Someone tell me how to make tea please

[Stuartbe]

No one can say that we dont have cutting edge and hot topics on our forum

[danielf]

Originally Posted by bbwannabe

Coffees a lot easier and cleaner
get a cup/mug
get a spoon
put 2 rounded teaspoons of sugar
and one teaspoon of coffee powder in the mug (level it (the amount) to the spoon...a heap of it is too much).
pour water (hot of course)
add milk (for white coffee or none for black)

never drink hot drinks? what do u drink.

never seen any tea powder before, only tea leaves. You'll know coffee over tea, as its a stronger smell.

NONONO! Instant coffee is horrible. Get proper coffee and a coffee maker... And use more coffee. You're describing dish water.

[Halcyon]

This is not a joke thread.

Th eonly person in my house that drinks coffee is my Dad just makes it. I've never paid much attention.
My sister has tea but again I dont really watch her making it.

I followed the instructions and poured the milk after and it did turn out a light brown colour which I know is tea as myu sisters is always like that so I'm releived there.
So thats that sorted. I just hope i didnt put too much milk, but he's not complaining so thats the main thing.

Someone suggested I pour myself a cup....Well I will do, but not of that tea. The only tea I drink is ice tea with peach, and that is drank cold.

Hot drinks are just not my thing.

[SMHarman]

But for a plumber thats OK

Now for instant coffee you should add a little cold water to the granuals in the cup before you add the hot water that has been off the boil for at least 20 seconds.

That way you don't scald what little flavour is left in those brown granules.

Oh and as it's a trade person, add sufficient sugar that the spoon stands upright in the mug, you will have put sufficient in at that point.

Originally Posted by Stuartbe

No one can say that we dont have cutting edge and hot topics on our forum

This is the most important subject of all. You can have all the kit you like in your shed, but if you can't sit in it with a cup of tea in your mitt and watch the rain trickle down the window, then life has no meaning.

[Nugget]

Originally Posted by SMHarman

But for a plumber thats OK

Oh and as it's a trade person, add sufficient sugar that the spoon stands upright in the mug, you will have put sufficient in at that point.

Surely for a plumber, it's better to put the sugar in first and sort of drip about half an inch of tea on top (well, that's how my brother drinks it anyway!)

[MovedGoalPosts]

Originally Posted by Stuartbe

No one can say that we dont have cutting edge and hot topics on our forum

You need knives to make tea I've been doing it wrong all these years.

[MovedGoalPosts]

Originally Posted by Nugget

Just tell him to get back to work - you're not paying him to drink tea. Get him to fix your washing machine (or whatever) and then go and buy a cup of tea!

You've never had workmen round your house have you. The best way to get a good, fast, job is to keep them adequately watered. Plus it's only civil.

Originally Posted by MovedGoalPosts

You've never had workmen round your house have you. The best way to get a good, fast, job is to keep them adequately watered. Plus it's only civil.

Also the best way to get an NTL engineer to replace a dodgy DIY socket installed by a previous owner for a proper one

[Stuartbe]

Originally Posted by towny

This is the most important subject of all. You can have all the kit you like in your shed, but if you can't sit in it with a cup of tea in your mitt and watch the rain trickle down the window, then life has no meaning.

I dont have any windows

Originally Posted by towny

And as for whether milk goes in first or last ... putting the milk into a cup full of hot tea can scald it and ruin the flavour (makes it taste like it does out of a flask, which in turn reminds me of huddling behind a damp rock halfway up some fell in the Lake District). Putting the milk in first and pouring the tea slowly allows the milk to gradually come up to temperature as the mug fills. Much nicer that way, and nobody is going to convince me otherwise!

Sorry but i have to dispute that. If you put the tea in the mug it cools it as the mug will have been cooler than the tea. If you poor hot water onto the milk you will heat it up too fast.

[bbwannabe]

Originally Posted by Plonking

At last! someone who agrees with my style of making tea! my whole family put the milk in first, followed by the water, but that makes it go all weird! and it is indeed easier to balance the amount of milk you need if you do it afer

this thread has got very random now, perhaps we should start another on 'how to do shoelaces' haha , well maybe...

im surprised by the no of people who add milk then the water... i do this, and the rest of my family add the water then the milk. I get lectures of my mom about this being unhealthy and all. I like it this way, as it prevents the tea being to strong which i hate.

Originally Posted by bbwannabe

im surprised by the no of people who add milk then the water... i do this, and the rest of my family add the water then the milk. I get lectures of my mom about this being unhealthy and all. I like it this way, as it prevents the tea being to strong which i hate.

I would never put water in after milk - presumably by 'water after milk' you're talking about making the tea in the mug? If I do make it in a mug, I put water on the tea bag then put the milk in afterwards, as it is harder to brew tea in milky water.

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