Question for my British friends

[charliesmum]

Okay. I can't make a really good cup of tea, and I don't know why.

I have actual British tea - not Tetley English Breakfast or some American brand calling itself British tea, I have PG Tips, so it isn't the brand, I don't think.

Is it because I'm using tea bags instead of loose tea? Perhaps I'm not boiling the water long enough, or not letting the tea bag seep long enough. Is there an actual time one should be doing these things?

Or is it inherent? years ago I worked with this woman called Wendy who hailed from Manchester, England* and she would sometimes have PG Tips at work, and she would make me a cuppa, and it was always really, really good. Maybe I'm just too American to make a really decent cup of tea.

Help?


*England, across the Atlantic Sea.

Comments

[zakkati.livejournal.com]

My talents(as you are no doubt aware by now!) are relatively few. However, my super speshul tea making powerz(TM) are beyond compare!

The water has to be boiling, yes. But the worst thing people do to their tea is drown it with milk(but milk is evil incarnate, imo!). Just a smidge should be enough. If you can't see at a glance what beverage your cup contains DO NOT drink it! Coffee should look like coffee, and tea should look like tea. If the appearance is off the taste will be just wank!

My Mum makes hideously milky tea. *gip* My stomach turns just thinking about it :(