How do yout make the perfect cup of tea??

Answer 1

boil kettle
put in milk
add tea bag
add boiling water
brew for a min
stir
remove teabag
add sugar if required and stir
there u hav it the perfect cuppa

Answer 2

HOW TO MAKE THE PERFECT CUP OF TEA


The best cup of tea depends on 3 things:

1. The freshness and quality of the tea.
2. The Temperature and quality of the water used.
3. The brewing time.




Preparing your tea:


Fill your kettle with fresh cold water and bring to a full rolling boil.
Warm the tea pot with hot water as you wait for the water to boil.
Discard the water in the teapot.
Using an infuser basket or tea filter add 1 teaspoon (approx. 2 grams) of tea, or 1 teabag per cup to the pot.

Pour the hot or boiling water over the leaves or teabag in the pot. (Remember -Only water that has boiled will bring out the maximum flavour of the tea leaf.)

Agitate occasionally.

Cover and let steep for 3-5 minutes- Agitating occasionally.
Remove the leaves or teabags from the pot and pour into cups.

Add milk, lemon ,or sugar as you prefer.

Sit back. Relax. Enjoy.







WHY PRE-HEAT THE TEAPOT?

IS IT NECESSARY?

It's not absolutely necessary, but it does keep the infusion from cooling off too quickly.

Tea experts believe that this helps preserve some of the more subtle components of a fine cup of tea.



HOW HOT SHOULD THE WATER BE?
Most black tea should be infused in water that has just achieved a vigorous boil.

You may want to place a tea cozy over the teapot during infusion in order to avoid heat loss.
Green teas and oolongs however, are generally better suited to water that has cooled off slightly from the boiling point.

In general, the closer a tea is to green, the cooler the water should be.

Experiment and see how you prefer it.
If you are concerned about overheating these sorts of delicate leaves, do not place a tea cozy on the pot during the infusion, as it keeps too much heat in the pot. (Using the cozy to keep tea warm after it has finished infusing is fine.)

Some even suggest leaving the lid off the teapot when infusing green tea, to let some heat escape.




WHAT KIND OF TEAPOT SHOULD I USE?

Use a teapot that is heavy enough to hold heat well-Porcelin is often a good choice.

But there are many different kinds of teapots, all with their own particular good points and bad points.

Ceramic pots are traditional throughout most of Asia; most retain heat well (depending on the thickness of the ceramic) and many are attractively decorated. But, like all ceramics, they can chip and break.
Thick glass pots have all the advantages (and disadvantages) of ceramics, with the important difference that you can watch the tea infuse.
Some people like metal pots.

Their main disadvantage is that they conduct heat away from the infusion more rapidly than do ceramics.

Some are also rumored to give an off taste to the drink.



WHAT IS A TEA COZY?
A tea cozy is a fabric cover, much like an oven mitt, which is placed over a teapot in order to prevent heat loss.
Cozies come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Most are designed simply to cover the entire pot, handle and spout.

Some, however, are made with openings and elastic so that they cover only the body of the teapot, leaving the handle and spout exposed so that you needn't remove the cozy in order to pour the tea.
A cozy is primarily useful if you make several cups at a time and want the extra tea to remain hot in the pot until you're ready to drink it.

Note that ceramic handles tend to become very hot when the pot is kept warm in this fashion.

If you have never used a cozy, be careful!

Answer 3

All perfect cups of tea are always made by someone else. That is the law of perfect cups of tea.

Here is one recommended way of doing that.

Fill old fashioned kettle with freshly drawn well water.
Put it over the open fire and wait for it to boil (don't watch it else it will never boil, make some pastry or something whilst you wait).
Put loose Kenyan single blend tea leaves in one of those tea infuser things
Pour boiled water into a clean, chip and crack free, bone china mug with an interesting pattern or logo on it.
Tip out water (mug should be nice and warm now)
Refill it and dunk in the tea infuser.
Leave tea to brew for 1 minute or so.
Add milk or lemon, sugar to taste.
Give to someone else.

Answer 4

ahhhhhhhhhh I love Tea!

(sorry I don't use loose tea or a tea pot)

1) I live in North London and we have very hard water so I use Yorkshire Tea bags for hard water. It's strong with no bitterness.

2) You must use fresh water

3) Pour as soon as it boiled, not a second later!

3) Stir, and brew for 30 seconds

4) Add a touch of milk, no sugar.

5) final stir....mmmmmmmmmmm....perfect.

BUT if my Nan saw this she would go mad......She always adds the milk while it brews and never after the bag is removed......
Also, I hate it when people use one tea bag for 2 cups of tea!!!
Worst Tea Bag, sorry has to be Tetley's.

Answer 5

Well! this is debatable, some say you should use proper loose tea, and make it in a teapot, first you have to warm the pot, then add the loose leaves pour on boiling water and leave for a few minutes, then get a cup and a tea strainer, pour the tea through the strainer, perfect tea!

Answer 6

You want the long way or the short way???????
My idea of a perfect cuppa, is hot water and a tea bag w/an ice bath chaser.
However, I have been exposed to the brewing of tea in the traditional manner, although I can't recite the ditty that goes along with it.
I want tea that can walk the walk.

Answer 7

First, I pick one of my three favorites, or mix and match because I brew in a two-cup pot. My three faves are Twining's Irish Breakfast, Bigelow's English Teatime, or Tazo's Awake Black Tea.

Second, I put boiling water in my teapot to get the teapot hot (pour out the water before you start your tea, this just heats the pot up)

Third, I boil filtered or spring water (don't use just plain old tap water, filter it first, it really makes a difference in the taste)

Fourth, pour out the water you used to heat up your teapot, place your teabags in (I use 2, since it is a 2 cup pot), pour your freshly boiled water over them, and let them steep for 5 minutes.

Fifth, sweeten to taste (or milk if you like it), and get ready to enjoy the best cup of tea EVER!

Answer 8

Put the tea bag and hot water in the mug, leave it to brew for five minutes the stronger the better, then add a dash of milk mmmm i want tea now.

Answer 9

one tea bag for every 2 cups of tea. let the tea steep for 5 minutes and im not sure if this is a myth, but some say tea tastes better if it's made in a brown, or dark coloured tea pot.. hope this helps!

Answer 10

I like chamomile, just put the tea bag in some hot water and wait.

Or green tea, don't leave the tea ball or the bag in too long. Jst a minute or two. Sweeten with honey or maple syrup I think.

Barley miso is good too. Sort of like tea. Sort of like soup.