How do you make YOUR Tea & Hot Choclate?

[Paxton Dazo]

In which order...do you go through the stages, of making a Cup Of Tea and Hot Choclate?

Hmm, i'm expermenting with this at the moment, because when i get a cuppa from a Cafe it's blooming lovely, but when i make it myself not so nice - the same goes with hot choclate.

TEA

I tend to go for - Put the milk in first, then put the teabag in ( whilst the wee kekkle is boiling) then put the water in then 3 sugars.

I've also tried - Sugar and water ( stir..) Add milk then Teabag....

Oh and i dont ponce about with Twining and all that posh stuff

Hot Choclate

I tend to buy Cadburys Mixtures..which can be bought in the 99p shop, for a mear 99p.

Hmm, even though it says "Just add water" - i often add milk..but still dont think i'm making the most of one of lifes luxurys.

Help..

 

[clippedgull]

Tea-

tea bag then 4 sugars (minimum) then hot water and after brewing a touch of milk

Sweet & Strong!

Yorkshire tea.

 

[Paxton Dazo]

Tea-

tea bag then 4 sugars (minimum) then hot water and after brewing a touch of milk

Sweet & Strong!

Yorkshire tea.

But wouldn't the sugar creep inside all the ikkle holes in the 'BAG, therefore, leading you to lost at least 1 sugar?

 

[clippedgull]

But wouldn't the sugar creep inside all the ikkle holes in the 'BAG, therefore, leading you to lost at least 1 sugar?

that's why there is a minimum

 

[coventrygull]

I take my tea black.

 

[Paxton Dazo]

that's why there is a minimum

Right, i'm going to try it. I'm gunna have to make do with Tetleys im afraid.

Right, i'll report back after tasting.

 

[skipper734]

Teabag should not touch the milk. Put the milk in last. Imo.

 

[Gully]

Tea - Preferably loose leaves brewed in a pot for about five minutes, then poured through a strainer into a mug which already has a small amount of milk in it. If it is a humble teabag then that goes in the mug, followed by boiled water and finally a splash of milk.

 

[Paxton Dazo]

Tea-

tea bag then 4 sugars (minimum) then hot water and after brewing a touch of milk

Sweet & Strong!

Yorkshire tea.

Teabag should not touch the milk. Put the milk in last. Imo.

Is that what you meant CLIPPEDGULL? Because i need to know 100% before i write what i thought of it?

 

[defrocked priest]

Your both wrong.

Prewarm the teapot with hot tap water. Boil water to strong boil, dump teapot water,add tea/tea bag,put on the teacozy,let steep, 10 minutes.Provide for individual taste, just milk in mine ,first the milk then the tea.

As for chocolate, use hot milk.

 

[Gully]

Teabag should not touch the milk. Put the milk in last. Imo.

Quite right, I worked in an office where we took turns to make brews...there was one lass who I couldn't convince not to put the bag in with the milk, sometimes she put so much milk in the mug it almost made me puke when I drank it...what an easy way to ruin a cup of tea!

 

[clippedgull]

Is that what you meant CLIPPEDGULL? Because i need to know 100% before i write what i thought of it?

yes milk in last

 

[clippedgull]

As for chocolate, use hot milk.

You got something correct.

 

[Gully]

I don't drink hot chocolate...prefer Milo!

 

[Paxton Dazo]

Right i've just nipped downstairs to boil the kekkle.

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

I am amazed that the wimmin at work don't know how to make a good brew. Doesn't matter how mant times i tell them, tea needs to be scalded by boiling water so NEVERT put a teabag into cold milk then add water.

The bag should also be removed before presenting as a cuppa. it's awful when you get a milky brew with a bag floating in it.

Milk would only go in 1st if you made tea in a pot and then poured into a cup containing a little milk.

I'm quite partial to sainsburys Red Label.

As for hot choccy, wetherspoons are doing an enormous cuppa with cream and marshmallows.

 

[Paxton Dazo]

I am amazed that the wimmin at work don't know how to make a good brew. Doesn't matter how mant times i tell them, tea needs to be scalded by boiling water so NEVER put a teabag into cold milk then add water.

The bag should also be removed before presenting as a cuppa. it's awful when you get a milky brew with a bag floating in it.

Milk would only go in 1st if you made tea in a pot and then poured into a cup containing a little milk.

I'm quite partial to sainsburys Red Label.

As for hot choccy, wetherspoons are doing an enormous cuppa with cream and marshmallows.

Thats an interesting point, because i've always been guilty for that - gunna stop doing that now.

I f***ing hate that too!!!!

Yes, and what a deal that it - i've never seen the marshmallow, i normally get a little biscuit with it.

 

[Paxton Dazo]

Tea-

tea bag then 4 sugars (minimum) then hot water and after brewing a touch of milk

Sweet & Strong!

Yorkshire tea.

Sorry for the late report but NSC wouldn't work on my computer, but i decided to try ClippedGull's method. Here's how i got on..;

There i was drooling at the thought of a nice cuppa tea, running down the stairs in exictment. I could hear the Kettle boiling, from the next room. I thought to celebrate this new recipe i would use my best mug - My David Ginola one.

I was standing there, thinking about what his method was, trying to remember it, i froze...Had PD forgotten CG's method, meaning..he would have to walk upstairs to look on NSC again? No, of course not.

In went the Teabag and 4 ( !!!!) Sugars.Pop.The kettle had boiled , i slowly but surely poured the water into the DG mug...watching the water get darker and darker. I stirred, thoroughly until i felt it had 'brewed' enough. Then whilst still stiring the tea, i added the Milk, only a tad but enough to make the tea change into a nice colour.

Up i went - I had to do it ..i simply couldn't wait to sip this..i went for it ...OUCH. I ended up with a burnt toungue for my troubles...i then gave it a minute or two ( or three). I sipped and i was pleasently suprised, were the days of making a good cuppa back? They could well be.

VERY good, this is the first time i had tried this. - 8/10. ( I'm sure if you'd have made it it'd been 10/10)

More METHODS/RECIPES?

 

[Jello]

tea bag, boiling hot water, wash about a bit, done. No milk or sugar.
Prefer it to be weak rather than strong, like they drink it in China
Though the ceremony takes about half hour by the time they've washed the cups 3-4 times and the cups are tiny

 

[Tricky Dicky]

In which order...do you go through the stages, of making a Cup Of Tea and Hot Choclate?

Hmm, i'm expermenting with this at the moment, because when i get a cuppa from a Cafe it's blooming lovely, but when i make it myself not so nice - the same goes with hot choclate.

TEA

I tend to go for - Put the milk in first, then put the teabag in ( whilst the wee kekkle is boiling) then put the water in then 3 sugars.

I've also tried - Sugar and water ( stir..) Add milk then Teabag....

Oh and i dont ponce about with Twining and all that posh stuff

Hot Choclate

I tend to buy Cadburys Mixtures..which can be bought in the 99p shop, for a mear 99p.

Hmm, even though it says "Just add water" - i often add milk..but still dont think i'm making the most of one of lifes luxurys.

Help..

You should NEVER put the milk in before the tea. If you put the milk in first, it reduces the temperature of the water you are adding (having just gone to the effort of boiling it), The maximum amount of flavour is released by near-boiling water, anything lesss is less efficient.

oh, and tea shouldn't really be taken black. Tea is acidic and the milk being alkaline neutralises it. Long term drinking black tea can cause stomach problems of too much acidity.