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Tea
Karim_myBagheri
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On the thread about foods you love but don't get to have much there was a couple of comments about tea (my favourite drink). Mainly about the lack of decent tea available on the continent (it's enough to make anyone vote Brexit) and I know in places like America it's even worse as they have a different electric set up so kettles aren't the norm.
When it comes to tea, I have a particular way of serving it.
A pot for two which needs to be warmed. 2 tea bags (Yorkshire preferably but pg and Tetley are sufficient) hot water first. Then as I can't be bothered to get a separate jug for milk (unless I have guests) the milk is added to the pot.
Leave in there for at least 5 minutes till caramel coloured then poured into a mug or a cup with saucer if guests are present. Then a tea cosy to keep the temperature high placed over the pot for the remaining tea after removing the tea bags.
If not using a pot anyone who adds milk first to the tea bag either has fragile china cups or they're psychopaths.
Biscuit/cake sometimes a nice complement but not necessary. I am a custom to have my tea with any meal. Breakfast, lunch and dinner.
How do others take their tea?
(Season starts soon yeah?)
When it comes to tea, I have a particular way of serving it.
A pot for two which needs to be warmed. 2 tea bags (Yorkshire preferably but pg and Tetley are sufficient) hot water first. Then as I can't be bothered to get a separate jug for milk (unless I have guests) the milk is added to the pot.
Leave in there for at least 5 minutes till caramel coloured then poured into a mug or a cup with saucer if guests are present. Then a tea cosy to keep the temperature high placed over the pot for the remaining tea after removing the tea bags.
If not using a pot anyone who adds milk first to the tea bag either has fragile china cups or they're psychopaths.
Biscuit/cake sometimes a nice complement but not necessary. I am a custom to have my tea with any meal. Breakfast, lunch and dinner.
How do others take their tea?
(Season starts soon yeah?)
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Long time since I’ve used a teapot but milk in the teapot is a new one on me!
On the continent I find it better to take it black. Can’t trust the milk or the strength of the tea.3 -
Twinings English Breakfast, dash of milk and leave the bag in the mug.2
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Yorkshire teabag in cup for 4.5 mins. 3/4 of a sugar and skimmed milk.0
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My wife says the same thing.valleynick66 said:On the continent I find it better to take it black. Can’t trust the milk or the strength of the tea.6 -
PG Tips (double bag), dash of milk, leave to brew with stirring and pressing the t bags to the side of the mug. One sugar and I have a mug of the greatest drink ever invented.Can't remember the last time I used a tea pot and I hate Yorkshire tea.2
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India are 149/36
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Yorkshire loose leaves in pot. My goodness I'm old lol.
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Funnily enough I've just made a cup as I usually do around now.
Teabag (PG tips but usually whatever deal is on offer at Sainsbury's) into mug, along with sweetener. Freshley boiled water from kettle (not reheated - must be freshly drawn). Leave for a minute before adding milk. Leave for another couple of minutes for tea to infuse fully. Take teabag out & leave for another 5-10 mins to cool sufficiently to drink.0 -
Tea bag in, water in, milk in, stir, strain, tea bag out, drink.
If I find someone straining tea bag with fingers while making me a tea, they get glassed.1 -
Everything stops for tea...☕0
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Funnily enough just had a cup of twinings English breakfast..milk with bag in first ..add freshly boiled water and leave to brew to taste.As its afternoon I have had a couple of chocolate chip cookies to complement above1
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"The milk is added to the pot"
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valleynick66 said:Long time since I’ve used a teapot but milk in the teapot is a new one on me!
On the continent I find it better to take it black. Can’t trust the milk or the strength of the tea.
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Tea must be brewed first to your desired strength and THEN the milk is added. It needs boiling water to brew properly, whether in a cup or pot, or using teabags or leaves.
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tea bag in (preferably Yorkshire), water in and leave a bit, squeeze the bag, add a dash of milk a 1 sweetener.
builders tea1 -
It's bad enough you have twinnings (reason why I never go to Costa coffee as they have that) but to add milk first! Sacrilege.lolwray said:Funnily enough just had a cup of twinings English breakfast..milk with bag in first ..add freshly boiled water and leave to brew to taste.As its afternoon I have had a couple of chocolate chip cookies to complement above0 -
Nothing more uncomfortable than having to put up with someone else's tea making method or even worse when they don't listen to exact and clearly expressed requirements. It's why i always prefer to drink tea alone these days.1
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When I can be bothered, loose leaf in a pot. If not teabag in a mug - either yorkshire hard water or M&S gold (which is slightly better I think). Stew for a couple of minutes. Don't squeeze.
Just a dash of semi-skimmed milk.
George Orwell wrote very specific instructions. Most deal with proper teapot management (presumably before the invention of tea bags) but his last three points still hold:- Ninthly, one should pour the cream off the milk before using it for tea. Milk that is too creamy always gives tea a sickly taste.
- Tenthly, one should pour tea into the cup first. This is one of the most controversial points of all; indeed in every family in Britain there are probably two schools of thought on the subject. The milk-first school can bring forward some fairly strong arguments, but I maintain that my own argument is unanswerable. This is that, by putting the tea in first and stirring as one pours, one can exactly regulate the amount of milk whereas one is liable to put in too much milk if one does it the other way round.
- Lastly, tea—unless one is drinking it in the Russian style—should be drunk without sugar. I know very well that I am in a minority here. But still, how can you call yourself a true tea-lover if you destroy the flavour of your tea by putting sugar in it? It would be equally reasonable to put in pepper or salt. Tea is meant to be bitter, just as beer is meant to be bitter. If you sweeten it, you are no longer tasting the tea, you are merely tasting the sugar; you could make a very similar drink by dissolving sugar in plain hot water.
A Nice Cup of Tea | The Orwell Foundation2 -
I like a Masala Chai or a Ginger Chai for a change, it has to steep for at least four minutes and the best product I've found is from tea india. I drink all tea black.
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Bloody hell you could of told me before! Last time I have you over for tea.swords_alive said:Nothing more uncomfortable than having to put up with someone else's tea making method or even worse when they don't listen to exact and clearly expressed requirements. It's why i always prefer to drink tea alone these days.0 - Sponsored links:
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Bettys tea is my favourite. I was bought some as part of an afternoon tea set and haven't looked back since.
https://www.bettys.co.uk/tea/bettys-tea-bags1 -
I like my tea fairly weak. Strongly brewed tea is bitter for my delicate palate. I also enjoy a nice cup of Earl Grey.0
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Don't really drink tea but proper Masala Chai is incredible.0
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Bin the lot
Drink Coffee instead2 -
Milk in the teapot!! Wtf!
Is this a wind up?3 -
It's not that far fetched. I'm doing it for myself and it's a teapot for two and I can't be bothered to put milk in a separate jug. I make the tea pot tea the same as a mug of tea. But I get 2 or 3 mugs out of it.carly burn said:Milk in the teapot!! Wtf!
Is this a wind up?
It's the way forward for tea drinkers who like a cuppa by themselves.0 -
It's similar to how it's done in India. Everything in a pan and literally stewed.Karim_myBagheri said:
It's not that far fetched. I'm doing it for myself and it's a teapot for two and I can't be bothered to put milk in a separate jug. I make the tea pot tea the same as a mug of tea. But I get 2 or 3 mugs out of it.carly burn said:Milk in the teapot!! Wtf!
Is this a wind up?
It's the way forward for tea drinkers who like a cuppa by themselves.0 -
Well yes. Then why not just leave the milk in the container/bottle.Karim_myBagheri said:
It's not that far fetched. I'm doing it for myself and it's a teapot for two and I can't be bothered to put milk in a separate jug. I make the tea pot tea the same as a mug of tea. But I get 2 or 3 mugs out of it.carly burn said:Milk in the teapot!! Wtf!
Is this a wind up?
It's the way forward for tea drinkers who like a cuppa by themselves.No need to mess about with a jug then. 😆1 -
Black, like my men!1
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Tea is really annoying, you make a cracking cup of tea one day, the next brew you make exactly the same way and its not a patch on before.
Best Tea bags are Miles by the way, you can normally only get then in the West country in Delis though, I have to restock whenever I go down there and buy 5/6 boxes (Sainsburys do stock them locally)- I just wish my water quality was better.1
