Making tea in a teapot...

[Blagsta]

It has to go in first otherwise it gets scorched when it meets the tea.

Unless of course you don't have milk, often the best option for good loose leaf tea, but the OP uses teabags, and black tea bag tea is just foul.

Bollocks. Milk in first for coffee, last for tea.

 

[Geri]

It does seem to be a controversial subject. I'm prejudiced because I hate the way the British have turned a delightful drink into a foul milky drink - certainly when made in a mug with an inadequately brewed teabag of blended tea.

Christ, you should see the state of some of the tea made at work. My boss made me one the other day, and I had to ask him what it was. Foul. Needless to say it ended up getting tipped down the sink. He can just about manage a passable black coffee with no sugar.

 

[bi0boy]

Bollocks. Milk in first for coffee, last for tea.

Last FIRST god dam it, FIRST for tea, this is proven fact due to the scalding of the milk proteins

And who gives a toss about coffee

 

[Blagsta]

Yeah, last for tea. That's what I said! Consensus!

 

[bi0boy]

Yeah, last for tea. That's what I said! Consensus!

You made me get all flustered by the depraved depths of your ignorance

 

[Chz]

I gave a vote for loose tea in a mug, because a cafetiere certainly isn't a teapot. It's mug-sized, so I figure that's closer.

 

[zenie]

In a normal teapot I use tea bags, in the bodum glass ones I don't mind uing loose tea as they have an inbuilt strainer that the tea sits in.

Teapots are ace, get a cosy and warm the pot if you like your tea HOT.

 

[Motown_ben]

We dont own a tea pot i dont think. It seems a bit out of date especially when its usually just the 2 of us drinking it so no real need for a whole pot of tea. I cant remember the last time i saw anyone using a tea pot for that matter!

 

[gentlegreen]

My Oolong / Keemun mix never stews - you can keep infusing - even after the leaves have been left overnight.

(Some people make up to 7 quick infusions)