The perfect cup of Tea?

Question

describe it in detail - even down to the biscuit or cake to go with it!

Answer 1

pg teabags
fill 3/4 of the way up with water
up to the top with whole milk
2 sugars

and finally digestive biscuits with it! (no chocolate on them!!!)

Answer 2

The secret to a perfect cup of tea is this! First of all pour some very hot water into the teapot, just to warm the pot. Leave the hot water in the teapot right up until the water in the kettle is boiled. When the water is fully boiling, empty the warming water from the teapot and add one teabag for each person. It is important that when pouring the boiling water into the pot that it is fully boiling and has not gone off the boil. Use good tea preferably PG tips or Tetleys. I am in the USA but am british and the only fairly decent tea I can buy here is Tetleys British Blend. Use common sense on the amount of water you are adding to teapot.
Let the tea steep for about five minutes for full flavor. Now, pour a little milk into the cup, the amount will depend how milky or not you like your tea, then pour the tea into the cup and lastly add the amount of sugar if desired to the sweetness you prefer. There you have it! This is the proper way to make tea!
Drink the tea with some digestive biscuits or any other biscuit or cake of your choosing.

Answer 3

Why are you all using tea bags?

Buy some loose-leaf tea - Assam is a good strength, Broken Orange Pekoe has a lovely smell and is also quite strong. If you don't like tea too strong then blend it - Ceylon and Assam make an excellent cup with a good colour and aftertaste.
Buy a teapot - if you're using bags you may not have one.
Wash teapot before use.
Boil kettle and fill teapot half full with boiling water.
Empty kettle and fill with fresh, cold tap water - filtered if you live in a hard water area and don't like scum on your tea.
While the kettle is boiling, empty teapot and put in one teaspoon of loose tea per person - you don't really need 'one for the pot' unless it's a huge pot - if it is, well, one for the pot it is.
Cover the pot with a teacosy until the water is boiled.
As soon as the water boils pour it onto the leaves and fill up the pot - stir once, and don't move the pot after this.
Cover it with the cosy again - this is a moot point - some people say it stews the tea. Leave for three minutes at least, more if you like a good brew.

In the meantime, arrange your cups and saucers on a small table, with sugar cubes in a little bowl for those who like them - and tongs - and another small dish of lemon slices for those who don't have milk. Have the milk ready in a small jug.
Fill kettle with fresh water again, but don't boil until you're ready to pour the tea.
Offer milk to those who want it - a small amount in the bottom of the cup - again, this is debatable, as there is a perfectly reasonable school of thought that says it's polite to see how much milk people want when they see the tea. But they can always add more, and tea experts say that 'milk in first' reduces the effect of tannin in the tea and gives a broader flavour as a result.

Pour tea, using a tea strainer over each cup (you have a tea strainer ...? And a little dish to put it in?)
Offer lemon to those who prefer it, and sugar.

You have boiled the kettle again - you can either fill the teapot again, fine, and/or fill another pot or jug with hot water for those who want less strong tea but not more milk.
You will also have a 'slop' bowl to empty the dregs from each cup into so that the second cup is 'clean'.
You have, on a cake plate, some slices of fruit tea loaf (which you made the previous day), thin and well-buttered, and perhaps a plate or box of good shortbread - I don't think chocolate goes with tea myself, but it's a personal taste.

Have a conversation ...
Discuss the signs of the times ...

No wonder William Cobbett (in 1820-ish) though tea-drinking was a waste of a man's life ...
Me - I'll happily waste my life on a good cup of tea.

Answer 4

To start with you need a decent blend of tea not the cheap stuff, Yorkshire, Tetley, PG Tips whichever you prefer:
The Secret is the WATER it should be poured over either the Tea bag or loose Tea in a pot as soon as possible after the kettle has boiled! Never put milk into cup with tea bag before water(You'd be amazed how many do) Add milk and Sugar to your taste.
Best biscuits I find are Ginger and best cake a nice light sponge! Never chocolate biscuits/cake They go much better with Coffee!
ENJOY! I'm off to put the kettle on!

Answer 5

Get the cup, put the Typhoo teabag in, then the milk (Yes milk before the water!) then in goes the boiling water, get a tea spoon and dunk the tea bag in the cup about 15 times! Purrrfect! Oh and a Drifter biscuit to go with it xxx

Answer 6

Put an organic teabag and a dash of skimmed milk in a lovely big white cup (no earthenware and certainly no coloured glaze on the inside of the cup please). Add boiling water and let it sit and brew for a few minutes. Squeeze teabag to get loads of flavour and caffeine out of it. With it I would like a whole packet of Happy Faces biscuits to dip in it. Or, some Foxes Party Rings. What's your perfect cup of tea?? xxx

Answer 7

loch doon spring water in Scotland camp fire tetley tea in large catering kettle 6 bags two litters of water fresh milk from the Farmer some rolls and a bit of lurpack butter wait till dark and slightly colder put kettle on for 30 Min's to make it nice and strong , not chicken soup colour , butter fresh rolls and sit under the stars in the only place in Britain where you can own the land if you stay there for ten years and you can prove it ,, and enjoy , must have the second cup ,

then sit back and chill

you mighit get a ooo with typho but you get a aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa with this bye

Answer 8

When I'm in a rush, I put in a bag of Earl Grey tea with hot water, a package of Splenda, and a dash of soy milk. I get my caffeine and calcium.

Otherwise, I love the different teas from Teavana, and I put in a scoop of their mango green tea (tea leaves with dried mango) in a brewer and brew it for about 6 minutes, and add a package of Splenda.

Answer 9

Gotta be PG tips made with good old Yorkshire soft water so no scum with a splash of semi skimmed and a wodge of Battenburg cake.

Just had the very same after getting in from work YUM!

Answer 10

Barrys