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.