T-pads or Tea pads continued

I'm all tea-d up. I tried and sampled, tried again. Tested both varieties that came in the sampler-package. Cleaned the machine. Cleaned it again but now including all dark corners and cavities. Scrubbed the press-down thing clean of coffee-residu and tried again...

Forced down some tea into my 12-yr old. He didn't like the Rooibos. I didn't like the Rooibos. Rooibos is an acquired flavour I think but we both still noticed a faint coffee-flavour. Finally tried the Early Grey, I like Earl Grey (Twinings) so that should be no problem. But this one had a very distinct lime-oily feel about it. Bit soapy. I googled a lot this morning and I read somewhere (don't know where, don't know when) that to bring out the flavours by pressing the water fairly quick through a pad you'll have to rely a great deal on citrus-oil. The bergamot and the still lingering coffee flavour isn't exactly a match made in heaven. I don't want my tea with a little frothy layer on top either! What's next? Choco-pad, cup-a-soup pad, gluhwein pad? (Why are they called "pads" in Holland and almost anywhere else "pods"? Just wondering).

Tea for me is associated with breakfasts that go on well into the morning, or lunch with friends and family, fridaynight bread and fried fish meals or afternoons with the last rays of the sun, a book and some cookies, kids coming home from school, chatting with friends. All you need is a teakettle, a teapot, a teabag and some home-made cookies! Use your senses, not your Senseo!