Tea through US customs
Jun 9th 2011, 5:07 pm
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Jun 9th 2011, 6:00 pm
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Re: Tea through US customs
-Liquid milk and milk products intended for use by infants or very young children are admissible if in a reasonable amount or small qunaity for severl days' use
Jun 9th 2011, 6:40 pm
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Re: Tea through US customs
Jun 10th 2011, 12:48 am
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Re: Tea through US customs
Hi,
not sure which forum this should go in so feel free to move it Mods.
We are off to the US for our hols next week (VWP). Wanted to take some tea as a present, will be sealed (Tetley actually). I imagine this wouldn't be an issue, however we land in NJ and have 2.5hrs to clear customs and get on a flight to Vegas, so I'm keen not to have anything hold us up any longer than it needs to. (I'm assuming we'll have to claim our luggage in NJ?, we are connecting to a flight with the same airline).
Actually thinking about it, i guess the best thing would be to put it in my carry on bag so I can bin it if necessary?
thx
not sure which forum this should go in so feel free to move it Mods.
We are off to the US for our hols next week (VWP). Wanted to take some tea as a present, will be sealed (Tetley actually
). I imagine this wouldn't be an issue, however we land in NJ and have 2.5hrs to clear customs and get on a flight to Vegas, so I'm keen not to have anything hold us up any longer than it needs to. (I'm assuming we'll have to claim our luggage in NJ?, we are connecting to a flight with the same airline).Actually thinking about it, i guess the best thing would be to put it in my carry on bag so I can bin it if necessary?
thx
Dean
Jun 10th 2011, 1:26 am
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Re: Tea through US customs
Interesting....
Jun 10th 2011, 2:15 am
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Re: Tea through US customs
I was wrong, my current kettle is a Chef's Choice International just like this one.
Time for my late evening cup of tea, so I just boiled a measured 400ml of water and it took 2min26sec to boil. I'm going to ask my son in England to boil the same amount, see how long it takes. Anyone else care to try it out?
Jun 10th 2011, 12:53 pm
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Re: Tea through US customs
OK I know it is a bit off to quote oneself ...
I was wrong, my current kettle is a Chef's Choice International just like this one.
Time for my late evening cup of tea, so I just boiled a measured 400ml of water and it took 2min26sec to boil. I'm going to ask my son in England to boil the same amount, see how long it takes. Anyone else care to try it out?
I was wrong, my current kettle is a Chef's Choice International just like this one.
Time for my late evening cup of tea, so I just boiled a measured 400ml of water and it took 2min26sec to boil. I'm going to ask my son in England to boil the same amount, see how long it takes. Anyone else care to try it out?
http://www.quookershop.co.uk
- trouble is we now drink 15 cups a day!
Jun 10th 2011, 12:54 pm
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Re: Tea through US customs
My son in England boiled 400ml of water in his kettle, and he reports it took 10 seconds to boil. 10 seconds vs. 2 min 26 seconds; sounds like no contest to me.
Jun 10th 2011, 2:38 pm
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Re: Tea through US customs
We splashed out and got a russell hobbs online .. that was made for american market.. works wonderful, was worth the extra $$$
Jun 10th 2011, 4:38 pm
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Re: Tea through US customs
I had a Russel Hobbs kettle...it was no different to any other kettle I've had in the US. BTW the kettles here seem to have a very short life span.
Jun 10th 2011, 4:43 pm
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Re: Tea through US customs
The problem isn't the kettles per se but the 120v power supply. There's a reason why you have to have a special 240v supply for a dryer etc.
Jun 10th 2011, 4:59 pm
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