5punk

I like earl grey in the afternoon and lapsang souchong china tea at tea time (around 5 o'clock). Coffee is reserved for breakfast (instant), 1000 coffee break (invariably gopping and perennial cause of debate at mess meetings) and of course after lunch and dinner (freshly brewed). PG etc is kept in the cupboard for when the builders come to add another extension to my mansion.

Joose wrote:I would explain why, but that would probably require diagrams, and I cant be arsed.

Allow me...
SCIENCE!

Can I be the first to say TEA BAG, TEA BAG, TEA BAG, TEA BAG, TEA BAG, TEA BAG!

Joose wrote: Something with big words.

So in conclusion: its probably better to put milk in last with a cup of tea, but for say a thermos flask its better to put the milk in first? Interesting...

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cashy wrote:
So in conclusion: its probably better to put milk in last with a cup of tea, but for say a thermos flask its better to put the milk in first? Interesting...

good god, no.
NEVER milk tea in a flask, the long-term exposure of the milk to the head makes it taste cooked and very VERY wrong, it ends up tasting like vomit.

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Joose wrote:We actually had a discussion in A level physics once about the temperature of tea changing when you add milk (both us and the teacher pissed around a *lot*). We concluded that if you put the milk in first, then the hot water, it got cold quicker but doesnt get stone cold as fast. If you put the milk in after, it gets cold slower initially, but will reach stone cold faster overall. I would explain why, but that would probably require diagrams, and I cant be arsed.

I was going to say it's more down to personal taste and not an exact science but it seems you have turned it into a science.

I prefer to have my tea from a teapot. The reasons for this are twofold.. Firstly, with a teapot you can have more than one teabag (Technically you could do this with a cup, but it would get too strong too quick), this is especially good as I've got a taste for going one ordinary (PG Tips, whatever) and one earl grey. Secondly, with a teapot, you have enough tea.. for more than one cup! Yay! This is good for a great number of reasons, you could drink your tea with friends, or family.. or just have lots yourself.. without having to boil the kettle more than once (You may need to drink tea ridiculously fast like myself to make sure tea doesn't get cold).
And as for the milk before or after discussion/argument.. personally I put milk in before the water, as basically, when you're pouring the tea in it will mix up with milk with the rest of your tea.. whereas the other way around you sometimes don't get the milk mixing properly which makes it more difficult to judge if you have enough milk in the tea or not.

Okay, those were my two pence on tea.

I hate tea pots, creates more washing up, and I really cannot taste the difference.

Whereas my mother in law swears that Tea doesn't taste the same made in a cup.

Apparently I heard somewhere you should never ever clean the inside of a tea pot. This is the case for the queens tea and anywhere else where posh people have tea made by butlers

Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:Apparently I heard somewhere you should never ever clean the inside of a tea pot. This is the case for the queens tea and anywhere else where posh people have tea made by butlers

I never wash mine out, I let the dishwasher do it for me. There is suggestion that the tannins and other thingmys inside the pot effect the overall flavour, but once the thing has gotten all skankey inside, it's time for the hot wash, sonny.

*cough*

I wrote:I've always heard that certain teas should be with a slice of lemon, but how does that work.... do you put the slice in the tea? Squeeze it into the cup, or something else much more sophisticated that the likes of me wouldn't have even contemplated?

*awaits answer*

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For all your tea related needs.

If you're using a teapot surely you should use loose tea? I have a teapot for loose tea and it does taste a bit better than teabag tea but the aggravation involved means I don't use it much. Also it's glass so you can see any scum inside.

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British Army norgy tea... To quote Douglas, God Rest His Soul

Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea

friznit wrote:British Army norgy tea... To quote Douglas, God Rest His Soul

Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea

Pfft 'Range Tea'

Six hours in a dirty plastic Thermos, does not a good tea make

only fags drink tea, proper people drink BLACK COFFEE

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To sum it all up. I'm right, you're all wrong.