What do you leave a tea pot to do, in your culture?

[brixtonvilla]

Gather fucking dust. COFFEE FTW!!!!111!111eleven111!!1

 

[WouldBe]

"Mash" which features often in the 50s work of Alan Sillitoe, surely refers to an age before teabags, when you had to press the loose leaves to get the flavour out.

How do you do that when they are all floating around the tea pot?

 

[Julie]

Maidmarian leaves her tea to "draw".

Same

 

[monkeyrampage]

not sure how it translates. the tea is made as follows:

1. boil water in a pan
2. throw in enough teabags for your guests
3. let it continue boiling
4. throw in some cinnamon and spices
5. let it continue boiling
6. put some sugar in
7. let it continue boiling
8. be liberal with the milk
9. bring it to the boil and then serve up

 

[niclas]

Stwytho - in Welsh you leave the pot to "stwytho".

from ystwyth... to make it, er, flexible (doesn't translate v well)

 

[nino_savatte]

Mash

 

[_angel_]

"Mash" which features often in the 50s work of Alan Sillitoe, surely refers to an age before teabags, when you had to press the loose leaves to get the flavour out.

I thought 'mash' referred to loose tea as well.

 

[Leafster]

not sure how it translates. the tea is made as follows:

1. boil water in a pan
2. throw in enough teabags for your guests
3. let it continue boiling
4. throw in some cinnamon and spices
5. let it continue boiling
6. put some sugar in
7. let it continue boiling
8. be liberal with the milk
9. bring it to the boil and then serve up

I've had tea made this way and it's but I wouldn't want to drink too much of it.

Normally, I would leave tea to "stand" if I made it in a tea pot. Not sure of the cultural influences behind it - I'm a Somerset/Sussex hybrid/mongrel.

Although these days I can't be arsed to make tea in a pot so I throw a tea bag in a mug, pour on the boiling water and squeeze the bugger until the liquid won't get any darker, then add a drop of milk.

 

[oneflewover]

You mash tea, once it is mashed the result is a brew.

As in, "let's go for a brew, whose turn is it to mash"

 

[igrowonyou]

I always thought you mashed the tatties.

 

[WouldBe]

I always thought you mashed the tatties.

You do but not in a tea pot.

 

[mikeinworthing]

You leave tea to 'brew', anything else is simply wrong.

I've never heard of 'mashing' tea, potatoes yes, tea no - weirdos.

 

[WouldBe]

You leave tea to 'brew', anything else is simply wrong.

I've never heard of 'mashing' tea, potatoes yes, tea no - weirdos.

Brew is a noun.
Mash is a verb.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

I have a collection of tea-pots. They are left to 'gather dust'.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

....and this belongs in suburban...

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Gather fucking dust.

Kindred spirit but for different reasons...when I make tea I leave it to stand for 5 minutes.

 

[lynne8]

steep.