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

 

[Chernosoth]

Teabag and a spoonful of honey. Read lit while I wait.

 

[jehoram]

Only a heretic puts milk products in tea.

Many years back the New Yorker magazine ran an item from an English newspaper about a worker's strike. They weren't striking for better pay or shorter hours. They were striking because the management was serving them tea with the milk already in it, and the workers felt that they had an inalienable right to putting the milk in themselves.

The item was titled "There'll always be an England."

And never, EVER use a microwave to heat it.

I disagree. In fact, I had a British guest who insisted that microwaved water was bad. So I brewed him four cups of tea... two with the microwaved water, and two with the water boiled on the stove. They were in identical mugs. My guest could not tell which cups had which water in them. Case closed (at least for me).

I brew it the way my boss did it. Start with cold water in the mug. Add a tea bag. Nuke for 2-3 minutes, depending on the power of the microwave. Take the tea bag out immediately. Add sugar, honey, milk or lemon to taste. (I prefer lemon and a little honey if I have it, or sugar if not.) It works for me.

 

[HampshireBoy]

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

Always, and I do mean always, warm the pot first with boiling (or near boiling) water. Then empty before adding the leaves.
Tea cosy depends on room temperature - TBH I rarely use one.

If using teabags, milk should never be added to the cup whilst the bag is in there.

Milk and sugar depends on personal taste and the type of tea.

 

[Celand]

1) Tea in the bag ( Yorkshire Gold is the best)
2) Add boiling water, then add:
3) Teaspoon of honey
4) Shot of dark rum
5) "Squeeze" of lemon

mix and enjoy

 

[OralAllOver]

Excellence in two steps
1. Gather all tea related items and put in trash
2. Brew cup of coffee