How do you like your tea?

[Charliefretz329]

What’s the proper way to make it?

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3 mo

I never take my tea bag out. I like my tea strong 💪.

I rarely add sweetener, but when I do I prefer wild raw honey.

I only use heavy cream when the mood hits me.

Iced tea is best unsweetened and strong, but occasionally a spot of sweet is ok

[purplepoppy]

In strict accordance to ISO 3103

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3103

[Charliefretz329]

Very scientific! I kinda wing it

[purplepoppy]

Always worth buying a local brand that's blended for your local water. We've got very soft water here and it does make a difference.

[Charliefretz329]

I don’t think there is a local brand here… 🤔 and our water is hard as iron

[Pete671]

In Sussex we have hard water, so I use Yorkshire Tea for hard water,,,

[AviatorTom]

Boiling hot water and a green tea or chamomile teabag. Let it soak for about a minute (up to 2 minutes if I want it a bit stronger) and then sip it, no milk or sugar added.

If I'm at a restaurant for breakfast, I may have Earl Grey tea, with a bit of milk and sugar added. It's too bitter otherwise.

[Charliefretz329]

Chamomile is a great way to relax. Heavy cream and wild honey is tops but good alone

[Pete671]

Perhaps try Earl Grey with lemon?

[MiddleAgedClimbee]

I don't drink much tea, but every once in a while, my wife will make some sort of mint/green tea and add just a touch of whipping cream/heavy cream to it and it smells amazing. I'm definitely a water, juice, and beer guy. Every so often I dig some hot chocolate

[Charliefretz329]

I’m a water, coffee, and tea guy. Cold tea throughout the work day and hot tea when it’s suitable. Heavy cream in hot tea is perfection

[MiddleAgedClimbee]

I can't pull myself away from pomegranate juice or tart cherry juice in the morning! So delicious

[Charliefretz329]

I tend to drink too much juice when I get it. And that’s a disaster waiting to happen… 😬 I prefer my juice fermented 😆

Mornings are coffee, either black or heavy cream

[jennifer_bloom]

I have too many favourites to know how to answer this question. But a good tea I like is orange pekoe with milk and no sugar or honey. That tastes amazing. If we are talking about nutrition, I drink herbal mixtures on a regular basis for the healthy benefits, especially to my gut bacteria.

[Charliefretz329]

Same here. 🙂 tea is great for you

[FreyaRed]

1,5L Bodum teapot filled with 3 teaspoon earl gray, juice of a lemon and 2 teaspoons of sugar.

[Charliefretz329]

Sounds yummy

[Smashingdoozy]

Looove tea like a true brit

Boiling water in cup
Add teabag
Let sit for 2 min
Remove tea bag
Add sugar if you want
Add milk if you want
If you don't want milk highly suggest adding a splash of cold water.
Drink!
With a biscuit of course.

[Charliefretz329]

Yummy

[IslaTheWitch]

I like it in the pot :) It's longer warm and I don't have to make a new tea all the time :D

it's my teapot

[Charliefretz329]

My pot is just a pot… yours has attitude 😀! My pot gets cold fast 🫤

[IslaTheWitch]

Thank you :) it keeps warm pretty well. In constant use during the winter :D

[Charliefretz329]

Hot tea in winter is a necessity! 🙂

[Massageman]

I'm not getting into that mess of the "right" way to make tea. Some will say the water can't go over 180ºF. Some say to bring it to a rolling boil. arch

I use a plain, simple pekoe/pekoe cut black tea bag- even generic- soak about 10-15 seconds, save for a second cup, add 1 sugar, 1 Splenda, about 1/2 t lemon juice.

[Charliefretz329]

I keep it in to make it stronger

[Altheavas]

I love tea, but not the ones I buy from a market, just real herbs from my mother’s and grandma’s knowledge.

[Charliefretz329]

Sounds either awesome or scary lol

[Altheavas]

😜 hehe, I drink more herbs, than medications, and I’m in great health!

[Charliefretz329]

In that case I agree with you! 😂 I was thinking cackling old ladies around a cauldron for a minute… 😳

[Altheavas]

😂😂😂
Every time I said thats, that’s all I hear!

[Charliefretz329]

Lmao 🤣

[KillinItHard]

What's proper? Hell if I know...

I like hot black tea with just a little sugar or cold peach tea. I like cold tea with lemon but I also like tea mixed with lemonade. I like sweet tea but find that it has way too much sugar so I'll get the bottles of "subtly sweet" tea more often than not.

I like green tea as well, especially if it's mixed with some kind of citrus. As you can tell, I'm not a picky person. I like good shit.

[12karen]

I like my tea when it is prepared with fresh leaves that have just been picked, sometimes boiled with lemon and then I add honey for sweetness or nothing

[Charliefretz329]

This is the best for sure…

[Miah04]

I like my tea juicy, with lots of shocking details.

[Charliefretz329]

Ummm… idek

[Miah04]

Oh Charlie. You so old

[Charliefretz329]

True…

[Miah04]

😂😂

[Charliefretz329]

… and refined. 😏

[Miah04]

.. hmm... that seems like a stretch

[Charliefretz329]

You know I’m smoooooth

[ChefPapiChulo]

tea is an actual art to some people. i haven't drank enough tea to know how to make exceptional tea.

with that being said, my favorite tea is using those tea bags in hot water. it's important to not leave the bag in for too long, as the herbs can and will burn. then i add sugar, although i need to try adding honey to my tea.

[Iron_Man]

I’m not into it I’d rather have a hot chocolate or soda

[Charliefretz329]

No tea? 😮

[Iron_Man]

It doesn’t taste like anything not really into it

[Iron_Man]

I’d rather have a frozen Frappuccino

[Charliefretz329]

Next time you drink tea add some heavy cream… it’ll be more like a frap

[Iron_Man]

OK, but there’s not really any taste it’s so thin so light a Frappuccino is like drinking a milkshake it’s chocolatey

[Charliefretz329]

There are plenty of teas that are strong… like earl grey. And chamomile tastes real good with cream…

I drink a lot of mint tea and it’s definitely minty fresh!

Maybe you’re not brewing it strong enough?

I’ve never had a chocolate tea though lol

[Iron_Man]

I’ve never made tea on my own just tasted it from my mother and at restaurants. But the lemon Lipton iced tea from the can wasn’t too bad I remember now.

[Iron_Man]

Actually, probably that was my favorite of the teas

[Charliefretz329]

Lots of options with tea

[RebelinSteel]

Yorkshire Tea Gold and dash of milk no sugar.

[bobalife]

Both hot & cold. It varies for me depending on my mood and settings.

[slatyb]

I like mine in an insulated cup -- stays hot longer.

Earl Gray, bit of honey, bit of milk.

[sheikalana]

Black, pipping hot and with a dash of evaporated milk.

[Sparkie460]

I like my tea iced unless I'm sick. Then I like ginger tea warm with lemon and honey

[KittygosMeoWW]

Without sugar and coconut/oat milk unless it’s cinnamon tea.

[DryGermanGuy]

"Tea, Earl Grey, hot."

- Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek

[Apple1996]

Sweet tea from McDonald's 🤤

[Charliefretz329]

I have to cut that stuff with unsweet lol

[Apple1996]

Omg you don't like how it taste like diabetes? The sweetness is the best part

[Charliefretz329]

Instant tummy ache?… nonono lol

[NathanDavis]

iced... coffee, instead

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

I love tea! Of all kinds!