Mangobreeders how to Make a cup of Tea Thread

[Le_Petit_Lapin]

i guess you missed

No, I was just so outraged at your milk faux-pas that I felt compelled to post and exclaim your inadequacy....

 

[DanTheMan]

Pfft call yourself a Yorkshireman Gilly? Yorkshire and Tea and like Torville and Dean.

It's about the only thing you can do right on t'other side of hills.

 

[St0rmer66]

What's wrong with a teabag? If I spent that long getting a cup of tea (which I usually drink in about 30 seconds flat once it's cooled) I'd never get anything done.

 

[mangobreeder]

Pfft call yourself a Yorkshireman Gilly? Yorkshire and Tea and like Torville and Dean.

It's about the only thing you can do right on t'other side of hills.

or like scottish and tightfisted

 

[Jonny69]

i can't stand 'milk first' people

There's a time and a place for 'milk first' and it's quite simple...

Tea from a pot = milk first

Tea from teabags = milk last

This is so the tea can brew properly, nothing else.

Someone once tried to explain to me it was from days gone past when bone china wasn't as durable as it is today and the hot tea would crack the glaze if there was no milk in the cup to quench the heat. That's gonads if ever I heard it.

 

[meghatronic]

i can't stand 'milk first' people

This.

And sugar?

eugh...

Thread fails. Or I fail, either or.

 

[panthro]

Cant believe you made a thread about how to make a cup of tea. Can you also do one for spreading butter on my toast, Im not sure I have the angle of the knife perfected
You should be using reverse osmosis water to make it perfect.

 

[z0mbi3]

Can you also do one for spreading butter on my toast, Im not sure I have the angle of the knife perfected.

See I'd been using a spoon, is a knife better?

 

[arc@css]

Nice thread, made me chuckle.

 

[Artest]

Sugar with tea is a must.

And, coffee in the morning, tea at night.

I normally use a spoon to spread butter too.

 

[Darg]

Someone once tried to explain to me it was from days gone past when bone china wasn't as durable as it is today and the hot tea would crack the glaze if there was no milk in the cup to quench the heat. That's gonads if ever I heard it.

Not to sound too much like a kid but my mom told me it was because straight tea will stain the good china cups

I asked her why she always put the milk into the cups first when using a teapot. I assumed it was for the heat reason you mentioned.

I've got a teapot, works great when you're hard at work programming/gaming and you don't want to keep getting up to make new tea. Wrap a tea towel (har har) around the teapot and it'll keep hot for a good while.

Even ignoring Gillys abominations there are so many horrible things said about tea in this thread.

You never let it cool! Tea should scald the back of your throat on the way down!

Ireland really is the true home of the decent cup of tea. All you english are letting the americans take over with that coffee rubbish of theirs.