How do you make your tea?

Dizzy_Ditzy

Always milk in first

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

InsideInsurance wrote: »

10ml Finlandia Vodka
10ml Bombay Sapphire Gin
10ml Cazadorez Tequila
10ml Bacardi Superior Rum
10ml Cointreau
25ml Lemon Juice
25ml Sugar Syrup
Top Diet Coke

Shake all the ingredients in a Collins glass full of cubed ice. Top with coke and add a slice of lemon

I'm afraid that the only tea I drink is from Long Island

I want to come round yours for a cuppa or five.

hawk30

It has to be milk first. I hate the taste of tea where the milk has been added second.

Teabag in cup
A small splash of milk (hate milky tea)
Boiling hot water (hate cold tea)
Swirl the teabag for a few seconds before taking it out (hate strong tea)
Drink ASAP

Not surprisingly, I make my own tea.

rpc

Made in a mug, it's:
tea bag/leaves in
water in
tea bag/leaves out
milk in

Made in a pot, it's
brew tea
milk in
tea in

Both done the same way, whether the tea is bagged or loose leaf.

Tigsteroonie

I make it as - tea bag in, add water, tea bag out, add milk.

Marley makes it as - tea bag in, add milk, add water, tea bag out.

I can honestly say that I cannot tell the difference ... other than the fact that when he makes it, I don't have to leave my chair

kerri_gt

Milk in first, otherwise round this area the water is so hard you get scum on the top.

PolishBigSpender

No milk for me, I can't stand milky tea!
When I make tea for my husband, I pour water over a teabag, after a moment I take the teabag out, pour milk. He likes his tea weak and milky.

BarryBlue

iris wrote: »

I always make our tea in a teapot. I warm the teapot first with hot water from kettle and pour away, then add 1 Yorkshire tea bag, followed by boiling water and leave for a few minutes. I put milk and/or sugar in either a cup/mug first and then pour on the tea.

This way is also money saving, because I only use 1 tea bag for two people;)

At last, someone who makes tea properly. I never, ever make it in the mug, I always use a pot. It gives better results every time. I have a small pot for when I make just one cup.

As you say, warm the pot, use Yorkshire tea, let it brew. Done this way it doesn't matter if you put the milk in first or not as the tea is brewed when you pour it. One Yorkshire tea bag is quite sufficient for two strong mugs of tea made in a pot. So it is very MSE as well as tasting better.

olgadapolga

My OH makes a marvellous cup of tea and always puts the milk in first. He has a saying:

Add first the milk, tastes like silk
Add first the tea, tastes like (something that rhymes with tea)

He warms the cups
Adds the milk
Holds the teabag over the edge of the cup
Pours boiling water over the teabag from a height (being careful not to pour boiling water over fingers)
Throws the teabag away
Stirs contents of cup thoroughly

Lovely tea, it is. I never make the tea as I cannot match his wonderful tea-making skills (that's my excuse anyway)

kitty_kins

Depends on the situation:

Loose leaf tea - milk and sweetener in cup first, then add tea.

Tea bag - Bag and sweetener in cup first, then add milk once teabag has been removed