Making tea

CanadianGran

Thanks all... I drink Rooibos tea, since I find black tea bitter, so I buy it myself for work. It really needs about 30 seconds in the cup to make a nice brew, with a tiny bit of sugar, no milk.

I'll try the two-cup method, putting the wet bag in another cup for later, or try to find some loose tea. That somehow seems like more work (lazy me!)

I think most of us were thinking you meant an English Breakfast type of tea, not Rooibos without milk. I have found Rooibos too strong, although I like a strong tea. Why don’t you do as you’ve been doing and make one bag last for two cups. Put the used bag in a fresh cup and pour hot water over it when you want it.

We don't have teabags apart from some builders' tea for guests who like such tea. I then use the tea bags in the bottom of flower pots. We do have teapots and loose tea and the used leaves go into the compost or directly to the base of my rose bushes.

Juliet27

This has highlighted just how extravagant I am. I like strong tea and use two teabags in my mug first thing in the morning and sometimes a second cup with new teabags. It’s just one bag in my afternoon cup of tea.

You're my kind of girl Juliet27. Can't stand weak tea.

I suppose it depends on how you like your cup of tea. I'm another Rooibos fan. But I let the tea bag brew for at least one minute.
My late, oldest friend used the same tea bag multiple times in a day. She enjoyed very weak tea. One (wo) man's meat etc.

I like weaker black tea but like my rooibos strong and milky - probably a hangover from childhood when my father made it entirely with milk and sometimes some vanilla essence and honey when I'd been out in the cold in the winter.

I like my rooibos with milk. Don't drink any other tea.