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People who make bad cups of tae

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    #32
    Arghus
    Registered Users Posts: 14,377 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    I can't make tea for anyone for anyone without giving them a thorough interrogation - do you want sugar? And, if so, how much? Milk? How much? Tea bag in for how long? Or leave it entirely? D'ya need a spoon? D'ya want a biscuit?

    Everyone has their own very unique preferences when it comes to tea. You've got to try to get it right.


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    #33
    circadian
    Registered Users Posts: 6,938 ✭✭✭circadian


    MysticMonk wrote: »
    Make sure the water is freshly boiled and spluttering when you pour it over the tea.
    Never reboil water after its cooled down in a kettle,it will make lousy tea. The hotter the water the better.
    If you want to make it in a pot,heat the pot on a low gas,dump in the tea then follow immediately with your boiling water. Put the lid on,turn the heat down as low as it will go for a minute or two,turn it off stir the tea then leave it to 'draw' for 4 minutes.

    Never let tea boil or "stew" it will ruin the flavour.

    This.

    If the water isn't boiling and fresh then don't bother.


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    #34
    Rumpy Pumpy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,048 ✭✭✭Rumpy Pumpy


    My old pair bought a teapot last year. One of the fancy ones with a strainer built in. I headed down the sticks one weekend, and emerged for breakfast the next morning. The breakfast was sensational - pudding, sausages, and rashers from the local butcher. My mother makes her own brown bread - which I'd stopped complementing her on. It was the tea that I was raving about. Barry's loose leaf tea.

    This was a mug of tea that I hadn't had in years. Proper tea, left to come to the top on a range. The drink of the Gods.

    To surmise: take some time out, and make a proper pot of tea made with tea leaves. Enjoy. You deserve it.


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    #35
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,277 ✭✭✭Your Face


    People who do things should be killed.


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