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Making tea

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Nannykay Fri 15-Sep-17 08:39:38

How do you make tea, do you use a bag, or loose, in a mug or cup and saucer.

I like tea, mostly good old Yorkshire with a splash of milk. I use loose tea in a warmed pot, served in a cup and saucer.

That said, at the right time I also like to mix my own herbs, or use a ready mix of special teas, I have a glass pot for those with an infuser, and I serve it in a glass cup.

Some people think I'm very strange. But my SIL called round yesterday, and I made a large pot of tea and we sat at the kitchen table with a plate of biscuits and drank the pot dry, whilst putting the world to rights, she said it was the best therapy ever !, hence my question, how do you like your tea

Grannyrebel27 Sat 04-May-19 18:48:57

Always in a pot! I love teapots!

Cabbie21 Sat 04-May-19 20:43:13

Always a tea bag in a china mug. Quite strong, very little skimmed milk , in last.
Recently stayed with a friend who uses a teapot and leaf tea.
Too weak and got cold too quickly.

Helga5555 Wed 03-Jul-19 11:25:58

totally agree))

GabriellaG54 Thu 04-Jul-19 22:03:43

I prefer Yorkshire tea or (2nd best) a breakfast blend.
I like the look of the glass pots but I use a stainless steel pot for one and a hot water jug to top it up.
A slice of lemon in tea (Russian) can be refreshing and I like it cold too with a couple of ice cubes.

jackfowler Thu 18-Jul-19 13:54:46

If you want to know the exact recipe of making ginger tea in India with milk then you can follow the process below of 2 cup tea

1 - Take the 1 - 1.5 cup of water and boil it for a minute.
2 - After boiling it you can add 1 spoon sugar + grind ginger + tea also.
3 - And let the mixture boil for 1 minute again also.
4 - Now the time to add 1 - 1.5 cup of milk in the mixture and let again boiling for 1-2 minute.
5 - Now tea is ready and when it boiled up then close the stove.

BlueSapphire Fri 19-Jul-19 06:55:41

Cannot abide teabag in a mug, never tastes right to me. I always put my teabag in a pot, half fill it with boiling water and let it brew for a couple of minutes. And never milk in first! A splash of skimmed milk after the tea is poured - I know what colour I like my tea. I used to use Assam, but now have discovered Sainsbury's extra strong.
I never have tea at my sister's - she puts teabag and milk in a mug first, then the water YUK!

jackfowler Mon 22-Jul-19 12:54:31

If you want to know the exact recipe of making ginger tea in India with milk then you can follow the process below of 2 cup tea

1 - Take the 1 - 1.5 cup of water and boil it for a minute.
2 - After boiling it you can add 1 spoon sugar + grind ginger + tea also.
3 - And let the mixture boil for 1 minute again also.
4 - Now the time to add 1 - 1.5 cup of milk in the mixture and let again boiling for 1-2 minute.
5 - Now tea is ready and when it boiled up then close the stove.

Resurgam123 Thu 25-Jul-19 00:10:32

Tea bags. Milk in first. Semi skimmed.
Yorkshire tea.
And I do drink a lot of it.
The problem I have with tea bag tea is that the tea bags do not biodegrade . The bags have a quantity of plastic in the bags which does not biograde . If you put them in your compost the used bags will blow about in your garden after a year or two.

Witzend Thu 25-Jul-19 14:42:54

Teabag in mug, fished out fairly quickly - I can't bear very strong tea.
And no milk. I know I'm weird, but tea with milks tastes seriously vile to me, which just goes to show that things evidently do taste different to different people..