Hello
You might think to youreslf that making tea is something that is to be taken lightly.
Sure, of course it is, if you know how to do it. How many times have you made yourself a crap cup of tea?
The following is a quick method of tea making, a method I have been brewing for many years and I'm sure will leave you thinking... 'thats a quality cup of tea'.
Its simple, straight forward, and now there is no excuse for a crap cuppa!
Introduction
Ah so you have decided to join me, good good. Well lets get started then.
Tea, it's the business, there's nothing quite like it. The cornerstone of England, nectar of the builder and life force of the office worker. From student to teacher, young and old tea is the driving force and secret weapon of the British for.
It's the worlds favourite drink apparently, and it's good for you too. 4 cups a day I hear, man how can something so brilliant be good for you?!
Good for you? Well only if it tastes good, this aims to help achieve just that. A great cup of tea!
Did you know that approximately 40% of the nation's fluid intake today will be tea? or that tea with milk provides 21% of your daily calcium requirement in 4 cups? Brilliant I know!
Many would argue that a true cup of tea requires a tea pot. However this guide covers the most desperate tea making situation. It covers the 'I really need a cup of tea' scenario and shows that you can rock out a stonkin' cup of tea in a matter of minutes.
Some will argue 'oh you have to let it brew' or ''you're putting in too much sugar'. Of course these are valid points and have their place in how you make your tea; but this method is a swift and simple way to get your tea out quicker than a scottish teens knickers.
Anyway, enough of the chatter, onto the inventory.
(p.s sorry for the tacky logo)
1. Boil the Kettle
Ok, so its your turn to make the tea, once your off your fat arse and have been roped into making tea for the whole room or office, locate your kettle.
If your kettle has water in it already, ditch it. You don't know how long its been there and the last thing you want is some scummy second hand water for your tea.
Fill up the kettle so that there is enough for each
cup with a little left over for good measure.
You dont want to have to start the process all over again and the last thing
you want is for someone to get those little bits of lime scale
at the end if you haven't cleaned the thing in ages... blergh!.
So make sure there is enough water in there!
Stop messing about and get your cups ready!
Time is wasting!
2. Sort the Mugs
Line up your mugs whilst the kettle is boiling. Sad, I know but I like to put mine in a row so that I know whos is who, slightly grouping it by studio or requirements eg. milk, no sugar, no milk or milk and two.
Place one teabag in each cup then add the required heaped sugar amount to each*. I try to get it so that it lands on top of the teabag and not beside it, this will become apparent later.
Now, go back over each mug with sugar and add a tiny little smidge of sugar to each, I mean a tiny amount**. See diagram for details.
*milk and one means one teaspoon of sugar and milk
**ignore this step for pussies who have sweetner.
If people have special requirements such as half a sugar, then only put in half a sugar... They obviously can't handle it.
3. Pouring
With the kettle boiled and the cups prepped its time for business. You don't have to let the water cool like those junkie coffee drinkers, as soon as that thing clicks pick it up!
Being careful not to burn yourself like an idiot, take the kettle in your left hand and the teaspoon in your right.
Place the teaspoon directly ontop of the teabag and sugar. Begin
to pour the water slowly over the sugar/teabag whilst moving the
teabag back and forth, thus mixing the sugar and the tea together. Try to
keep the teabag at the bottom of the cup; this prevents that sugar
deposit at the bottom of a poor cup of tea.
Be sure to leave some room at the top for milk and leave the
teabag in for the moment whilst you pour the other cups.
This pouring technique should give you a nice deep colour and strength that's just right, and should require little brewing.
4. Milk
Once all the cups are full, go back to the 1st cup and give the teabag a last half turn then squeeze it on the edge of the cup*.
* Skip this step for people who dont like strong tea.
Remove and dispose.
Take the milk in your left hand and again the teaspoon in your right. Begin stirring the tea in one direction then after a couple of seconds pour the milk in slowly until the desired amount has entered the cup.
more milk - creamier, cooler and quicker to drink.
less milk - bold, stronger, hotter, savourable tea. Some tastey shit
to be honest!
Once you're finished pouring reverse the rotation of the stir to mix in good and proper. Marbling is a cool effect in raspberry ripple ice-cream, NOT TEA!
5. Enjoy
Dish out your works of art and sit down and enjoy your brew, you deserve it.
Put your feet up, get on with that proposal, or do whatever it is that you do when you drink tea. Get out yer chocolate covered hob nobs and dunk yourself a bonanza.
Cheers for reading. Mine's one and a wee bit.
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