World War Tea

[Imperium Polskie]

i enjoy tea with cinnamon, cardamum, and fennel seeds.
Oh, and milk. I love milk in my tea.
I do love me a frapuccino though

[Somerania]

I have seen the creation of that abomination on YouTube
https://youtu.be/mZn5dUQJ810

Petition for the Mods to ban any links to this video from this moment onward.

Stop watching this brother. We must fight the MPLA

[Esternial]

i enjoy tea with cinnamon, cardamum, and fennel seeds.
Oh, and milk. I love milk in my tea.
I do love me a frapuccino though

...like, how much milk?

[Joohan]

As an American, I like to put tea in my sugar

[Somerania]

i enjoy tea with cinnamon, cardamum, and fennel seeds.
Oh, and milk. I love milk in my tea.
I do love me a frapuccino though

So masala tea (spice tea)

[Imperium Polskie]

i enjoy tea with cinnamon, cardamum, and fennel seeds.
Oh, and milk. I love milk in my tea.
I do love me a frapuccino though

...like, how much milk?

when i was younger i used to put in mostly milk
nowadays i put in about a quarter of a cup of milk.
also, it has to be whole milk.

[Joohan]

...like, how much milk?

when i was younger i used to put in mostly milk
nowadays i put in about a quarter of a cup of milk.
also, it has to be whole milk.

I've never had milk in tea.

[Somerania]

...like, how much milk?

when i was younger i used to put in mostly milk
nowadays i put in about a quarter of a cup of milk.
also, it has to be whole milk.

How about we boil milk instead of water?

[Esternial]

when i was younger i used to put in mostly milk
nowadays i put in about a quarter of a cup of milk.
also, it has to be whole milk.

I've never had milk in tea.

I sometimes use it in black tea when I've accidentally let it steep too long.

[Mostrov]

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[An Alan Smithee Nation]

I love Oolong time.

[Starblaydia]

How to make a proper* cup of tea in 10 easy steps. Biscuits/Cookies/Cake/Chocolate optional (but recommended) on the side. It's worth it.

1. Boil the water in a kettle
2. Place your English Breakfast teabag (ideally Tetley, PG Tips or Yorkshire brands, something with a bit of strength) in the cup
3. When the water boils, fill around 80-90% of the easily drinkable volume of the cup with the water
4. Leave for 2 minutes
5. Add low fat milk, cold from the fridge, to the cup until it's the colour you want
6. Use a teaspoon to crush the teabag on the inside of the rim of the cup, to get rid of excess liquid, and save drippage when putting the teabag in the bin/compost
7. If you have a fancy drawstring-type teabag, use this instead as a retrieval and trash delivery system
8. Wait a reasonable amount of time for the tea to cool (If you are a teacher or a builder, this time may be up to 2 hours)
9. Sip your tea
10. Say "Ahhh' and relax a bit

* for a given value of proper

[Somerania]

How to make a proper* cup of tea in 10 easy steps. Biscuits/Cookies/Cake/Chocolate optional (but recommended) on the side. It's worth it.

1. Boil the water in a kettle
2. Place your English Breakfast teabag (ideally Tetley, PG Tips or Yorkshire brands, something with a bit of strength) in the cup
3. When the water boils, fill around 80-90% of the easily drinkable volume of the cup with the water
4. Leave for 2 minutes
5. Add low fat milk, cold from the fridge, to the cup until it's the colour you want
6. Use a teaspoon to crush the teabag on the inside of the rim of the cup, to get rid of excess liquid, and save drippage when putting the teabag in the bin/compost
7. If you have a fancy drawstring-type teabag, use this instead as a retrieval and trash delivery system
8. Wait a reasonable amount of time for the tea to cool (If you are a teacher or a builder, this time may be up to 2 hours)
9. Sip your tea
10. Say "Ahhh' and relax a bit

* for a given value of proper

What if I use loose leaf tea also you forgot about the biscuits

[Esternial]

How to make a proper* cup of tea in 10 easy steps. Biscuits/Cookies/Cake/Chocolate optional (but recommended) on the side. It's worth it.

1. Boil the water in a kettle
2. Place your English Breakfast teabag (ideally Tetley, PG Tips or Yorkshire brands, something with a bit of strength) in the cup
3. When the water boils, fill around 80-90% of the easily drinkable volume of the cup with the water
4. Leave for 2 minutes
5. Add low fat milk, cold from the fridge, to the cup until it's the colour you want
6. Use a teaspoon to crush the teabag on the inside of the rim of the cup, to get rid of excess liquid, and save drippage when putting the teabag in the bin/compost
7. If you have a fancy drawstring-type teabag, use this instead as a retrieval and trash delivery system
8. Wait a reasonable amount of time for the tea to cool (If you are a teacher or a builder, this time may be up to 2 hours)
9. Sip your tea
10. Say "Ahhh' and relax a bit

* for a given value of proper

Hmm...

What's your opinion on using boiling water vs. near-boiling water?

I always try to stop the heating before it actually boils.

[Starblaydia]

How to make a proper* cup of tea in 10 easy steps. Biscuits/Cookies/Cake/Chocolate optional (but recommended) on the side. It's worth it.

What if I use loose leaf tea also you forgot about the biscuits

Appropriate biscuits are wayyyyy too complicated for a 10 step guide. Use your own taste and judgement. Just make sure they have the structural integrity to survive a lengthy dunk in the tea without falling in.

For loose-leaf, just have whatever the sieve-like contraption you're holding it in substitute for a bag.

How to make a proper* cup of tea in 10 easy steps. Biscuits/Cookies/Cake/Chocolate optional (but recommended) on the side. It's worth it.

Hmm...

What's your opinion on using boiling water vs. near-boiling water?

I always have it just boiled. If I boiled the kettle more than five minutes before and forgot about it, I'll put it on again.

[Nobel Hobos 2]

How to make a proper* cup of tea in 10 easy steps. Biscuits/Cookies/Cake/Chocolate optional (but recommended) on the side. It's worth it.

1. Boil the water in a kettle
2. Place your English Breakfast teabag (ideally Tetley, PG Tips or Yorkshire brands, something with a bit of strength) in the cup
3. When the water boils, fill around 80-90% of the easily drinkable volume of the cup with the water
4. Leave for 2 minutes
5. Add low fat milk, cold from the fridge, to the cup until it's the colour you want
6. Use a teaspoon to crush the teabag on the inside of the rim of the cup, to get rid of excess liquid, and save drippage when putting the teabag in the bin/compost
7. If you have a fancy drawstring-type teabag, use this instead as a retrieval and trash delivery system
8. Wait a reasonable amount of time for the tea to cool (If you are a teacher or a builder, this time may be up to 2 hours)
9. Sip your tea
10. Say "Ahhh' and relax a bit

* for a given value of proper

6 before 5

When I was young and poor I sometimes ran out of teabags and had to recycle a couple of used ones.
From this I got into the habit of (squeezing out and) removing the teabag BEFORE adding milk
Otherwise the old teabag goes a bit rancid and isn't good to be re-used.

[The Pearl River]

How to make a proper* cup of tea in 10 easy steps. Biscuits/Cookies/Cake/Chocolate optional (but recommended) on the side. It's worth it.

1. Boil the water in a kettle
2. Place your English Breakfast teabag (ideally Tetley, PG Tips or Yorkshire brands, something with a bit of strength) in the cup
3. When the water boils, fill around 80-90% of the easily drinkable volume of the cup with the water
4. Leave for 2 minutes
5. Add low fat milk, cold from the fridge, to the cup until it's the colour you want
6. Use a teaspoon to crush the teabag on the inside of the rim of the cup, to get rid of excess liquid, and save drippage when putting the teabag in the bin/compost
7. If you have a fancy drawstring-type teabag, use this instead as a retrieval and trash delivery system
8. Wait a reasonable amount of time for the tea to cool (If you are a teacher or a builder, this time may be up to 2 hours)
9. Sip your tea
10. Say "Ahhh' and relax a bit

* for a given value of proper

How much tea to milk ratio do you use on your tea?

Also i believe the proper biscuit to use during tea time would be the Marie Regal biscuits, The swedish cookies that looks like pretzels, and the elusive danish cookies that is stored in the knitting container

[Starblaydia]

How to make a proper* cup of tea in 10 easy steps. Biscuits/Cookies/Cake/Chocolate optional (but recommended) on the side. It's worth it.

6 before 5

When I was young and poor I sometimes ran out of teabags and had to recycle a couple of used ones.
From this I got into the habit of (squeezing out and) removing the teabag BEFORE adding milk
Otherwise the old teabag goes a bit rancid and isn't good to be re-used.

Ah, understandable. I have the bag removal after the milk just in case you add a splash too much, and you can desperately leave the bag in to try and stew it and strengthen it up to compensate. Given that making a cuppa is the first thing I do in the morning, motor functions aren't always up to scratch.

How to make a proper* cup of tea in 10 easy steps. Biscuits/Cookies/Cake/Chocolate optional (but recommended) on the side. It's worth it.

How much tea to milk ratio do you use on your tea?

Eyeballing it, about 10% of the overall cup should be milk, after an appropriate stew time.

[Somerania]

6 before 5

When I was young and poor I sometimes ran out of teabags and had to recycle a couple of used ones.
From this I got into the habit of (squeezing out and) removing the teabag BEFORE adding milk
Otherwise the old teabag goes a bit rancid and isn't good to be re-used.

Ah, understandable. I have the bag removal after the milk just in case you add a splash too much, and you can desperately leave the bag in to try and stew it and strengthen it up to compensate. Given that making a cuppa is the first thing I do in the morning, motor functions aren't always up to scratch.

How much tea to milk ratio do you use on your tea?

Eyeballing it, about 10% of the overall cup should be milk, after an appropriate stew time.

For me it's normally about 25% (I also eyeball it)

[Nobel Hobos 2]

For me it's normally about 25% (I also eyeball it)

Isn't that too cold?

[State of Turelisa]

How to make tea

[Somerania]

For me it's normally about 25% (I also eyeball it)

Isn't that too cold?

That's why I add it during the boiling process right after I add all the ingredients I leave milk for last

[An Alan Smithee Nation]

How to make a proper* cup of tea in 10 easy steps. Biscuits/Cookies/Cake/Chocolate optional (but recommended) on the side. It's worth it.

1. Boil the water in a kettle
2. Place your English Breakfast teabag (ideally Tetley, PG Tips or Yorkshire brands, something with a bit of strength) in the cup
3. When the water boils, fill around 80-90% of the easily drinkable volume of the cup with the water
4. Leave for 2 minutes
5. Add low fat milk, cold from the fridge, to the cup until it's the colour you want
6. Use a teaspoon to crush the teabag on the inside of the rim of the cup, to get rid of excess liquid, and save drippage when putting the teabag in the bin/compost
7. If you have a fancy drawstring-type teabag, use this instead as a retrieval and trash delivery system
8. Wait a reasonable amount of time for the tea to cool (If you are a teacher or a builder, this time may be up to 2 hours)
9. Sip your tea
10. Say "Ahhh' and relax a bit

* for a given value of proper

Hmm...

What's your opinion on using boiling water vs. near-boiling water?

I always try to stop the heating before it actually boils.

Black tea you want the water boiling, green tea you want the water at about 70 C so either stop it before boiling or let it boil and then wait five minutes.

[The Pearl River]

6 before 5

When I was young and poor I sometimes ran out of teabags and had to recycle a couple of used ones.
From this I got into the habit of (squeezing out and) removing the teabag BEFORE adding milk
Otherwise the old teabag goes a bit rancid and isn't good to be re-used.

Ah, understandable. I have the bag removal after the milk just in case you add a splash too much, and you can desperately leave the bag in to try and stew it and strengthen it up to compensate. Given that making a cuppa is the first thing I do in the morning, motor functions aren't always up to scratch.

How much tea to milk ratio do you use on your tea?

Eyeballing it, about 10% of the overall cup should be milk, after an appropriate stew time.

do people in the UK add sugar to their tea or are the milk sweet enough to replace the sugar?

[Nobel Hobos 2]

Hmm...

What's your opinion on using boiling water vs. near-boiling water?

I always try to stop the heating before it actually boils.

Black tea you want the water boiling, green tea you want the water at about 70 C so either stop it before boiling or let it boil and then wait five minutes.

Ah. This would be why I always find green tea foul and bitter. Thanks for the tip!