How do i make a cup of tea?
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I get lazy and just pile everything into the cup while the kettle boils. So teabag, milk and sugar. I'm aware that milk stops the brewing process but I squeeze the **** out of the bag and it tastes exactly the same as if I put the milk in last.
Boil water
Rinse teapot with some of the boiled water to warm (try using the right sized teapot according to how many tea drinkers are in party)
One heaped teaspoon of tea per person (or teabags)
An extra-heaped teaspoon for the pot according to imbiber’s taste/strength of tea
Pour in HOT not boiling water
Leave for around 3 – 5 minutes (keeping the teapot covered) to brew
Warm however many tea cups to be used with remaining water from the kettle
Pour the tea
Add sugar (to taste) and stir
A squeeze of lemon or drop of milk
Try ‘British Tea Culture’ on Wiki and search on line for more information about the etiquette of making tea.
Don't forget the scones.
Rinse teapot with some of the boiled water to warm (try using the right sized teapot according to how many tea drinkers are in party)
One heaped teaspoon of tea per person (or teabags)
An extra-heaped teaspoon for the pot according to imbiber’s taste/strength of tea
Pour in HOT not boiling water
Leave for around 3 – 5 minutes (keeping the teapot covered) to brew
Warm however many tea cups to be used with remaining water from the kettle
Pour the tea
Add sugar (to taste) and stir
A squeeze of lemon or drop of milk
Try ‘British Tea Culture’ on Wiki and search on line for more information about the etiquette of making tea.
Don't forget the scones.
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Only utter ****s and people up their own arse use tea leaves.
What is so wrong with using tea bags?
Chinese women drink tea leaves, men drink proper tea.
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The UK has great water in some places, as fresh and as clear as anywhere in the World so the only reason I can imagine you think that everything else is pointless may be to do with the freshness of the tea leaves? Even then it's not a great reason not to drink good tea if you like it.
Who could have guessed that a thread on tea would so quickly descend into name calling and sweeping generalisations?
I'm pretty sure that counts as treason, please leave the country at once
When you heat milk it changes the taste,
also the flavour of the tea depends on the temperature of the water.
Therefore water is boiled and milk goes in last.
Science, bitches.