Tea?
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Seb_Gurkyh
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As someone who only ever really drinks tea in december when we do a "guess the type of tea" advent calendar at work?, I am surprised every time I come to the UK by how just staying in hotels there makes you drink tea whether you planned on it or not.
Back home, I have seen quite different offerings in hotel rooms, while in the UK, apparently, you're basically guaranteed to get english breakfast tea from one of the above 3-4 manufacturers (+real & "fake" [decaf] instant coffee). I have yet to spend a night in a hotel room that does not have one or the other of these "big" 3-4.
And then, every time, inevitably, you go for it, because "ya might as well", though if there are any differences between the brands, I couldn't tell. ?They're certainly good enough to make me want to bring some home every trip. ? (Admittedly, I've never tried the equivalent teas sold here, though I am told by colleagues who I've brought back 200+ bag packs for, that the UK-sold stuff is supposedly better)
And since this might be the only ever good time to ask this:
What confuses me to this day, is why, when actually buying some of that tea to take home, it is (sometimes?) in cloth pads like coffee instead of bags when I have never seen a machine to put them in. How are you supposed to pull the pad out of the tea/cup before adding milk, especially when you don't have a spoon? (I can only imagine that the answer to this will make me look insanely stupid, but I'm serious ?)
Back home, I have seen quite different offerings in hotel rooms, while in the UK, apparently, you're basically guaranteed to get english breakfast tea from one of the above 3-4 manufacturers (+real & "fake" [decaf] instant coffee). I have yet to spend a night in a hotel room that does not have one or the other of these "big" 3-4.
And then, every time, inevitably, you go for it, because "ya might as well", though if there are any differences between the brands, I couldn't tell. ?They're certainly good enough to make me want to bring some home every trip. ? (Admittedly, I've never tried the equivalent teas sold here, though I am told by colleagues who I've brought back 200+ bag packs for, that the UK-sold stuff is supposedly better)
And since this might be the only ever good time to ask this:
What confuses me to this day, is why, when actually buying some of that tea to take home, it is (sometimes?) in cloth pads like coffee instead of bags when I have never seen a machine to put them in. How are you supposed to pull the pad out of the tea/cup before adding milk, especially when you don't have a spoon? (I can only imagine that the answer to this will make me look insanely stupid, but I'm serious ?)
terrywindy1
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terrywindy1
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You can practice with a coffee bag now
bretti_kivi
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drop the tea bag into the (mug)
pour boiling water over
wait a couple of minutes
fish the bag out with a spoon or other implement. Maybe the bag is still almost floating, so you can grab it while scalding just a small part of your fingertips. My sister has something like these: https://www.amazon.com/Squeezer-Stainless-Steel-Teabag-Tong/dp/B07KJLD3R6
add milk
enjoy
Twining's English Breakfast really is pretty close. Bit too floral. It's one of the reasons I got into coffee many years ago and now carry my own teabags with - green tea is hard to find here and I tend to regret coffee a couple of hours later unless it's a latte / capuccino.
The first thing I did last time I was in FRA for more than a couple of hours was to go to Heberer's for a Rosinenbrötchen and Coffee. Nom!
- Bret
pour boiling water over
wait a couple of minutes
fish the bag out with a spoon or other implement. Maybe the bag is still almost floating, so you can grab it while scalding just a small part of your fingertips. My sister has something like these: https://www.amazon.com/Squeezer-Stainless-Steel-Teabag-Tong/dp/B07KJLD3R6
add milk
enjoy
Twining's English Breakfast really is pretty close. Bit too floral. It's one of the reasons I got into coffee many years ago and now carry my own teabags with - green tea is hard to find here and I tend to regret coffee a couple of hours later unless it's a latte / capuccino.
The first thing I did last time I was in FRA for more than a couple of hours was to go to Heberer's for a Rosinenbrötchen and Coffee. Nom!
- Bret
Joga
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Cloth pads? Not ordinary tea bags? I didnt quite follow, sorry if being slow.
andrewparkeruk
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Best cuppa for me is Twinnings Assam and Earl Grey blend loose tea. Karen still likes Typhoo bags, unless i'm making, but thats just for laziness and i've moooooved on form that stuff decades ago.
Must be brewed in a cosy covered teapot ( ours an Old Hall 2 pint teapot - full ) for 10 minutes; 3 heaped teaspoons of Assam the same for Earl Grey so 1:1 but you'll modify the earl grey to start of with as it's quite a potent taste until used to it. A Pal of mine comes all the way from Essex quite regularly and always looks forward to the tea.
Must be brewed in a cosy covered teapot ( ours an Old Hall 2 pint teapot - full ) for 10 minutes; 3 heaped teaspoons of Assam the same for Earl Grey so 1:1 but you'll modify the earl grey to start of with as it's quite a potent taste until used to it. A Pal of mine comes all the way from Essex quite regularly and always looks forward to the tea.
Edwrai
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Try it with Earl grey it makes it a unique taste and very refreshing.
sciroccorrado
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PG Tips for me - always with BoilING water, half a teaspoon of sugar (to taste) - stew for a minute or two (to taste), remove teabag and only then add milk to taste.
I have tried all kinds of blends in the past, a friend used to run a speciality food deli who specialised in teas & coffees (before Costa et al became de rigur) so I tried innumerable types, but always keep coming back to PG.
I even have my own stash at work as the supplied ones are Yorkshire tea, which I find just too strong for me.
I have tried all kinds of blends in the past, a friend used to run a speciality food deli who specialised in teas & coffees (before Costa et al became de rigur) so I tried innumerable types, but always keep coming back to PG.
I even have my own stash at work as the supplied ones are Yorkshire tea, which I find just too strong for me.
Edwrai
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Breakfast tea is a blend and does have Assam as well as Ceylon and Kenyan tea.
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timmus
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It's not uncommon for me to have my 'Englishness' questioned, because I know only one thing about tea: it's absolutely revolting. I have a small catalogue of polite ways of declining a cup of tea, all of which have been extensively practised. I may also have been heard referring to tea as 'bitter water dressed in brown' or 'hot leaf juice'.
Well, that's probably my sole contribution to this thread. Over to you, @Teresa.
Cheers,
Tom
Well, that's probably my sole contribution to this thread. Over to you, @Teresa.
Cheers,
Tom
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It's not uncommon for me to have my 'Englishness' questioned, because I know only one thing about tea: it's absolutely revolting. I have a small catalogue of polite ways of declining a cup of tea, all of which have been extensively practised. I may also have been heard referring to tea as 'bitter water dressed in brown' or 'hot leaf juice'.
Well, that's probably my sole contribution to this thread. Over to you, @Teresa.
Cheers,
Tom
Each to their own Tom
I still think of a cup of tea as 'hot leaf juice' and 'bitter bean juice' for coffee since your last stay at mine, both with a smile