Making tea

Same as you Nannykay but it has to be a china cup and saucer to bring the flavour of the tea out and if possible Darjeeling tea without milk.

Oh yes! I forgot about the order of lactivation. I'm a pre-lactivator (milk in first) because then you don't have to stir it in as it gets stirred by the pouring tea.

Post-lactivation is adding milk after pouring the tea into the cup.

You can thank my dad for the expressions, unless he stole them from someone else ?

Would like to use a pot really, but I have decaff (too much caffeine upsets my bladder), DH likes his PG tips so it's mugs for us, MIL

Love my tea and drink it throughout the day.
Used to buy Twinings English Breakfast, but that has become a bit pricey now.
I now use Yorkshire tea . Tea bag in a china mug (large), then hot water. Then leave to brew. I hate weak tea.
Then a splash of semi skimmed milk.
Delicious.

You have described my preferred tea and method grannysue . I agree it is delicious and very refreshing. Don't like coffee but love my cup of tea.

I like builders tea ( Typhoo, Yorkshire, Dnglidh breakfast or supermarket own brand) but it must be loose leaves made in a heated teapot. Teabags are a very poor alternative.

English breakfast, sorry about typos

Teabag in a mug for me but with company its teabags In a warmed teapot

Nanny Kay, I'm coming round to yours! That's my perfect cup of tea exactly as I like it ?

Any reasonable quality Indian, teabag in mug, not strong but not too weak either, no milk! I always have to tell people, because otherwise they assume that everyone takes milk, when in fact quite a few don't.
I know I'm odd but tea with milk tastes foul to me.

I had to buy a teapot for a visiting friend who liked a really well-cstewed potful first thing. He eventually bought me a tea cosy to go with it! That works well on the cafetière, too.

My husband and I drink at least 2 pots of tea dry as we talk ( sometimes disagree) over breakfast. I use English teabags but it is the talking that is the therapy. He tells me many of his friends say they don't talk very much with there wivies, maybe a tea or coffee pot would help.

>>Pouring boiling water onto a tea bag which is sitting in cold milk is just wrong!<<

I thought so too, till I tried it.

Teabag [cheap and cheerful] then water just off the boil then the milk and a good stir. I love peppermint tea but prefer that as loose tea in a small teapot & strainer. I find it difficult to find peppermint loose tea but it tastes better to me than a peppermint teabag.

Yesterday I used a teapot for the first time in over five years! I never drink tea as I love my coffee and used to just make tea in the mug for DH but he had a stroke a couple of weeks ago and have been having extra visitors. When you are dipping teabags in and out of three or four mugs it gets stupid so I decided on getting a teapot. I'm sure I have one still packed away in a box in the garage from when we down-sized but thought I would treat myself and nipped into B&M only to find one type of china teapot on sale but just took it. DH absolutely delighted with it and so much handier so will definitely be using it a lot. Does anyone want to start a thread on coffee machines? I could write a book on the hassle I have had over mind!!!!

Tea bags.Twinings English Breakfast or Yorkshire.At other times have Earl Grey, and in the evening, Twinings mint tea.
Pure lazyness, using tea bags, had a pot of Earl Grey when out for the day in Summer, they used loose leaf tea and it was fantastic!

I only discovered recently that most teabags include plastic in the manufacture and are sealed with a polypropylene layer. This explains why teabags don't rot down in the compost. I don't like the idea of drinking tea laced with plastic so I have reverted to loose tea which I think makes a better cup of tea anyway. I like Yorkshire Tea or Twinings Assam or Breakfast and I empty the dregs of the teapot on my compost heap.

Here's a link for those who want to know more about the plastic! www.pfree.co.uk/tag/plastic-and-tea-bags/

I use tea bags and like it really milky and weak. It's a bit like, "Would you like some tea with your milk?"
Last week I bought a lovely blue and white cup and saucer at the supermarket - I didn't really need it but it was so pretty I couldn't resist. Every single cup of tea I've drank out of it has been delicious.
I think we often make tea as we like it don't we? My sister makes it stronger than I'd like as that is her preference. My late FIL made it terribly strong and I didn't have the heart to tell him it was almost undrinkable - I just waited for it to cool down and tried to hide the grimaces politely.

At home I always make tea in a warmed pot, leave it to brew for 5 minutes and put the milk in the cup first. At work we only have a kettle and have to make it in the cup. I never enjoy it because the milk always tastes scalded to me when added last.

When using loose leaf tea, how much tea do you use for each cup?

I generally use a full teaspoon MontanaGal per person but really it depends on the type of tea and how you like it.

PG Tips or Yorkshire looseleaf. I have a lovely Japanese cast iron teapot with a fliter so I can put the leaves into the filter and pour boiling water over until the leaves are covered. I don't need to heat the pot first this way. I always put my padded teacosy which my mother brought me from Sandringham years back. She did tell me that the Queen hadn't actually MADE the cosy. Now my mother is gone, it always reminds me of her and I smile when I cover my pot with the cover .

I always prefer to make tea in a pot. I also prepared my mug with said ingredients this morning and put the kettle on, but I went off somewhere and filled of cup.

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I prefer brewed tea. I learned how in this blog post

freshtea.com/how-to-brew-tea/

Make a green tea chai by brewing green tea in hot vanilla soy milk and topping with a dash each of cinnamon, black pepper, ginger, and allspice.