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No idea which method is best, my butler handles such trivial matters.
Got Milk?
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Bingo. Get a teapot, you philistines.
Milk in last, added 'to taste'.
If you put it in first, you can't guarantee getting the final mix right as you either put too much milk in (in which case it's start again in a fresh cup) or not enough so you have to go back and add more.
The only logical way is to pour the brew (be it tea or coffee) and then add milk until the colour is just right, obviously using a white cup for consistency.
If you put it in first, you can't guarantee getting the final mix right as you either put too much milk in (in which case it's start again in a fresh cup) or not enough so you have to go back and add more.
The only logical way is to pour the brew (be it tea or coffee) and then add milk until the colour is just right, obviously using a white cup for consistency.
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I've done many a test into this method and both methods above are not great for these reasons:
1) You need to brew the tea at almost boiling water, therefore adding milk in first cools the water too much to brew the tea to a satisfactory standard - so that's out
2) If you add milk to almost boiling water, then you effectively "scald" the milk. A chemist has done tests into this, and the high temperature changes the chemical structure of the milk, making it taste more bitter - so that's not ideal.
The best solution, is to brew the tea in one mug, so you get a good brew and then add this brew to milk already in another mug, so the milk doesn't scald (as the more milk in there, the cooler the temp will be when adding tea to it).
However, if you can't be bothered with this, it's far better to brew the tea first and add the milk than have a poor brew to begin with
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Good post. All subsequent posts are redundant including this one.
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I seem to be the only one of my friends and workmates that puts milk in last in tea or coffee. I find with instant coffee that the granules dont always dissolve if the milk is in first...
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If i'm making coffee I'll put the milk in with the coffee.
Tea, just wrong, you need boiling hot water to properly brew it and the milk will just cool it down and prevent delicious tea entering the brew.
Tea, just wrong, you need boiling hot water to properly brew it and the milk will just cool it down and prevent delicious tea entering the brew.
This is the wrong way to make a brew in the cup. The teabag needs boiling water to brew properly.
If you have brewed it in a teapot then it is correct etiquette to pour the milk in first, then the tea. But for brewing in-cup you need the water first.
This, if you're using teabags.
Soldato
Gets a scummy film on it though?
Soldato
i find adding milk when the teabag is in you can get it exactly the right strength.
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I find: Go to nans, ask for tea, wait, awesome tea.
Milk and teabag in first then hot water.
Makes the best cuppa as far as I am concerned.
On a side note how do people manage to make tea with that scummy film on the top
Putting the milk in first STOPS the scummy layer forming. I think this is due to the hot water scalding the tea bags. If you put the milk in first this does not happen.
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Tea hee.