Milk and 2 sugars

[Duncan Disorderly]

An important subject...

 

How do you take your tea?

 

For me, it's a teabag in a mug, hot water, swirl teabag 8 or 9 times, squeeze out, add sugar then a splash of milk, drink and...Aaahh!

 

Current tea of choice, Punjana. Nambarrie seems to have disappeared or been renamed. Tetley is rank.

[sean]

Tea is overrated

[matty]

Mug, tea bag, water, milk. Leave the bag in. Drink.

[Swan Red]

Lyons strong with a good dash of milk two sugars

[cymrococh]

I have too long suffered under the tyranny of the bag, so I invested in a special blend which is now the only thing I can bear. Has to be in a porcelain cup and with a stainless steel infuser for best results

 

No milk or sugar, natch.

[Swan Red]

ooohhhh hark at him

[Bogman]

Coffee.

 

White, one sugar. Can't quite take it without the sugar. Tastes like somethings missing.................................

[RP]

Has to be in a porcelain cup and with a stainless steel infuser for best results

 

 

Stainless steel? Sterling silver, surely?

[Swan Red]

Coffee.

 

White, one sugar. Can't quite take it without the sugar. Tastes like somethings missing.................................

 

that'd be the sugar, mate of mine loves coffee soo much he adds 3 sugars to an espresso, he's weird though and uses brown sugar in his tea, which is super f***ing weird in my book

[cymrococh]

Stainless steel? Sterling silver, surely?

I find silver taints the flavour.

[Stevie H]

never understood sugar in tea. vile.

 

hot, strong and a dash of milk. yes matty, like my men.

[RP]

that'd be the sugar, mate of mine loves coffee soo much he adds 3 sugars to an espresso,

 

That's not coffee, that's syrup.

 

he's weird though and uses brown sugar in his tea, which is super f***ing weird in my book

 

That is weird.

[surf]

i rarely have cappucinno, but when i do i like to sprinkle brown sugar over the top of it

[oakie bob]

never drunk tea, cant stand the smell of it, strong black coffee for me out of the Tassimo machine I have

[Kvarme Ate My Food]

Use a teapot whenever possible.

Freshly boiled water, none of your reboiled nonsense.

[surf]

Use a teapot whenever possible.

Freshly boiled water, none of your reboiled nonsense.

 

what's the difference between having water freshly boiled of reboiling it?

if you find a warm kettle do you pour the warm water out pour fresh water in to boil?

 

 

 

 

[Kvarme Ate My Food]

what's the difference between having water freshly boiled of reboiling it?

if you find a warm kettle do you pour the warm water out pour fresh water in to boil?

 

It tastes different.

So yes, I do. Blame the people who boiled too much water the first time.

[charlie clown]

Tea, white, no sugar. Not too strong, not too much milk. And milk must be skimmed or semi-skimmed, hate it when it gets too rich and creamy.

 

 

Coffee I usually have just a touch of sugar, and am happy with it from espresso right up to a full frothy latte. But since I've started having decent coffee, I can barely recognise instant as the same drink. Feels like it belongs in the 1950s with dried egg and blancmange.

Edited June 13, 2014 by charlie clown

[cymrococh]

It tastes different.

So yes, I do. Blame the people who boiled too much water the first time.

I used to stretch out making tea to about 10 minutes by insisting on getting rid of all the limescale bits in the kettle, people thought I was particular rather than lazy.

Edited June 13, 2014 by cymrococh

[Earl Hafler]

what's the difference between having water freshly boiled of reboiling it?

if you find a warm kettle do you pour the warm water out pour fresh water in to boil?

 

ffs, Surf.

[surf]

ffs, Surf.

 

look, i'm dutch, we're not tea experts.

[smithdown]

one sugar in me mug of slosh ta, I will drink any tea from anywhere, far fetched (hahahaha - private joke there) or not, bar Lapsang Souchong cos it smells like boiled off pork

Edited June 13, 2014 by smithdown

[Ostrich Man]

teapot brewed...milk and 2 sugars. Always have Nambarrie in the house, dont know what shops youre going to DD but tesco always has nambarrie, though it is a lot more expensive than the others...but hey its the best so I dont mind paying extra for it.

[Earl Hafler]

look, i'm dutch, we're not tea experts.

 

That's one thing but what happens to water when you boil it ?

Dissolved oxygen is good for tea - it reacts with it, draws out the flavour. The more you boil, the less oxygen, the less flavour..

 

I've seen people have tea where they basically dip the tea bag in for half a second and then just fill it with milk. Why not have warm milk ?

 

teapot brewed...milk and 2 sugars. Always have Nambarrie in the house, dont know what shops youre going to DD but tesco always has nambarrie, though it is a lot more expensive than the others...but hey its the best so I dont mind paying extra for it.

 

Never had it - will now try it.

 

Indian Prince is nice.

[D.Boon]

Strong, splash of milk with a tiny bit of sugar to take the edge off. That and it not being Earl Grey are my only requirements.