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  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,169


    C2 please. No sugar, PG Tips.
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,725
    Milk in the teapot!! Wtf!

    Is this a wind up?
    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. 

    It's the way forward for tea drinkers who like a cuppa by themselves. 
    Well yes. Then why not just leave the milk in the container/bottle. 

    No need to mess about with a jug then. 😆
    I ain't sitting by no fridge drinking my tea. 
  • MOBY DUCK
    MOBY DUCK Posts: 196

    Picked up 18 pints of TEA today.
    Lovely Stuff.
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,725
    Think you been done mate. That's ribena. 
  • kimbo
    kimbo Posts: 2,996
    Frankly traumatised by the though of putting milk in the teapot,

    Tea preferably Yorkshire (decaf in the evening) if for one into a mug, otherwise  tea pot. 
    Milk to taste, in photo above D2


    india now 235-4
  • swords_alive
    swords_alive Posts: 4,271


    C2 please. No sugar, PG Tips.
    D2 for me. Useful that, with a colour printer.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,625
    3C
  • up_the_valley
    up_the_valley Posts: 4,191
    edited July 23
    D2. Any darker, just don't bother with milk. 
  • D2
  • fattmatt
    fattmatt Posts: 581
    D2
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  • robinofottershaw
    robinofottershaw Posts: 1,921
    Twinings Breakfast Tea. Teabag in a mug, followed by boiled water and leave to brew. Normally stir the tea bag around before removing and then just a little milk added.

    Think we need the season to start soon!
  • robinofottershaw
    robinofottershaw Posts: 1,921


    C2 please. No sugar, PG Tips.
    D2 for me.
  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 9,765
    D2 - Yorkshire tea bag in mug, pour on boiled water that was freshly drawn from the tap. Leave bag for a minute, then stir and remove tea bag. Add a splash of milk and 2/3  sweeteners
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,481
    D2.
  • James86
    James86 Posts: 329
    C2
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,633


    C2 please. No sugar, PG Tips.
    C3 or A4. With sweetener or a teaspoon of sugar.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,857
    C2 or D1. And I don't get why pouring milk out of the bottle afterwards into the cup is such an issue either!
  • KBslittlesis
    KBslittlesis Posts: 8,607
    Barry’s Gold Blend.
    D2.
    Only time you put milk in a pot is masala chai otherwise, milk goes in last.
  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 7,367

    A few years back we went to a tea plantation in Cornwall. Nice cup of tea but expensive and not really worth the price to be honest. As long as it is real tea and not that green stuff or perfume stuff I’ll drink it. 
    A lot of nonsense is talked about making a decent cup of tea. It’s not too difficult, boiling water added to the tea, let it draw to suit your taste and add a small amount of milk. Drink it while it’s hot. 
    Milk in the teapot? That’s the sort of stuff that Americans would do. And northern tea, I don’t care what it tastes like, I won’t entertain it in my house. 
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    After having a tour of a tea factory in Sri Lanka I would say what goes into tea bags is the sweepings off the floor. The real stars were the loose teas
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  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,864
    edited July 23
    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?) 

    Americans not having kettles has less to do with electrical set up and more to do with them being stupid when it comes to boiling water.

    C3 by the way, for the 2 or 3 cups of tea I drink a year.
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,169


    C2 please. No sugar, PG Tips.
    C3 or A4. With sweetener or a teaspoon of sugar.
    Your taste in tea is even worse than your takes on football!
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,850
    D1 for the first cuppa of the day, then C2
  • fenlandaddick
    fenlandaddick Posts: 1,770
    I only every use whole rolled tea leaves. Freshly boiled water, full fat milk and if required sugar cubes.
    I refuse to drink anything made from a bag. Shocking behaviour.
  • Low_Ears
    Low_Ears Posts: 695
    Totally agree that proper tea is made in a pot with tea leaves. However the best teabags, if drinking alone are Thomson and it's not even close.
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,275
    Bag, water, stir, leave, stir, strain, sugar, milk, stir, drink
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,743
    Low_Ears said:
    Totally agree that proper tea is made in a pot with tea leaves. However the best teabags, if drinking alone are Thomson and it's not even close.
    Yup. Thomson Red (Everyday) teabags 👍🏼
  • fenlandaddick
    fenlandaddick Posts: 1,770
    Chinese Oolong Tea is a wonderful refreshing cup. The processing of these highest quality oolongs is carried out by a tea master whose experience and technique will have been learned over at least thirty years and is as important as the growing conditions to the quality of the final product.
    No milk or sugar needed, and the leaves can be re-used up to 8 times.
  • CatAddick
    CatAddick Posts: 2,387
    Bag in mug; water; wait; splash of semi-skimmed; wait; bag out (NO squeezing); stir; enjoy

    Just compared mug on the desk in front of me with the colour chart - exactly matches C2

  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,230
    Can we have some photos to rate your tea?