Are you a stirrer or a stewer?

[AnnaKarpik]

There's no dunking option! I pour hot water on the tea-bag (in a huge mug) and after a bit I grab the corner of the tea bag and dunk and squeeze and dunk and squeeze. The children eat teaspoons, apparently, so stirring is not an option as it gets too hot for my finger.

 

[subversplat]

Steep (don't stew, it's nasty when you get all that tannin crap floating on top), quick stir, add milk to check colour and scoop out. Do not squish

 

[Lucan Vortex]

I dunk. Several dunks and then squeeze on the side of the cup (though that is more to do with curbing any errant drips on the way to the bin, than trying to wrestle anymore flavour out of the bag).

Also, imperative that milk goes in first, IMNSHO!

 

[Orang Utan]

Also, imperative that milk goes in first, IMNSHO!

WRONG!
<kills Lucan Vortex>

 

[Lucan Vortex]

WRONG!
<kills Lucan Vortex>

Charming!

It does suffer from the side effect of smothering the bag with milk, but I always, without fail, make too strong a cup if I add milk after the water has been poured.

This very well may be a slight on me and my ability to judge measurements, but it works and by George, I'm sticking to it!

 

[PacificOcean]

Tea is so teh Northern.

 

[tarannau]

No it's not. There were tea shops down south than anywhere.

Besides, in the early scarce years, those Northern monkeys couldn't even afford the stuff.

 

[rowan]

Stir
Leave to stew
Stir
Squish

Your poll is rubbish!

That's the way I do it, with 2 t-bags in a large mug. But even though I always leave it to stew for ages sometimes it comes out lovely and strong, other times it's like cat's pee and I have to put a third t-bag in

 

[ViolentPanda]

teabag? what is this teabag? tea comes loose, and you put it in a tea thingy that hangs from a hook, and swish it about after a few minutes...

(in other words, I eschew...)

Forgive them dormouse, for they know not what they do.

 

[ViolentPanda]

No it's not. There were tea shops down south than anywhere.

Besides, in the early scarce years, those Northern monkeys couldn't even afford the stuff.

True, they used to make brews from nettles and gravy browning and call it tea, the poor bastards.

 

[bus]

honestly?

I don't even know

 

[ViolentPanda]

WRONG!
<kills Lucan Vortex>

Poor Orang Utan, all these years he's been drinking sub-standard tea because he's raising the temperature of his milk too precipitately. If only he'd put the milk in his cup and then gradually added the boiling water he'd have been drinking something that more than vaguely (unlike his current slop) resembled an infusion of cammellia sinensis.

 

[Orang Utan]

Poor Orang Utan, all these years he's been drinking sub-standard tea because he's raising the temperature of his milk too precipitately. If only he'd put the milk in his cup and then gradually added the boiling water he'd have been drinking something that more than vaguely (unlike his current slop) resembled an infusion of cammellia sinensis.

Ponce - it does me alright

 

[Shellee]

Tea bag in, (two per mug if they are feeble ones) stir/squish for at least a minute, brew for at least a minute, drink with milk and two sugars. Tea should be toffee coloured and sweet

 

[Steel Icarus]

Stew then squeeze, then dunk and squeeze. Repeat until tarry enough

 

[MickiQ]

Stir followed by a couple of squeezes

 

[harpo]

No, NO! Squeezing makes for bitterness. Brew for 3 or 4 minutes is all that is necessary.

 

[platinumsage]

I hate it when people stir without any stewing and just hope they can mash the flavour out of the bag. I can taste the difference you know. Tea leaves are best of course. And 2 mins! That's barely had time to get wet. 5 mins at least

^ This. I can’t stand people who don’t let tea brew.

 

[maomao]

Quick stir, then pour the lot down the sink and have a coffee instead.

 

[Elpenor]

Let it mesh was the advice from my Yorkshire based mate.

 

[Spymaster]

Tea bag in, (two per mug if they are feeble ones) stir/squish for at least a minute, brew for at least a minute, drink with milk and two sugars. Tea should be toffee coloured and sweet

Indeed. It's amzing how many people here drink their tea incorrectly.

 

[Spandex]

No, NO! Squeezing makes for bitterness. Brew for 3 or 4 minutes is all that is necessary.

This is one of those things people insist is true and very noticeable. Then I totally ignore them, pour boiling water on a tea bag, give it a good squishing with a spoon, pull the teabag out and add milk, telling them 'yeah, yeah, I did it exactly how you told me'. They always say 'mmm, lovely cup of tea' without ever realising it doesn't matter at all how you make a cup of tea as long as the strength-milk balance is right.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Stir, mash for at least 5 minutes, stir again, possibly squeeze if it's in a cup not a pot. Pour, add milk but not too much. Drink then exhale an "ahhhhh!" because you've needed it.

 

[ElizabethofYork]

Tea bag in, (two per mug if they are feeble ones) stir/squish for at least a minute, brew for at least a minute, drink with milk and two sugars. Tea should be toffee coloured and sweet

yuck. no sugar - it overpowers the lovely flavour of the tea.

 

[shifting gears]

Indeed. It's amzing how many people here drink their tea incorrectly.

it’s amazing how many adults have to change their brew into hot sweet muck tbh, fucking children

Bag in cup, frequent stirring, 4-5 mins brew time, add milk. Not stirring leads to scum on top. Lazy and shit.

Tea should be rich and golden and entirely free from sugar

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Mashing is wrong. A mash does not produce a brew.
3 minutes brew (I time it). Bag out (and mild squeeze). Add milk.
I never get scum on top, not sure what poster above has witnessed in the past. Only get 'scum' if left for a long time.
No sugar, that's for cunts.

 

[Spymaster]

it’s amazing how many adults have to change their brew into hot sweet muck tbh, fucking children

Bag in cup, frequent stirring, 4-5 mins brew time, add milk. Not stirring leads to scum on top. Lazy and shit.

Tea should be rich and golden and entirely free from sugar

A common reaction from tea novices.

 

[shifting gears]

Mashing is wrong. A mash does not produce a brew.
3 minutes brew (I time it). Bag out (and mild squeeze). Add milk.
I never get scum on top, not sure what poster above has witnessed in the past. Only get 'scum' if left for a long time.
No sugar, that's for cunts.

Liked purely for the bit about sugar, otherwise you’re all sorts of wrong.

 

[Sasaferrato]

I always make my tea in a pot, and leave the bags to brew on their own without any stirring.

Only heathens make tea in mugs!

Only heathens drink tea!

Coffee, black without sugar.

 

[platinumsage]

Quick stir, then pour the lot down the sink and have a coffee instead.

Perhaps you should stop buying teabags.