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allanchrister:
What is going on.  You should not stir your cup with the teabag in it  :Doh:

The point is to let the tea brew, unstirred, in the hot water for a couple of minutes to let the flavors reveal themselves, and then add milk. Stirring does not let the tea brew.

What is the world coming to?  :doh:

Sorry, Chester and Yorkshire are still the south/midlands to me  :)

Everyone enjoying this with a cup of tea??

Will_D:

--- Quote from: AdeV on June 06, 2019, 03:32:48 AM ---Historically, High Tea was served in the finest Bone China tea service. Trouble is, Bone China isn't very strong, and pouring the hot tea directly into the cup could cause the wafer thin vessel to crack. Putting the milk in first reduces the thermal shock, making a leaking (and socially unacceptable!) teacup an unlikely occurrence.

--- End quote ---

I disagree, bone china is a form of porcelain and as such is much more thermally stable. It was also frighteningly expensive in the early days so only the rich could afford it (Until the dutch stole the recipe from the chinese, and then the english stole if from the Dutch). So the posh nobs like to show off by adding the milk separatley!!

The poor used much cheaper clay based pottery that was not so stable and added the milk first to lessen thermal shock.

PekkaNF:
TEABAGS%(%¤)=?

Who in the right mind uses teabags? Specially Lipton. Those belong to dire emergenicies like army rations (and maybe fishing trips), or motels. Worst tea ever is i any budget airline.

Tea can be good. Coffee can be good. But tea bags and instant coffees are not.

Then again my emergency only -situation can be new normal to someone else. Then again: Long time ago in RSA, near Durban on one site offcie thre was a lady that could nice tea: good tea simply brewed, no milk, when very hot some lemon and if I caugh cold some honey.

Pekka

Fergus OMore:
For Latin scholars

Caesar ad sum iam forte :coffee:

and
Brutus et erat
Caesar sic in omnibus
Brutus sic in at  :drool:

from the other side of the Roman Wall- well, just :loco:

PekkaNF:
Caesar 'ad some jam for tea?

No, thank you, if goes onto a toast.

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