How do you make tea?

[Harry Bloomfield]

2. If using loose tea: ones teaspoon of tea per person/cup in tea pot, put in hot water. Brew. Pour into cup with strainer. If your worried about delicate

Which was the only way, before teabags - I wouldn't drink tea at all back then, because I hated the leaves floating about in the cup.

 

[JP_]

Which was the only way, before teabags - I wouldn't drink tea at all back then, because I hated the leaves floating about in the cup

I grew up with tea like this. Maybe you just needed a better tea strainer.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I great to with tea like this. Maybe you just needed a better tea strainer.

I was still at home, that was how tea was made there, no strainer - I didn't know any different.

 

[JP_]

I was still at home, that was how tea was made there, no strainer - I didn't know any different.

Just spotted my typos. Corrected, but I think you got the gist.

 

[Odds]

Could you not just fly home on it?

And leave my camel behind?

 

[Odds]

Ok, serious reply.
There's only 3 ways to make tea.
1. If using tea bag: tea bag in cup, pour in boiling water. Brew a while. Remove bag. Add milk and sugar to taste.

Ah, but for how long should a teabag be left in t'cup, according to the strength of tea within?

2. If using loose tea: ones teaspoon of tea per person/cup in tea pot, put in hot water. Brew. Pour into cup with strainer. If your worried about delicate China cracking a child cup, add milk first, otherwise any order you like.

Never, ever, put milk in first.
Only a complete heathen would consider such sacrilige.

3. Chinese tea ceremony.

Herbal infusions have different rules. But they're not tea.

Technically, tea is a herb, but i take your point - i like those fruit infusions on summer days. Excellent when chilled.

 

[JP_]

Never, ever, put milk in first.
Only a complete heathen would consider such sacrilige

It's tradition. The tea is brewed, pouring over milk mixes it. But also, in the old days before central heating and good cups, pouring tea into the cup risked it cracking with the sudden change of temperature.

 

[JP_]

Ah, but for how long should a teabag be left in t'cup, according to the strength of tea within?

A few minutes is usually enough. Sometimes if i want a strong tea in a big mug I'll use 2 tea bags, leave for a few minutes.

 

[chirpychippy]

Tea leaves -- tea pot - tea cosy - tea strainer - add milk & sugar to required taste. Don't drink the dregs instead swirl them round three times empty contents onto the saucer and translate the tea leaf pattern into a symbol that means something. My Nan used to do this when we visited.

I prefer T bags, hot water, go and do something for a few minutes, add milk and wait for a blotchy surface.

 

[aveatry]

My first job I worked with Indians and they brought in masala tea in a flask and it was half milk and half water with spices added and boiled for an amount of time with loads of sugar and it was beautiful but they never know the exact recipe because their wives made it for them every morning.
I have tried to find something similar like and instant masala tea but nothing come close>
Apart from that I do not drink tea.

 

[Odds]

It's tradition. The tea is brewed, pouring over milk mixes it. But also, in the old days before central heating and good cups, pouring tea into the cup risked it cracking with the sudden change of temperature.

Never heard of that one before now. How old are these days of which you speak?

My g.parents were from a time where 4pm sharp was the time for an unchanging tea ritual, every bit as focussed as a Japanese shinto shine could conceive: loose leaf tea brewed in a pot as nature intended; poured into china cups and stirred precisely in a clockwise rotation while milk was poured into the golden liquid as it churned into a dark, aromatic secret waiting to be discovered and savoured.

A selection of sweet pastries would then be scrutinised closely and a choice sample transferred on to another china plate where this confection would be enjoyed slowly, savouring every bite in amiable companionship, small talk accompanying the experience as the wireless drifted classical tunes overhead.

A few minutes is usually enough. Sometimes if i want a strong tea in a big mug I'll use 2 tea bags, leave for a few minutes.

Is that mug big enough for Desperate Dan?

 

[Odds]

How to make Irish tea...

(not for beginners.)

 

[johnny2007]

Teapot when home, but let's concentrate on mugs on building sites.
One teabag in mug, pour fresh boiled water slowly in the mug trying to hit the teabag.
Leave for 3 minutes occasionally lifting and dipping the teabag so to move things around (if it's a cold day cover the mug with a brick or a piece of wood)
Add sugar, if wanted, and stir properly.
Add milk, just enough to have a tanned tea ready for you to enjoy.
I always liked making tea for everyone, it gives a break to work your boll@x off and I love the smell when hot water hits the teabag.
Nobody ever complained of my tea; in fact, I usually get compliments.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Is that mug big enough for Desperate Dan?

Does anyone remember the white, pint pot tea mugs? They used to be common, but I've not seen one for years.

 

[Odds]

Does anyone remember the white, pint pot tea mugs? They used to be common, but I've not seen one for years.

I can't imagine a time when i'd need so much tea all at once.