Tea

[BlueMoonRisin’]

Having a nice mug of 2d tea now, one sugar. Lovely.

 

[idahoblues]

American missus still doesn't understand that the great English solution to everything from wars to funerals to everyday setbacks is to brew a pot of tea.

It took mine a long time but now she gets it

 

[goat boy]

If you cob the bag before you squeeze it out, where's all the best brewed tea just gone? Decent bags a must, typhoo and pg tips are crap. Yorkshire Gold has replaced Tetleys as a preferred cup. I like to stew mine for 5 minutes but get plenty of semi skimmed milk in with it. A good stir to liven the water when the kettle goes in, and again when the milk is in, too. Ive been training my wife to make tea like this for the 10 years I've known her and shes still a bit hit and miss, but I'll let her off as her cooking is better than mine.

There's a special rung in hell for those that add sugar or sweeteners to it, this is simply wrong.

 

[Celeste]

I’m with Bluehammer and don’t like any hot drinks, but if I was making a cup for someone else it would be a 2D. Water is where it’s at, with ice!

 

[Innsbruckblue]

Try living in Europe under lockdown! No family visiting and bringing shitloads of teabags over.
I’m down to my last 200

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Try living in Europe under lockdown! No family visiting and bringing shitloads of teabags over.
I’m down to my last 200

We have a thing over here called the internet. They actually let you shop on a computer and your stuff gets delivered ;-)

 

[idahoblues]

We have a thing over here called the internet. They actually let you shop on a computer and your stuff gets delivered ;-)

Fancy ****

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

why can no fucker other than us make it? There was that woman that went viral a couple of weeks ago ( won't post it as it may have been click bait ) but the Yanks with their Lipton shit, the Europeans with their UHT milk no-one seems to understand. The water has to be boiling ( bag or leaf ) so that it steeps ( hence the "warming the pot" ritual in making a pot of tea) whereas coffee can be made or consumed with water that isn't still boiling. The choice of milk...red, green, blue is personal as is sugar, some or none but the idea that you can lob cold water in a mug with a tea bag and some milk and sugar and give it 3 mins is virtually an act of war - heathens the lot of them.

When our FOC Cycling Club embarks on a days pedalling 'sur le continent' (preferably DeJongLand)and we seek out the mandatory coffee stop, two of our 'fietsers' might opt for tea. It has to be explained quite clearly that COLD milk is required. Leave it to their discretion and warm milk often turns up. Tends to happen more often in Macronia. I wonder what the difference is, as I tell our pedallers that once the cold milk is in the tea it will have warmed up.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

I had just made myself a brew then remembered one I had in Spain 2 years ago - insipid with full fat UHT - it was tea only because it said so on the menu - fucking dreadful

Who was it who came up with the immortal lines "If that was tea could you make me a coffee; if it was coffee could you make me a cup of tea!"

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Had andyh not tried your special Dansack blend mate?

From the 1986 movie 'Mona Lisa'
Hotel Waiter: What would you like?
George: Tea.
Hotel Waiter: Earl Grey or Lapsang Souchong?
George: No, tea.

 

[peoffrey]

Five cups of tea a day easy.

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

I travelled 22 mile round trip to stock up on M&S Gold tea bags at the start of lockdown.

1 sugar
Boiling water
Leave for 3 to 5 minutes to brew
Squeeze the tea bag and lift it out
Splash of milk


Done.

 

[FCBarca]

Chai in Turkey is good, black tea in a glass. Very refreshing when the sun is beating down.

Persian tea with a bit of cardamom, my favorite although I don't drink tea often