People get annoyed when they watch me making hot drinks but never had any complaints for taste (press the bag against the side of the mug with a teaspoon to speed the brew along instead of sitting it for a few minutes, add milk whenever cause it makes absolutely no difference etc.)
Adding milk too early cools the water too much, which negatively impacts brewing, so it does make a difference.
And conversely burns coffee
Sounds like an utter amateur tbh!
I reckon I could make anyone a tip-top cup of tea if they tell me how they like it.
no one has ever noticed, from taste alone, that milk was added to their drink at the wrong time. Sad!
Superheated water please
optimum technique is
bag in mug pour in freshly boiled water (v important that old water thats been boiled b4, left hanging around in kettle is not used. this is the no1 cause of tea ming) give the bag a good poke with a teaspoon add milk poke some more with the teaspoon until perfect tea colour is reached
We’ve got one of those Quooker taps at work. Seems to do a good job.
These seem dangerous both in terms of a physical threat and a sign of outrageous decadence
Love the advert though where they suggest someone just with a bowl of tomatoes is in a massive rush
Agreed. I’m worried I’ll use the wrong function and lose a hand/have cool water.
I spend most weekdays WFH and making hot drinks. It might end up being my “10,000 Hours of Practice = World Class Specialist” area of expertise…
Chuck a bag tea in a vessel, splosh a load of burning liquid on it. Stab it with a thing, fish it out with your fingers, spill milk, done.
10/10
No point crying over it in fairness
Fingers? Are you not stirring it either?
Nah mate.
Unorthodox, but not horrendous.
Won’t you even swoosh mid-stab?
Haha, yeah, I’ll give it a bit of a dunk and a swirlyswoosh.
I was going to post something really boring about my tea-making routine but I’ve censored myself.
