florence11 Posted October 1, 2022 #1 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Hi, We are booked on Emerald Princess March 2023 and we British do like our tea, can anyone tell me if there are tea making facilities in the cabin or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare 1025cruise Posted October 1, 2022 #2 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Normally no. However, if the ship is sailing from the UK, they will sometimes provide kettles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowzz Posted October 1, 2022 #3 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Kettles are provided on ships sailing from Southampton, and also on some European cruises. In my experience they are not normally provided on US sailings, but no harm in asking the steward if he can find one. However, unless the Emerald has been in Europe you may be unlucky . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sunviking90 Posted October 1, 2022 #4 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Hopefully they will still be in the staterooms for our transatlantic leaving from Southampton. 🤞🏻. I’d love to have easy access to tea at all times! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidoLiz Posted October 1, 2022 #5 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Now, if only they would provide the Yorkshire Gold…..🫖 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike45LC Posted October 1, 2022 #6 Share Posted October 1, 2022 If there are no in-cabin “kettles”, there is hot water available at the buffet 24-7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ombud Posted October 1, 2022 #7 Share Posted October 1, 2022 I just order a modified tea for 3pm. My taste buds love tea, scones, cream, marmalade, sandwiches on my balcony. They bring a full carafe of very hot coffee, small pot for steeping tea, and milk. No idea why milk. I'm drinking tea. My waistline not so happy with the set up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ombud Posted October 1, 2022 #8 Share Posted October 1, 2022 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Ombud said: I just order a modified tea for 3pm. My taste buds love tea, scones, cream, marmalade, sandwiches on my balcony. They bring a full carafe of very hot water, small pot for steeping tea, and milk. No idea why milk. I'm drinking tea. My waistline not so happy with the set up Weird autocorrect. Coffee's for morning. Tea's for afternoon Edited October 1, 2022 by Ombud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sunviking90 Posted October 1, 2022 #9 Share Posted October 1, 2022 1 hour ago, Ombud said: I just order a modified tea for 3pm. My taste buds love tea, scones, cream, marmalade, sandwiches on my balcony. They bring a full carafe of very hot coffee, small pot for steeping tea, and milk. No idea why milk. I'm drinking tea. My waistline not so happy with the set up Milk is for the tea. 🫖 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowzz Posted October 1, 2022 #10 Share Posted October 1, 2022 3 hours ago, Mike45LC said: If there are no in-cabin “kettles”, there is hot water available at the buffet 24-7. But the water in the buffet is only hot, not boiling. No good for tea making. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF - retired RRT Posted October 1, 2022 #11 Share Posted October 1, 2022 3 hours ago, Ombud said: I just order a modified tea for 3pm. My taste buds love tea, scones, cream, marmalade, sandwiches on my balcony. They bring a full carafe of very hot coffee, small pot for steeping tea, and milk. No idea why milk. I'm drinking tea. I drink tea with milk or cream. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowzz Posted October 1, 2022 #12 Share Posted October 1, 2022 37 minutes ago, JF - retired RRT said: I drink tea with milk or cream. Cream ? Just no, no, no and again No ! Surely proper high fat cream coagulates when you mix it with hot tea, leaving fat globules floating on the surface ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ombud Posted October 1, 2022 #13 Share Posted October 1, 2022 9 minutes ago, wowzz said: Cream ? Just no, no, no and again No ! Surely proper high fat cream coagulates when you mix it with hot tea, leaving fat globules floating on the surface ? He's from this side of the pond. Our 'cream' has 12% milk fat, yours has 35%+. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowzz Posted October 1, 2022 #14 Share Posted October 1, 2022 3 minutes ago, Ombud said: He's from this side of the pond. Our 'cream' has 12% milk fat, yours has 35%+. Thank goodness for clearing that up ! Even 12% seems awful in tea. Doesn't it curdle ? We use skimmed milk at 0.1% fat - means the taste of the tea comes through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasbo49 Posted October 1, 2022 #15 Share Posted October 1, 2022 18 minutes ago, wowzz said: Cream ? Just no, no, no and again No ! Surely proper high fat cream coagulates when you mix it with hot tea, leaving fat globules floating on the surface ? I know. There's just no help for us Yanks. We try, but. .. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ombud Posted October 1, 2022 #16 Share Posted October 1, 2022 @wowzz I don't like anything in my tea but put 1/2&1/2 in coffee. Put dairy in before adding hot coffee and it doesn't separate. I make an Italian drink with your cream, fudge, and espresso. Cream 1st then fudge then coffee. Sometimes there's an issue if coffee is too hot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzyed Posted October 2, 2022 #17 Share Posted October 2, 2022 10 hours ago, 1025cruise said: Normally no. However, if the ship is sailing from the UK, they will sometimes provide kettles. 7 hours ago, Ombud said: I just order a modified tea for 3pm. My taste buds love tea, scones, cream, marmalade, sandwiches on my balcony. They bring a full carafe of very hot coffee, small pot for steeping tea, and milk. No idea why milk. I'm drinking tea. My waistline not so happy with the set up Lots of people drink milk in their tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sopo1953 Posted October 2, 2022 #18 Share Posted October 2, 2022 23 hours ago, florence11 said: Hi, We are booked on Emerald Princess March 2023 and we British do like our tea, can anyone tell me if there are tea making facilities in the cabin or not. We were on the Enchanted Princess from Southampton to Denmark and Norway for seven days. We had a kettle and coffee, tea etc. We stayed on for the transatlantic and noticed the room stewards removing all the kettles except from the cabins with B2B passengers. We kept our kettle until we arrived in New York where it was removed from the cabin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
florence11 Posted October 8, 2022 Author #19 Share Posted October 8, 2022 On 10/1/2022 at 7:41 PM, Ombud said: I just order a modified tea for 3pm. My taste buds love tea, scones, cream, marmalade, sandwiches on my balcony. They bring a full carafe of very hot coffee, small pot for steeping tea, and milk. No idea why milk. I'm drinking tea. My waistline not so happy with the set up That sounds really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
florence11 Posted October 8, 2022 Author #20 Share Posted October 8, 2022 On 10/2/2022 at 2:27 PM, sopo1953 said: We were on the Enchanted Princess from Southampton to Denmark and Norway for seven days. We had a kettle and coffee, tea etc. We stayed on for the transatlantic and noticed the room stewards removing all the kettles except from the cabins with B2B passengers. We kept our kettle until we arrived in New York where it was removed from the cabin. We will be going from Fort Lauderdale I think I will just ask the steward as I have found from most cruises the water in the buffet is never quite hot enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrongwaywatson Posted October 8, 2022 #21 Share Posted October 8, 2022 I order room service tea most evenings, before bed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALWAYS CRUZIN Posted October 8, 2022 #22 Share Posted October 8, 2022 1 hour ago, florence11 said: We will be going from Fort Lauderdale I think I will just ask the steward as I have found from most cruises the water in the buffet is never quite hot enough. They do not want people to get scalded. Caution on their part. Remember McDonalds lawsuit? I put the water in the cup and let it sit for a min or two. That gets the cup nice and hot and then refill. This way the cup does not cool down the water. Good waiters do the very same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellenb23 Posted October 10, 2022 #23 Share Posted October 10, 2022 The room service hot water wasn't hot enough for me, so I used a metal vacuum bottle. First rinse with hot water, then fill at the Horizon Court. They had a sign saying not to fill bottles directly from the taps, so I used one of their mugs to fill my bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Meer Posted October 10, 2022 #24 Share Posted October 10, 2022 On Caribbean Princess we ordered tea and coffee for the morning from the room service menu and got pots, plus sugar and milk. One afternoon we ordered tea via the TV and got 2 take-away cups 😳. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrongwaywatson Posted October 10, 2022 #25 Share Posted October 10, 2022 4 hours ago, Lady Meer said: On Caribbean Princess we ordered tea and coffee for the morning from the room service menu and got pots, plus sugar and milk. One afternoon we ordered tea via the TV and got 2 take-away cups 😳. I've never gotten that! LOL I've never ordered from the TV, though. Did it bring it from the IC instead, I wonder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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