How do you make a good mug of tae?

Eleven Benevolent Elephants · 29-10-2020 10:52PM #1

In order of preference, Punjana, Barry's then Lyons.

Two tea bags in cup first, then boiling water, squeeze them, full fat milk. Leave tea bags in.

If I have time, I'll use loose leaf tea.

Eleven Benevolent Elephants · 29-10-2020 10:56PM

Mug of scald

I accidentally voted for the wrong option in my own poll :pac:

Rodney Bathgate · 29-10-2020 10:57PM

Piss in a cup, add milk and stir.

Rodney Bathgate · 29-10-2020 10:58PM

With a cut of bread?

corner of hells · 29-10-2020 10:58PM

Eleven Benevolent Elephants wrote: »

In order of preference, Punjana, Barry's then Lyons.

Two tea bags in cup first, then boiling water, squeeze them, full fat milk. Leave tea bags in.

If I have time, I'll use loose leaf tea.

You need to scald the mug with a drop of boiling water first before you attempt to make your tea .
Feckin' Philistine.

Rothko · 29-10-2020 11:01PM

Cup of tae

Never heard of cup/mug of scald before.

bnt · 29-10-2020 11:06PM

Can’t stand teabags, they contain too much poor quality tea. With a good loose leaf tea I can use exactly the right amount: straight in the cup, then water just off the boil. No need for a strainer, the leaves sink to the bottom. Some sugar or honey to taste. No milk.

jenneyk19 · 29-10-2020 11:10PM

real men don't make their own tea

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0anR6t56PX8

Harry Palmr · 29-10-2020 11:11PM

Heat your mug, and it has to be a mug in the microwave. A warm mug is a happy mug. Drop in bag and add hot water, but only three-quarters capacity. Let it stew for 30 seconds add just enough milk so the colour is still quite dark brown. Builders tae.

Signore Fancy Pants · 29-10-2020 11:14PM

2 sugars, add boiling water until it dissolves, Lyons Gold Blend tea bag, 57 stirs counter clockwise, 28 stirs clockwise. Leave the bag in.

Drink.

KaneToad · 29-10-2020 11:16PM

Wouldn't know. Never drank one in my life.

Hyperbollix · 29-10-2020 11:20PM

Mug of tea

Splash of milk in the cup first, drop in the teabag. Let that sit for a minute then follow up with water slightly off the boil. Stir that hot mess until you get a palid milky yellow liquid. Remove the bag. 8 sugars to taste.

Greyfox · 29-10-2020 11:28PM

Cup of tae

bnt wrote: »

Can’t stand teabags, they contain too much poor quality tea. With a good loose leaf tea I can use exactly the right amount: straight in the cup, then water just off the boil. No need for a strainer, the leaves sink to the bottom. Some sugar or honey to taste. No milk.

That sounds manky. Not using teabags is like eating soup with a fork, wrong on so many levels. If you dont use milk then its hot tar your drinking and not tea.

Gregor Samsa · 29-10-2020 11:36PM

Cup of tae

Lyons Gold Blend. In a china mug. Stir and squish it a few times. Then leave it sitting in the mug while you get the milk from the fridge. Another few stirs and a good squish, then pour in the milk (full fat) until it’s a healthy tan. No sugar.

Feisar · 29-10-2020 11:38PM

Mug of tae

Strainer think into a mug, scald the setup, teaspoon of Barry’s Gold Blend loose tea, add water just boiled, let sit of 5 mins, remove strainer with leaves. Add a drop of full fat milk. Quick stir.

29-10-2020 11:41PM

Anyone making tea directly in a mug is a mug.

Tea should be made in a pot. No exceptions.

Lynn Door · 29-10-2020 11:44PM

My ex said the secret to the great cup of tea was to agitate the bag. He then proceeded to poke me laughing manically.

Note I said ex

Gregor Samsa · 29-10-2020 11:44PM

Cup of tae

If you have a few people having tea, a pot is fine. But if it’s just you, it’s like running a bath just to wash your hands.

Faze11 · 29-10-2020 11:46PM

Cup of tae

Boiling water in cup with teaspoon. (15 seconds). Dump the water. Teabag in. Freshly boiled water in. Stir and squish against side of cup 20 times. Bag out. Tiny drop of milk.

One eyed Jack · 29-10-2020 11:46PM

Eleven Benevolent Elephants wrote: »

Two tea bags in cup first, then boiling water, squeeze them, full fat milk. Leave tea bags in.

Is it tea you’re making, or tae? I won’t go so far as to call it tar, but TWO tea bags in a single mug ðŸ˜³

s1ippy · 29-10-2020 11:46PM

Throw on the ole cupán there lad, sound.

Just pour the water directly onto the teabag so it diffuses straight away, lave it in there and throw in a good 1.5 fingers of milk.

You've got yourself a luxury lunch break there, especially when you've only about two minutes to drink it, so if it's too hot you won't get even a sup of it and if it's wake tae at least it gets stronger in the brief time you're drinking it.

I'm nearly a year out of school now and still haven't dropped the habit. I don't miss teaching.

smellyoldboot · 29-10-2020 11:50PM

Cup of scald

Teabag and sugar in the cup. Pour in the boiling water, give it a good vigorous stir. Go and do something else for a few minutes then come back, another good stir, a squeeze again the side of the cup. Then remove the bag and fling catapult style with the spoon roughly toward the bin. About 3/4" of milk into the cup a last stir and a whole packet of biscuits.

guitarhappy · 29-10-2020 11:51PM

Mug of tea

mistersifter wrote: »

Anyone making tea directly in a mug is a mug.

Tea should be made in a pot. No exceptions.

Absolutely correct. But the most important thing is the quality of the water. It should be fresh water collected from a natural spring or a cold stream or, at the least, a well if that's all that's available. Not chlorinated tap water. Loose leaf in a china pot and served in a china cup or mug, definitely not plastic or metal.