When making tea: Milk or water first...........

[BadFish]

Only a dribble of milk is required. None of this boiled pond water rubbish that some people drink.

I agree

 

[PHCgull]

if youre gonna go milk first then it should be

MILK - TEABAG - HOTWATER

never pour cold milk onto the teabag...

 

[dingodan]

if youre gonna go milk first then it should be

MILK - TEABAG - HOTWATER

never pour cold milk onto the teabag...

Good point well made.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Why did it take to nearly the bottom of page three to get to the mention of a teapot., preferably with leaf tea but with tea-bags if in a hurry. Anything else is an abomination......

And if one does have to do it in a cup/mug, water first every time.

 

[Phil B]

Doesn't matter. The whole "Milk first" came from the early days of tea consumption.

Tea was a highly expensive drink - which is why you got Tea Caddys which were lockable. It was seen as a high class drink (and not for the lower class) and therefore needed a top quality receptacle. The bone china tea service.

However, bone china had a serious drawback. Pouring boiling hot water into it would be too much for it and it would crack or even shatter.
So, milk was poured in first in order to "cushion" the rise in heat. The myth of "milk first" was born, and is still practised by most.

Once the huge tea farms were created, tea became a drink for the masses.

Water first or tea first? No difference - it's brownian motion that matters.

Oh, and remember. The colour comes out of a teabag first - flavour comes after. Always give it 20-30 secs for full flavour to be achieved.

 

[dingodan]

Doesn't matter. The whole "Milk first" came from the early days of tea consumption.

Tea was a highly expensive drink - which is why you got Tea Caddys which were lockable. It was seen as a high class drink (and not for the lower class) and therefore needed a top quality receptacle. The bone china tea service.

However, bone china had a serious drawback. Pouring boiling hot water into it would be too much for it and it would crack or even shatter.
So, milk was poured in first in order to "cushion" the rise in heat. The myth of "milk first" was born, and is still practised by most.

Once the huge tea farms were created, tea became a drink for the masses.

It makes a difference to the texture of the beverage.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

When does the LEMON go in?

 

[sydney]

teabag ,sugar x1, boiling water , 3 to 4 minute brew ........in with the milk ,any other method is uncivilized.

 

[clapham_gull]

Don't drink a lot of tea, but when I do - it's good tea bags, but non expensive high quality tea. I'd enjoy the latter on it's own, but then I don't drink much tea.

Anyway - got to be made in a pot and strong. I like a bit of milk, probably more than most but the tea must be strong.

My favourite cup of tea is the second pot, when the last lot of spent tea bags has been left in. That's a complex taste sensation.

 

[banjo]

Water then milk for me.

 

[perseus]

No milk. Taste the tea.

Milk yuk ! it contains a substance called whey which is horrid and upsets my tummy.

 

[NMH]

Water if tea bag, milk if from teapot.

THATS THE LAW, FACT

This.
And anyone caught breaking this law ought to get a finger cut off for every time they put a tea-bag into cold frickin' milk and expect to get the best out of the tea-leaves inside.
It's completely stupid

 

[NMH]

Doesn't matter. The whole "Milk first" came from the early days of tea consumption.

Tea was a highly expensive drink - which is why you got Tea Caddys which were lockable. It was seen as a high class drink (and not for the lower class) and therefore needed a top quality receptacle. The bone china tea service.

However, bone china had a serious drawback. Pouring boiling hot water into it would be too much for it and it would crack or even shatter.
So, milk was poured in first in order to "cushion" the rise in heat. The myth of "milk first" was born, and is still practised by most.

Once the huge tea farms were created, tea became a drink for the masses.

Water first or tea first? No difference - it's brownian motion that matters.

Oh, and remember. The colour comes out of a teabag first - flavour comes after. Always give it 20-30 secs for full flavour to be achieved.

Interesting, but full-flavour in 30 seconds?? Not a chance - 2 minutes minimum

 

[jakarta]

Only on NSC eh?

Now this tricky one has been nailed shall we sort out the World Financial Crisis?