink it is cold or iced.

 

Almost all tea I drink is iced. I haven't had a hot tea in months. Try some iced Barry's Irish Breakfast with honey (sweeten before adding the ice). You're welcome.

 

Notice how it's being called 'iced tea'? That's because people say 'tea' for hot tea, then 'iced tea' for cold.

Sure, but that doesn't necessarily mean laundry services are needed in the same way bathrooms are.

 

Does to me.

 

People need somewhere to 'use the bathroom'. Even if that only means somewhere for privacy. If clothes can be replicated daily, there's no need for laundry services.

One is more necessary than the other.

 

To me both make sense.

 

How? One is clearly more necessary than the other.

 

Because I don't see people replicating clothes daily. Seems weird to me.

Clothes need laundering. That's my brain.

 

Yeah, but that doesn't mean not mentioning laundry is the same as not mentioning bathrooms, which was your original point.

And thinking about it, replicating would seem to make more sense.

 

More my point is that not mentioning something doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

Replicating doesn't make sense to me. Mileage etc.

 

Sure

 

So you have heard of it?

In parts of America if you order tea it will come cold and in a glass.

 

Nope. I can go in to a restaurant near my work and order tea and get cold tea.