Good cup of tea?

[dazlog]

Milk first

[Pete Mctree]

Earl grey- weak black with slice of lemon on a real hot day

[Leyburn Lad]

Got to be yorkshire tea, nowt els will do!

 

Yorkshire Tea

 

Ringtons hand delivered for the special occasions:drunk:

[skyhuck]

Milk first

 

Yes, if you are a pleb :wave:

[dazlog]

Yes, if you are a pleb :wave:

:crazy:

[Jason James Gairn]

Science has a say on the thread that can never end.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3016342.stm

And..

http://www.ehow.com/how_114229_fix-cup-tea.html

[Mr Ed]

One thing I cant stand is tea made in the cup. I insist on a proper teapot.

[Jason James Gairn]

One thing I cant stand is tea made in the cup. I insist on a proper teapot.

 

I feel the same way. My wife recons she can taste the difference. I did a pepsi challenge on her and yes she can. since then I go for pot whenever I can.

[Andy Collins]

Mrs Beeton had this to say on the fine art of tea-making:

TO MAKE TEA.

1814. There is very little art in making good tea; if the water is boiling, and there is no sparing of the fragrant leaf, the beverage will almost invariably be good. The old-fashioned plan of allowing a teaspoonful to each person, and one over, is still practised. Warm the teapot with boiling water; let it remain for two or three minutes for the vessel to become thoroughly hot, then pour it away. Put in the tea, pour in from 1/2 to 3/4 pint of boiling water, close the lid, and let it stand for the tea to draw from 5 to 10 minutes; then fill up the pot with water. The tea will be quite spoiled unless made with water that is actually ‘boiling’, as the leaves will not open, and the flavour not be extracted from them; the beverage will consequently be colourless and tasteless,—in fact, nothing but tepid water. Where there is a very large party to make tea for, it is a good plan to have two teapots instead of putting a large quantity of tea into one pot; the tea, besides, will go farther. When the infusion has been once completed, the addition of fresh tea adds very little to the strength; so, when more is required, have the pot emptied of the old leaves, scalded, and fresh tea made in the usual manner. Economists say that a few grains of carbonate of soda, added before the boiling water is poured on the tea, assist to draw out the goodness: if the water is very hard, perhaps it is a good plan, as the soda softens it; but care must be taken to use this ingredient sparingly, as it is liable to give the tea a soapy taste if added in too large a quantity. For mixed tea, the usual proportion is four spoonfuls of black to one of green; more of the latter when the flavour is very much liked; but strong green tea is highly pernicious, and should never be partaken of too freely.

 

Time.—2 minutes to warm the teapot, 5 to 10 minutes to draw the strength from the tea.

 

Sufficient.—Allow 1 teaspoonful to each person, and one over.

[SMc]

Report on tea making test.

 

Last night David brewed a cup of tea which he had me try, then he had to go make another one because I drank all of the first. It was delicious.

 

After going over all your replies his first "effort" was:

 

brewed in the mug

bagged tea

steeped for 3 minutes

pressed bag with back of spoon

dribble of cream (after)

2 sugars

 

Results: quite acceptable (reddish color)

 

Tonight's experiment will be in the Bone China teapot (which he didn't realize we had...we have only been together 27 years, give him a break) with one of the following from a sampler I picked up today at the grocery store. (Either Earl Grey or English Breakfast).

 

Sylvia