How to make a proper cup of tea

[MPE1987]

So after being initiated into the “anyone from UK” group I took the conversation towards tea.
I know this will cause chaos but was wondering how everyone made theirs. I will start
If using a tea pot
1) put the leaves in the pot and fill with boiling water
2) add the tea cosy to allow brewing time
3) stir and replace cosy
4) line cups and add sugar and milk to cups
5) strain tea into each cup so it has a nice hearty colour and doesn’t look like milk

Using a bag
1) bag in cup
2) boiling water in cup
3) once the tea has had time to colour
4) add sugar/milk to taste (again don’t ruin the tea by having a warm milk)

So let’s hear it

 

[positiveflirt]

Yipes! If we could agree on a way to make tea we'd have levelled up as a planet, all other problems would crumble

Ps in a mug it clearly goes:
1. Teabag in mug
2. Milk, sugar in mug
3. Boiling water in mug
4. Accept a random sidequest like finding a lost phone or looking out the window or locating lost flute of Altaror
5. Forget you were ever in the kitchen
6. Remember after six minutes, run to kitchen
7. Squeeze bag, stir
8. Rejoice at the perfect flavour

 

[Pabiporffor]

1. Look at the kettle.
2. Ask the wife to make you a cup.
3. Drink the tea.
4. Tell her she's forgotten the biscuits.

 

[Saint_Ann]

Only a heretic puts milk products in tea.

 

[butters]

this idea of putting milk in before the boiling water and leaves have had time to brew is just gross

personally, i'll use tea bags now since no-one else here in my USA household drinks a proper cup of tea, and make it in a single mug but the boiling water and leaves need time to steep. I prefer my tea to be a black Indian or Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) tea, brewed strong so it's an orangey colour when milk's added... a 'proper' cup of builder's tea. Best go-to is Yorkshire tea, a blend of Indian, Sri Lankan and Kenyan teas

 

[lingus60]

So after being initiated into the “anyone from UK” group I took the conversation towards tea.
I know this will cause chaos but was wondering how everyone made theirs. I will start
If using a tea pot
1) put the leaves in the pot and fill with boiling water
2) add the tea cosy to allow brewing time
3) stir and replace cosy
4) line cups and add sugar and milk to cups
5) strain tea into each cup so it has a nice hearty colour and doesn’t look like milk

Using a bag
1) bag in cup
2) boiling water in cup
3) once the tea has had time to colour
4) add sugar/milk to taste (again don’t ruin the tea by having a warm milk)

So let’s hear it

Agree with your tea in a pot method but no sugar. Question about tea bag method: do you remove bag before or after adding milk? Overall though the taste is most dependent on choice of tea. For bags it has to be Taylor’s of Harrogate Yorkshire Gold

 

[Ramone45]

None of these are correct. Milk?

 

[sixfoot4]

OK I'm on it. As this is Literotica and not the WI, this is clearly a coded message of some obscure sexual practice.
I'm well into decoding it but need the help of the Lit hive mind to crack it.
And come on @MPE1987. the game's up, we give in, what multi participant orgy are you describing here?

 

[stickygirl]

*sigh*

• Rinse the teapot with boiling water to warm it
• Add a decent teabag ( I've yet to taste a loose-leaf tea I like )
• Throw a tea-towel over the pot to keep the heat for five mins
• Pour the tea into an empty something: bone china teacups are nice if you're gran's place
• Leave your guests to add their own (cold) milk or sugar.

Provisos
Have rampant sex before or after ( unless you're at gran's place )
It's okay to actually clean the inside of a teapot: all that bullocks about improving the flavour just means you're too idle to clean the damned thing... unless you drink Lapsang in which case you already like bitumen so who cares?
Green tea needs to steep long enough so's it isn't bitter ( and don't add milk )
Earl Grey can be substituted for Pot Pourri

 

[juttjaw]

13 Lipton bags in a one gallon jar.
Lid on and set in the sun for, at least, 12 hours.
Ice in giant cup
Pour in tea and enjoy.

By God, this is the Midwestern tea. No sugar, no milk. Maybe a couple of crushed Xanax stirred in... We are heathens.

However, I'd be very happy to have a "proper cup of tea" if I were ever offered.

 

[amber1312]

And never, EVER use a microwave to heat it.

 

[butters]

Agree with your tea in a pot method but no sugar. Question about tea bag method: do you remove bag before or after adding milk? Overall though the taste is most dependent on choice of tea. For bags it has to be Taylor’s of Harrogate Yorkshire Gold

always remove the tea bag before adding anything else