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  1. #16
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    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.

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    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.
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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Randi
    I like a good strong cup of tea - with milk, but it's not the way we make tea in Denmark. We put the loose tea in the pot (in some little container, or cloth bag) and then take it out after 3-4 min.

    How do you make tea??

    My Grandma & Mom made tea as you did. Only we had cream instead of
    milk.(We always had tea leaves left over in the cup)

    As an adult, I've switched to coffee instead.
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    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.

    Quote Originally Posted by 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.
    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.

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    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!

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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Randi
    Almita, what milk does to tea and how and when you pour it in, is the big question. Some think that people started pouring milk in to cool it enough to drink it immediately, and some claim it's for the taste. Now, the biggest question is why do you have to pour the milk in first? Some say that it reacts differently (better) with the tea, when you do that, but I'm sure, there are many explanations for this.
    Ahh, thank you for some reasons they put milk in. I have never heard of it here. I've only heard of people adding lemon for a different taste.
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    Many kettles are made so they whistle when the steam passes through the nozzle. Some kettles are not made that way.

    I have one of each!

    For anyone who doesn't remember, my Mum was British.

    The teapot, now there is a whole 'nother tale. Metal teapots are NO GOOD (although I do have one or two of those as well.) Porcelain, enamel, china. My Mum had ( we still have) 8 or 9 pots. And Mum used a different one depending on . . . something, I never learned what. I just use whichever one I'm in the mood for.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ratdogg81
    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.



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    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!!!!

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    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.

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    In America we brew it in seawater!


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    On Thursday, December 16, 1773, the evening before the tea was due to be landed, on a signal given by Samuel Adams, the Sons of Liberty thinly disguised as Mohawk Indians, left the massive protest meeting and headed toward Griffin's Wharf, where lay HMS Dartmouth and her newly arrived, tea bearing, sister ships HMS Beaver and HMS Eleanour. Swiftly and efficiently, casks of tea were brought up from the hold to the deck, reasonable proof that some of the "Indians" were, in fact, longshoremen. The casks were opened and the tea dumped overboard; the work, lasting well into the night, was quick, thorough, and efficient. By dawn, 90,000 lbs (45 tons) of tea worth an estimated £10,000 had been consigned to waters of Boston harbor.[1] Nothing else had been damaged or stolen, except a single padlock accidentally broken and anonymously replaced not long thereafter. Tea washed up on the shores around Boston for weeks.

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    I'm all about real brewed tea. None of that fruity flavored/sugary artificial stuff for me. When I need a little pick-me-up, I brew Tieh Kuan Yin (I think it translates to "Iron Goddess"). Occasionally, I'll mix some milk into the TKY and add in some freshly boiled tapioca pearls (aka pearl milk tea). Sometimes I'll brew some Oolong or nice, imported Jasmine.

    However, our traveling friends sometimes get us this amaaazing, high-quality tea that I think is pronounced something like "pou ni". It is AMAZING. Silky smooth, bitter yet sweet, with no aftertaste. I'm craving it now

    We brew our teas in porcelain teapots when guests are over and we use a plain ceramic pot for everyday brews.

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    hot tea, iced tea, sun tea

    if i'm having hot tea, it can only be tetley british brisk, twinnings english or irish breakfast in bags, but i have used loose tea in the past, and i would again. at home a glass teapot that whistles lets me know when the water is boiling. i dump the warming water from the special tea mug, it has a lid to keep the tea hotter, then steep for 6 minutes, toss the bag in the compost pot, without squeezing it, add one half teaspoon sugar. at work, the bottled water dispenser has a hot tap and i have the twinnings individual packets for an occasional afternoon pick me up, but no cream cakes or jelly breads to go with that-darn!. at home, now that it is warmer i've been making iced teas, luzanne brand , half decaf and half regular, i use a mr coffee tea maker for those pots of tea. today at goodwill i got a brand new suntea bottle (for 25 cents!) to make suntea with, so i'll give that a try tomorrow. i'll try the first bottle with applecinnamon tea. i don't sweeten iced teas at home.
    there is a regional difference that i've noticed in my travels, US southern tea is often sweetened with sugar (never found anyone south of cincinnatti that uses fake sweetners, publically at least, in their tea. my current favorite south carolina style bar-be-que place serves me half-half tea, half unsweetened "yankee" tea, half"the right way", as the smiling dixie voiced waitress with a serious beehive hairdo says.
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    LOL! Interesting how many different ways you guys brew tea. However, in my opinion boiling water HAS to be poured over it!

    There are SO many kinds of tea, but at the moment, I like an English Breakfast tea - PG tips, Yorkshire etc. (black and strong) in the morning with a little milk in, but normally, I drink a weaker Earl Grey - one that is not perfumed! I hate all these artificial fruit teas as well!



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