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Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:47 am
by TheFamilyCat
Why? Just why?
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:49 am
by UpTheBeehole
People who the milk in the cup before putting the water in are worse.
Edit: Clarification; (when making in a cup, rather than a teapot)
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:49 am
by Lancasterclaret
Does it really matter?
Tea is shite
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:50 am
by Walton
Lancasterclaret wrote:Does it really matter?
Tea is shite
Boooooooooooo
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:53 am
by Marney&Mee
I'd wager these are the very same people who drive with their seat so far forward, their nose is flush with the windscreen...
making indicating nigh on impossible...
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:55 am
by COYC73
TheFamilyCat wrote:Why? Just why?
It makes absolutely no difference......
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:56 am
by Pstotto
Are they 'milk before the CornFlakes' types?
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:01 am
by Herts Clarets
The only time milk goes in before the tea is fully brewed is if it is done in a teapot. Tea needs to be in boiling water to extract the full flavor. I usually leave the tea bag in the mug for 5 minutes before adding milk. I like it strong.
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:01 am
by Sausage
I do this in London because the hard water develops a scummy film as the tea is brewing. For some reason, adding the milk before removing the tea-bag seems to draw the film onto the bag as it's subsequently being removed.
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:01 am
by Duffer_
The correct strategy is to allow the teabag to brew for a period without milk and then add milk with the bag still in to check it is at the desired strength. It is only after the milk has been added that you can compare the outcome to your colour chart (my own preference is American tan).
UTC!
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:06 am
by ClaretTony
Tea bag out before milk added for me
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:15 am
by bobinho
Lancasterclaret wrote:Does it really matter?
Tea is shite
No. That's just wrong. Tea isn't shite. It's good. It's for winners and clever handsome people.
The strength and character of our great nation has been built on the foundations laid by a good cup of tea. We once dominated the planet because of tea. Drinking tea gives you an edge. Blokes sup tea.
Tea is brilliant. So ner.
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:17 am
by ClaretTony
bobinho wrote:No. That's just wrong. Tea isn't shite. It's good. It's for winners and clever handsome people.
The strength and character of our great nation has been built on the foundations laid by a good cup of tea. We once dominated the planet because of tea. Drinking tea gives you an edge. Blokes sup tea.
Tea is brilliant. So ner.
Totally agree.
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:17 am
by Lancasterclaret
Tea is an anachronism of the empire.
Now coffee on the other hand. Its the future.
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:20 am
by Juan Tanamera
I remove the teabag before adding milk and water and replace it with coffee.
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:23 am
by Imploding Turtle
I don't drink tea because drinking tea is cultural appropriation and the BBC's Digital Blackface thing taught me that appropriating other cultures like that is bad. You're all basically committing Beveraged Indianface.
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:29 am
by Dyched
The particles (or what ever the scientific word is) that make up milk are larger than the "holes" in the teabag. So when pouring milk in first then adding water the teabag can't be fully utilized.
Get cup, inset teabag and sugar if you like. Pour in water. Let brew for your required taste, remove bag add splash of milk. stir.
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:33 am
by boiledclaret
Lancaster, you are to tea what I am towards International football. Let it out!
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:33 am
by ClaretEngineer
bobinho wrote:No. That's just wrong. Tea isn't shite. It's good. It's for winners and clever handsome people.
The strength and character of our great nation has been built on the foundations laid by a good cup of tea. We once dominated the planet because of tea. Drinking tea gives you an edge. Blokes sup tea.
Tea is brilliant. So ner.
I can confirm these facts.
I'm devilishly handsome, a winner and an Engineer.
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:34 am
by Lancasterclaret
Wife likes tea. Just sticks a tea bag in a cup and drinks it.
It just looks horrible and when you compare it it a freshly brewed cup of coffee..........
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:35 am
by claretabroad
This is just a gateway argument to the great sugar debate
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:36 am
by Imploding Turtle
Lancasterclaret wrote:Wife likes tea. Just sticks a tea bag in a cup and drinks it.
It just looks horrible and when you compare it it a freshly brewed cup of coffee..........
By "freshly brewed" i assume you mean some incstant coffee on which you've poured milk and water (milk first, of course).
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:38 am
by Steve1956
The Wife just leaves the bag in for the duration of the brew, more often than not its plops and it's all down her front,she likes it that way I'm ok with the messy bitch.
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:39 am
by TheFamilyCat
COYC73 wrote:It makes absolutely no difference......
Yes it does; #8 & #10 explain why.
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:41 am
by Lancasterclaret
Instant coffee is for people who drink tea.
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:44 am
by ClaretEngineer
The smell of freshly ground and brewed coffee far exceeds the taste.
I much prefer iced coffee over hot coffee.
I prefer tea to both of them.
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:46 am
by Lancasterclaret
Well, you are clearly wrong.
Not as wrong as say, someone like Hitler, but still wrong.
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:49 am
by TheFamilyCat
Lancasterclaret wrote:Well, you are clearly wrong.
Not as wrong as say, someone like Hitler, but still wrong.
I reckon Hitler drank Coffee Mate.
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:51 am
by ClaretEngineer
Lancasterclaret wrote:Well, you are clearly wrong.
Not as wrong as say, someone like Hitler, but still wrong.
Look you. Do one. This a thread about Tea. Not some poncy beverage brewed by some hipster named Zoella using artisan, hand reared beans, carried in a silk bag, transported on a carbon neutral hand crafted vessel from South America.
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:53 am
by Lancasterclaret
Don't you dare diss my hipster fuelled artisan hand reared bean silk bag llama transported drink of choice.
Coffeeist!
If Hitler drank coffee, imagine who much worse he'd have been if he'd drunk tea.
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:56 am
by ClaretEngineer
Lancasterclaret wrote:Don't you dare diss my hipster fuelled artisan hand reared bean silk bag llama transported drink of choice.
Coffeeist!
If Hitler drank coffee, imagine who much worse he'd have been if he'd drunk tea.
I imagine he'd have been slightly less wired, would have got a better nights kip and maybe would have been slightly less mad.
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:56 am
by Marney&Mee
what are people's views on teabagging ?
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:58 am
by ClaretEngineer
Marney&Mee wrote:what are people's views on teabagging ?
Can't comment.
Wife's a biter, last thing I'd want is a punctured bag.
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 12:07 pm
by Guich
No problem putting the milk in while the teabag's still in the cup.
Unless you forget to take it out. My desk has a little pile of old teabags; it looks like a flood defence for a hamster.
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 12:19 pm
by BarstewardsEnquiry
The reason for putting milk in a cup first goes back to a time when tea was served in China cups, these being very expensive and delicate. Milk was added first to cool the boiling hot tea as it entered the cup thus preventing tiny hairline cracks from occurring.
1 Twinings Assam tea bag
Half teaspoon of sugar
Small drop of milk
Served in approx 350ml vessel of fine clay
Stirred thoroughly
Tea bag left in whilst consumed
Repeat 10 x per day
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 12:20 pm
by TractorFace
If Hitler drank coffee, imagine who much worse he'd have been if he'd drunk tea.
Old Hitler didn't need coffee or indeed tea - he had amphetamines. This is why all his mates used to salute him with an enthusiastic 'High Hitler'.
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 12:34 pm
by COYC73
TheFamilyCat wrote:Yes it does; #8 & #10 explain why.
You're contradicting yourself.....#10 is one of the people the OP is complaining about.....
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 12:42 pm
by Belial
Lancasterclaret wrote:Tea is an anachronism of the empire.
Now coffee on the other hand. Its the future.
Nah, that's garlic bread
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 12:50 pm
by Leightonslaces
Folk that drink tea
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 12:54 pm
by spadesclaret
Leightonslaces wrote:Folk that drink tea
Folk
who
TheFamilyCat has it right in the title.
I'm with Lancaster all the way on this one. I can't remember the last time I had a cup of tea.
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 12:55 pm
by Leightonslaces
spadesclaret wrote:Folk who
TheFamilyCat has it right in the title.
I'm with Lancaster all the way on this one. I can't remember the last time I had a cup of tea.
Lock me up and throw away the key
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 1:04 pm
by Imploding Turtle
spadesclaret wrote:Folk who
TheFamilyCat has it right in the title.
I'm with Lancaster all the way on this one. I can't remember the last time I had a cup of tea.
No. "that" is correct. "Who" is only used when you're talking about people.
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 1:08 pm
by RalphCoatesComb
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 1:12 pm
by nil_desperandum
TheFamilyCat wrote:Why? Just why?
Adding milk to tea?
Why? Just why?
Totally ruins the flavour of a good Earl Grey or Darjeeling
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 1:14 pm
by Rileybobs
OMG, spades has just been spaded.
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 1:17 pm
by No Ney Never
I'm not a tea drinker so I asked my dad the question, he just laughed. Tea in a bag he said, who puts tea in a bag. With that he proudly waved the little strainer he's placed over the rim of the cup for the past 60 years.....tea in a bag he muttered.
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 1:18 pm
by spadesclaret
Rileybobs wrote:OMG, spades has just been spaded.
Yes, but only by Turtle
who loves his little jokes
or should that be 'only by Turtle that loves his little jokes' ?
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 1:18 pm
by ExistentialWanderer
Personally can't stand tea and the Missus drinks her tea without milk. We both drink coffee black also.
However. One of my exes considered herself somewhat of a connoisseur. Milk in mug first if poured from a pot. Milk after bag is out otherwise.
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 1:20 pm
by Imploding Turtle
Rileybobs wrote:OMG, spades has just been spaded.
Re: Folk who put put milk in a brew before taking the tea bag out
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 1:21 pm
by Rileybobs
I've only just started doing this when I make a round of brews for the heathens at work. I've got to say that adding the milk after the tea has brewed but before the bag has been removed results in a marked improvement. It gives one the leeway to adjust the strength of the tea in both directions, this opportunity is lost once the bag has been removed.
Obviously tea is generally for idiots though so I don't expect tea drinkers to understand this concept.
