Swiss Mercenary on 10/10/2006 at 00:28
I don't understand any of you people.
I take a teapot, I put two bags in it, add mint, and fill it with boiling water.
Then I let it sit for about five minutes, and then, whenever I want tea, I pour some from the teapot, and add hot/cold water.
Because the tea is prepared at a high temperature, you don't need to do any of the mixing/mashing junk.
Gillie on 10/10/2006 at 00:34
Quote Posted by Swiss Mercenary
I don't understand any of you people.
I take a teapot, I put two bags in it, add mint, and fill it with boiling water.
Then I let it sit for about five minutes, and then, whenever I want tea, I pour some from the teapot, and add hot/cold water.
Because the tea is prepared at a high temperature, you don't need to do any of the mixing/mashing junk.
I mash tea in a pot!. Loose tea is more tasty though. Drink loads of cups
Tea bags are good for quickness. No one makes tea like a Brit. :laff:
theBlackman on 10/10/2006 at 02:07
I put a couple of spoons of dried leaves (whatever I want at the moment -I have some 15 or 20 I drink) add slightly less than boiling water to the pot and let it steep until it's strong enough.
No milk, cream, lemon, sugar or honey. Strong and "black".
Thief13x on 10/10/2006 at 02:13
i chose donut cuz thats what i'm eating at the moment:thumb:
Shug on 10/10/2006 at 02:25
Once a teabagger, always a teabagger
Strangeblue on 10/10/2006 at 03:46
Teapot, leaves, boiling water, stir a little initially to get the leaves all wet and nice. Let sit a bit, decant to cup. Mmmmmm....
If I'm stuck with the tea bags, I put the bag in the largest container of hot water (cup or pot depending on what they brought me--and the water had better be hot, not that tepid, "I've been sitting on the coffee hotplate since Thursday" sort of "hot" you get in most places), bounce a little, then let sit, stir, remove the bag, and drink. Maybe a touch of milk if the tea is black, but only after brewing up.
Anyone want to guess why I usually drink coffee in restaurants?
Turtle on 10/10/2006 at 04:47
Put the teabag in the cup, add hot water, go sit down, watch TV, forget about tea for 4 hours, get up to make a snack, see tea cup, say 'shit', enjoy cold, overly strong jasmine tea with graham crackers.
At least if yesterday was any indication.
Malygris on 10/10/2006 at 06:00
Teabag goes into cup. Water goes into cup. Teabag just kinda floats and soaks, and soaks and floats, and stays in the cup until I'm done. No swirling, twirling, mashing or other methods of teabagging required.
Kyloe on 10/10/2006 at 06:04
Quote:
"Ah, That's one thing I
can do," said I, laughing brightly. "I can make very good tea. The great secret is to warm the teapot."
"Warm the teapot," interrupted the Herr Rat, pushing away his soup plate. "What do you warm the teapot for? Ha! ha! that's very good! One does not eat the teapot, I suppose?"
He fixed his cold blue eyes upon me with an expression which suggested a thousand premeditated invasions.
"So that is the great secret of your English tea? All you do is to warm the teapot."
I wanted to say that was only the preliminary canter, but could not translate it, so was silent.
