Tea brewing

[Randi]

Uhh, I would never put cream in tea, and I don't think any Brit would either. I would accept cream in my coffee - if there was no milk, though.

Now, I don't have a microwave, but at work, I have put some milk in for, I think 20 sec. to heat it for my coffee - I use half milk/half strong coffee.

[Kfamr]

The reason for creamer being that no one in my house drinks milk, but we usually always have creamer.

Same for work, no milk (other than the cartons we use) so I have to use creamer. Most retaurants here give you coffee creamer for your hot tea when you order it.

Tastes the same as milk in tea, IMO.

[critter crazy]

Hot Tea-I use 1-2 tea bags, depending on my mood. I usually add milk and sugar to me tea.

Iced tea-I like lemon in my Iced tea.

[Freedom]

Boil the water in the kettle. Heat the teapot with warm water.

One bag per cup plus one bag for the pot. Pour the water OVER the bags. Let steep 3 to 4 minutes.

Remove bags carefully. Do NOT squeeze the bags out, that just makes the tea bitter.

Warm teacup. Well, we stopped using teacups about . . . 20 years ago. Now we have these huge soup cups, so we can sit and enjoy a cuppa, without getting up for a refill.

Dad:
Pour tea into cup, almost up to rim.

Pour cold milk into cup until it overflows.

Add 3 Sweet N Low's. (He used to put in 4 heaping spoons of sugar until he developed diabetes 8 years ago.)

Me:
Pour tea into cup, about 3/4 full.

Pour cold milk up to rim, or else it is just too hot to drink for 15 minutes!

No sweetner for me.

Oh, and it MUST be Salada tea bags.

[Sevaede]

I don't drink tea. Or, at least, I haven't found one that I enjoy the flavour of its drink. Suggestions?

An idea of the milk/tea thing... Maybe the reason folks pour the milk first, then tea, is for tempering (as putting the colds into the hots would curdle or otherwise affect the cold undesirably)? As for why there is milk in tea *period* my guess is to cool the drink down.

[ratdogg]

I dont really like tea a whole lot, but its better than drinking diet soda I suppose. Lately i've found myself drinking water or gatorade. I think it'd be fun to make tea straight from the leaves and stuff. I definitely want to try boiling water in a teapot that actually whistles

[Pawsitive Thinking]

I put the teabag in the mug (not cup), pour in the water, whizz it around a little with a spoon, hum a little song, take teabag out, add milk and YUM!


If its fussy hubby's tea and its not quite strong enough I just chuck the teabag back in again - shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

(and look where I come from........)

[RedHedd]

Put teabag in cup - usually Traditional Medicinals Ginger-Aid - pour water OVER the bag, let sit for at least five minutes, leave bag in to make it stronger, drink as needed.

My parents put milk in their tea - it's a Russian tradition.

Thanks for the link for the Yogi Tea's free sample. I always like to try new teas. I'm on a hunt for the ultimate ginger tea, but so far Traditional Medicinals' Ginger Aid is the best.

[Anita Cholaine]

I put the teabag in a cup, pour some hot water in it, and just wait a few minutes until it gets strong. Just as simple as that.

I only like green tea, and I drink it plain, no sugar or anything. Black tea I can stand it with some lemon and honey, but I don't really like it much. Tea with milk? Eww,I absolutely hate it!

I have to say that I'm more a coffee person, actually.

[CultureJunky]

I'm the same as the rest of the UK ones, just boil the kettle, put the tea bag in the mug, pour boiling water on it, let it brew for a minute then take it out, add milk. I like my tea quite weak, so I have quite a bit of milk.
I also have fresh tea for one of those one cup teapots but don't use that very often.
I think posh tea making in britain is a thing of the past though you can get posh tea bags with a much better quality of tea such as twinnings.
I'm sure though there are some folks in britain (like the queen) who have it done in a very posh manner, with fresh tea that costs loads.

[Miss Z]

Blurgh, I hate tea. Not very British of me, I know, but long live coffee!

My parents always make tea in the teapot, although, like me, they are mainly coffee drinkers.

Uhh, I would never put cream in tea, and I don't think any Brit would either. I would accept cream in my coffee - if there was no milk, though.

I've seen cream in tea in Oxfordshire and Wiltshire. It's more of a southern thing, in fact, I think tea-drinking in general is.

[ratdogg]

wait wait wait, so for all you people that actually boil water in a kettle i HAVE to know...does it really whistle?!?!? send me a PM or just reply. k, thanx!

[ramanth]

I used to boil water in a kettle (and yes, mine whistles), put the tea bag in a mug, pour the water in, let the bag steep for a minute or two (depending on the type of tea), remove the bag and set it aside in case I wanted a second cup, and then depending on my mood would add milk and/or sugar.

But now, thanks to Jess (k9soul), I'll be making tea with this:
IngenuiTEA

I also picked out some of their flavor, roobios, and herbal teas. It'll all arrive tomorrow.

[zippy-kat]

wait wait wait, so for all you people that actually boil water in a kettle i HAVE to know...does it really whistle?!?!? send me a PM or just reply. k, thanx!

It depends on the kettle.
Mine does.



Randi, are you ready for the atrocities of all actrocities?
Open package, pour into water bottle, shake, drink. Peach only, please. Actually, that's only if I'm at work.

If I'm at the house, it depends on how lazy I am.
Most weekday mornings, it's: fill the cup with water, chunk in a tea bag, push "beverage" on the microwave, then stir in 1/2 or whole sweet 'n low. But if I have more time (or if it's the weekend), I'll boil the water, load the diffuser with looseleaf tea, and then seep it.

I LOVE tea but I have weird "rules"...
Hot tea must be sweetened (if not by honey, by sweet 'n low).
Cold tea must be un-sweetened.


Now, as for the milk question:
I don't use milk in my tea (not suppose to have milk period as I'm allergic to it). However, I do use 1/2 and 1/2 in my coffee. I pour the 1/2 and 1/2 in first so that it mixes itself when I pour the coffee in and I don't have to dirty a spoon to stir. Talk about lazy!!!!