Whenever I make tea it always turns out differently. I'm a bit slapdash in that I just put some milk in a mug (the amount varies!) boil the kettle and then pour the boiled water into the teapot with a teabag in it. Then it gets left for somewhere around two minutes, but it really depends on if I go somewhere else and get distracted, and then I pour it in the mug and try not to burn my tongue whilst sipping.

Et voila, tea! :-) So as you can see I don't follow particular recipe. It seems to taste fine though, although a couple of times I've got distracted half way through and ended up with tea that could stir itself...