Perfect Cuppa / Mug Of Tea

[Part 2]

Anyone for sterra?

 

[ElizabethofYork]

Twinnings Everyday teabag in a mug. Pour on boiling water. Stand for 30 seconds. Remove teabag and put in a dash of semi skimmed milk. Perfect.

Earl Grey is shite. Lady Grey is even worse. Fruit and herbal teas are an abomination. Coffee is the devil's juice.

 

[marty21]

Yorkshire tea, brewed for about 4 minutes, add milk, that's it.

 

[gentlegreen]

Oolong and Keemun blend in a small pot, infused several times over the course of a day, and even the next ...

 

[marty21]

Darjeeling, no milk. That goes down nicely as well.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Twinnings Everyday teabag in a mug. Pour on boiling water. Stand for 30 seconds. Remove teabag and put in a dash of semi skimmed milk. Perfect.

30 seconds?

do you hang the tea-bag up on the line to use again??

 

[pogofish]

A fine cup of Earl Grey does very nicely whilst the whilst the espresso machine is heating-up in the morning!

 

[ElizabethofYork]

30 seconds?

do you hang the tea-bag up on the line to use again??

30 seconds is about right for Twinnings Everyday tea. Other, inferior teas need longer!

And anyone who puts sugar in tea should be hung drawn and quartered. And then set on fire.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Yorkshire tea, brewed for about 4 minutes, add milk, that's it.

This is good tea making

Similar for me although it tends to be Sainsbury's Red Label in our house!

 

[machine cat]

Perfect = Loose leaf Yorkshire Gold in a warm porcelain teapot, left to brew for 3-4 minutes and poured into a warm mug using a strainer. Add a dash of milk after the tea is poured.

Most practical - Yorkshire teabag in a mug, brewed for 3-4 minutes and then a little bit of milk.

 

[gentlegreen]

30 seconds is about right for Twinnings Everyday tea. Other, inferior teas need longer!

You would probably like pure Kenyan tea then.

So far as I was led to believe, your standard blended teabag contains something like Ceylon for flavour, Darjeeling for body and Kenyan for colour.

I suspect the latter is what the brief dunkers are mostly drinking.

To get the intended results, you need to use a pot so you can add more water to it and brew it for longer.

We believe that how you make your Everyday tea is as important as the tea itself, so here are our tips:
- Use freshly drawn cold water
- Use water at a “rolling boil” (100?C)
- Use 1 teabag per cup or 1 teabag per person in a teapot
- Steep for 3 to 5 minutes (or to your taste)
- Best with a splash of milk
… and for freshness every time, keep your tea somewhere cool, dark, dry and airtight!

http://shop.twinings.co.uk/shop/twi...tea-433.html?gclid=CKbU4pDB5asCFcUf4QodwQ5AIg

 

[SpookyFrank]

My dad, if the shop has run out of semi-skimmed milk, will buy both whole and skimmed milk and carefully mix the two together to create milk of the correct milkiness to go in his tea. There is such a thing as taking tea too seriously.

 

[Greebo]

1 part Assam:1 Ceylon: 2 English Breakfast (Assam, Ceylon, Kenyan), brewed in a pot. Made by somebody else. Poured into a decent size mug with a splash of milk in the bottom of it.

 

[mr steev]

Fail. Soya milk changes the molecular structure of tea, turning it into something horrid.

Must try harder.

I hardly use any milk. Skimmed is ok at a push but full fat is gross and stomach turning... I'm much safer sticking with soya milk. I wouldn't adulterate my coffee with it though, which obviously should be drunk black

 

[Corax]

Not for one second do I believe that the shape of the bag (pyramid, round, square or mobius) makes a jot of difference. Pure marketing tosh.

 

[Hocus Eye.]

My dad, if the shop has run out of semi-skimmed milk, will buy both whole and skimmed milk and carefully mix the two together to create milk of the correct milkiness to go in his tea. There is such a thing as taking tea too seriously.

He is being sensible. Milk sweetens the tea. Whole milk will change the taste he expects as will skimmed. Also I expect he prefers semi-skimmed for other used of milk, for example the breakfast cereal he will have with his morning tea.

 

[twentythreedom]

Not for one second do I believe that the shape of the bag (pyramid, round, square or mobius) makes a jot of difference. Pure marketing tosh.

Yeah. And the ones with drawstrings etc. Who makes mobius teabags?

 

[Hocus Eye.]

Yeah. And the ones with drawstrings etc. Who makes mobius teabags?

You can't have mobius teabags because they have only one side - nowhere to put the tea.

 

[twentythreedom]

That Cravendale milk works well in tea, I find. I quite like raw cane sugar too.

 

[twentythreedom]

You can't have mobius teabags because they have only one side - nowhere to put the tea.

No shit, sherlock

PG Icosahedron teabags ftw

 

[Geri]

It's really hard to get a decent cup of tea anywhere - even the ones I make myself could be better. Butchers makes the best tea.

A colleague used to make me cups of tea that were really minging - like dirty dishwater, with no taste at all. Later I discovered that he used one teabag to make two cups, and mine was always the second!

 

[Corax]

That's for clearing up my mobius teabag mistake folks.

 

[dilute micro]

Later I discovered that he used one teabag to make two cups, and mine was always the second!

That's when you need to ask for coffee.

 

[twentythreedom]

It's really hard to get a decent cup of tea anywhere - even the ones I make myself could be better. Butchers makes the best tea.

Will the great man share his method with us?

 

[Geri]

Will the great man share his method with us?

He makes it in a pot, brews it for a long time and doesn't put too much milk in.

 

[twentythreedom]

He makes it in a pot, brews it for a long time and doesn't put too much milk in.

Yeah, that sounds reasonable. Sugar? Or is he sweet enough already

 

[Geri]

Yeah, that sounds reasonable. Sugar? Or is he sweet enough already

No sugar. Are you compiling a dossier?

 

[Puddy_Tat]

There is such a thing as taking tea too seriously.

I disagree.

Tea should be taken seriously.

Tea needs more 'tea instructors'



(yes i know i've posted it before, but it's a matter of national importance.)

 

[pigtails]

So twentythreedom, when are you making us all these cups of tea??

 

[Sweet Meiga]

How often do you have that perfect mug of tea? I really like Earl Grey with milk and sugar but after having it every morning for a few weeks I wake up one day and just can't drink it any more. Then I take a break and drink something else. How loyal are you to your perfect cuppa?