How do you make the perfect cup of tea?
-
1. Add tea bag. 2. Pour bowling water into cup, give it a thorough stir and then let it brew for 60 seconds. 3. Pour it in the sink. 4. Take three measures of medium roast Mandheeling, 2 measures of medium-light roasted Antigua and one measure of Espresso Forte (pure Arabica beans) 5. Grind medium coarse and pour it into a French press 6. Add 94oC water and stir lightly. 7. When the beans has started to sink down push the plunger down and serve.
Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES! Abraham Lincoln
1. Add tea bag. 2. Pour bowling water into cup, give it a thorough stir and then let it brew for 60 seconds. 3. Pour it in the sink. 4. Take three measures of medium roast Mandheeling, 2 measures of medium-light roasted Antigua and one measure of Espresso Forte (pure Arabica beans) 5. Grind medium coarse and pour it into a French press 6. Add 94oC water and stir lightly. 7. When the beans has started to sink down push the plunger down and serve To the Dog. FIFY damm coffee stinking up the place is the last thing we need at least with Tea you dont force your preference on anyone within 200 yards, coffee drinkers should be treated like smokers and forced to perform thier nasty habit outside
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
-
So this has been a long standing discussion amongst many of our great peers, especially those of us who call ourselves British, it is my belief that there is only one way, the right way to make the perfect cuppa (demonstrated below). So my question today is; How do you make your 'perfect cup of tea'? (pseudo code is allowed within your example). 1. Add sugar (3 for me) and tea bag. 2. Pour bowling water into cup, give it a thorough stir and then let it brew for 60 seconds. 3. Squeeze tea bag with spoon to insure as much flavour is kept and remove tea bag from cup. 4. Give it a stir and add the milk so it blends so your tea blends nicely. 5. Give it one last thorough stir, you'll see tiny bubbles form in the middle, it means it done. 6. Congratulate self, pat on the back and enjoy your perfect cup of tea.
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer) www.simonshugar.co.uk "You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everybody dances with the grim reaper" - Robert Alton Harris
Simon Lee Shugar wrote:
Add sugar (3 for me)
Unless you have a huge cup, you are making a cup of sugar drown in tea.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
-
Simon Lee Shugar wrote:
Add sugar (3 for me)
Unless you have a huge cup, you are making a cup of sugar drown in tea.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
I like to claim its all due to my surname, "Shugar" or if your the wife its because I am just too sweet. If your being realistic I've just got a sweet tooth. Though in the office they do ask me how much tea would I like with my sugar! :)
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer) www.simonshugar.co.uk "You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everybody dances with the grim reaper" - Robert Alton Harris
-
1. Add tea bag. 2. Pour bowling water into cup, give it a thorough stir and then let it brew for 60 seconds. 3. Pour it in the sink. 4. Take three measures of medium roast Mandheeling, 2 measures of medium-light roasted Antigua and one measure of Espresso Forte (pure Arabica beans) 5. Grind medium coarse and pour it into a French press 6. Add 94oC water and stir lightly. 7. When the beans has started to sink down push the plunger down and serve To the Dog. FIFY damm coffee stinking up the place is the last thing we need at least with Tea you dont force your preference on anyone within 200 yards, coffee drinkers should be treated like smokers and forced to perform thier nasty habit outside
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
:laugh:
Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES! Abraham Lincoln
-
So this has been a long standing discussion amongst many of our great peers, especially those of us who call ourselves British, it is my belief that there is only one way, the right way to make the perfect cuppa (demonstrated below). So my question today is; How do you make your 'perfect cup of tea'? (pseudo code is allowed within your example). 1. Add sugar (3 for me) and tea bag. 2. Pour bowling water into cup, give it a thorough stir and then let it brew for 60 seconds. 3. Squeeze tea bag with spoon to insure as much flavour is kept and remove tea bag from cup. 4. Give it a stir and add the milk so it blends so your tea blends nicely. 5. Give it one last thorough stir, you'll see tiny bubbles form in the middle, it means it done. 6. Congratulate self, pat on the back and enjoy your perfect cup of tea.
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer) www.simonshugar.co.uk "You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everybody dances with the grim reaper" - Robert Alton Harris
How many parts tea and milk? /Fredrik
My Android apps in Google Play; Oakmead Apps
-
So this has been a long standing discussion amongst many of our great peers, especially those of us who call ourselves British, it is my belief that there is only one way, the right way to make the perfect cuppa (demonstrated below). So my question today is; How do you make your 'perfect cup of tea'? (pseudo code is allowed within your example). 1. Add sugar (3 for me) and tea bag. 2. Pour bowling water into cup, give it a thorough stir and then let it brew for 60 seconds. 3. Squeeze tea bag with spoon to insure as much flavour is kept and remove tea bag from cup. 4. Give it a stir and add the milk so it blends so your tea blends nicely. 5. Give it one last thorough stir, you'll see tiny bubbles form in the middle, it means it done. 6. Congratulate self, pat on the back and enjoy your perfect cup of tea.
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer) www.simonshugar.co.uk "You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everybody dances with the grim reaper" - Robert Alton Harris
Buy a cup of coffee. Any cup of coffee. Coffee from a gas station vending machine.
Software Zen:
delete this; -
Shouldnt you preheat you cup also? :laugh:
I work with a guy who makes Starbucks (we have one on floor 13 of our building) preheat his coffee cup!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
-
So this has been a long standing discussion amongst many of our great peers, especially those of us who call ourselves British, it is my belief that there is only one way, the right way to make the perfect cuppa (demonstrated below). So my question today is; How do you make your 'perfect cup of tea'? (pseudo code is allowed within your example). 1. Add sugar (3 for me) and tea bag. 2. Pour bowling water into cup, give it a thorough stir and then let it brew for 60 seconds. 3. Squeeze tea bag with spoon to insure as much flavour is kept and remove tea bag from cup. 4. Give it a stir and add the milk so it blends so your tea blends nicely. 5. Give it one last thorough stir, you'll see tiny bubbles form in the middle, it means it done. 6. Congratulate self, pat on the back and enjoy your perfect cup of tea.
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer) www.simonshugar.co.uk "You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everybody dances with the grim reaper" - Robert Alton Harris
- Throw away tea, teapot, teacup and (optional) strainer. 2) Buy coffee, large mug, and a cafetiere. 3) Make coffee. 4) Drink and enjoy.
This message is manufactured from fully recyclable noughts and ones. To recycle this message, please separate into two tidy piles, and take them to your nearest local recycling centre. Please note that in some areas noughts are always replaced with zeros by law, and many facilities cannot recycle zeroes - in this case, please bury them in your back garden and water frequently.
-
- Throw away tea, teapot, teacup and (optional) strainer. 2) Buy coffee, large mug, and a cafetiere. 3) Make coffee. 4) Drink and enjoy.
This message is manufactured from fully recyclable noughts and ones. To recycle this message, please separate into two tidy piles, and take them to your nearest local recycling centre. Please note that in some areas noughts are always replaced with zeros by law, and many facilities cannot recycle zeroes - in this case, please bury them in your back garden and water frequently.
- Throw away tea, teapot, teacup and (optional) strainer. 2) Buy coffee, large mug, and a cafetiere. 3) Make coffee. 4) Drink and enjoy. fll the office with the overpowering stench of coffee turning the stomachs of those who hate coffee FIFY get yee banished to the smokers area outside and stop inflicting your stench on others
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
-
- Throw away tea, teapot, teacup and (optional) strainer. 2) Buy coffee, large mug, and a cafetiere. 3) Make coffee. 4) Drink and enjoy.
This message is manufactured from fully recyclable noughts and ones. To recycle this message, please separate into two tidy piles, and take them to your nearest local recycling centre. Please note that in some areas noughts are always replaced with zeros by law, and many facilities cannot recycle zeroes - in this case, please bury them in your back garden and water frequently.
I have a coffee every now and again drawn to the smell mostly. We did experiment with banana nesquik + coffee the other day and it was suprisingly good. We called it Cofana as Banoffee is taken!
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer) www.simonshugar.co.uk "You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everybody dances with the grim reaper" - Robert Alton Harris
-
- Throw away tea, teapot, teacup and (optional) strainer. 2) Buy coffee, large mug, and a cafetiere. 3) Make coffee. 4) Drink and enjoy. fll the office with the overpowering stench of coffee turning the stomachs of those who hate coffee FIFY get yee banished to the smokers area outside and stop inflicting your stench on others
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
Trust me, there are worse things to smell in a cubicle environment! X|
This message is manufactured from fully recyclable noughts and ones. To recycle this message, please separate into two tidy piles, and take them to your nearest local recycling centre. Please note that in some areas noughts are always replaced with zeros by law, and many facilities cannot recycle zeroes - in this case, please bury them in your back garden and water frequently.
-
Trust me, there are worse things to smell in a cubicle environment! X|
This message is manufactured from fully recyclable noughts and ones. To recycle this message, please separate into two tidy piles, and take them to your nearest local recycling centre. Please note that in some areas noughts are always replaced with zeros by law, and many facilities cannot recycle zeroes - in this case, please bury them in your back garden and water frequently.
actually I would disagree, even the smell of last nights curry does not linger like that of coffee
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
-
So this has been a long standing discussion amongst many of our great peers, especially those of us who call ourselves British, it is my belief that there is only one way, the right way to make the perfect cuppa (demonstrated below). So my question today is; How do you make your 'perfect cup of tea'? (pseudo code is allowed within your example). 1. Add sugar (3 for me) and tea bag. 2. Pour bowling water into cup, give it a thorough stir and then let it brew for 60 seconds. 3. Squeeze tea bag with spoon to insure as much flavour is kept and remove tea bag from cup. 4. Give it a stir and add the milk so it blends so your tea blends nicely. 5. Give it one last thorough stir, you'll see tiny bubbles form in the middle, it means it done. 6. Congratulate self, pat on the back and enjoy your perfect cup of tea.
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer) www.simonshugar.co.uk "You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everybody dances with the grim reaper" - Robert Alton Harris
Too many posts by now to read them all before responding, so this becomes a "chime-in". From your recipe, it's clear that you don't like tea. 1) Sugar? Only if you've a sore throat and it actually helps. 2) Good caution: wouldn't want to dirty the hot water too much with those nasty leaves! 4) Milk in tea is one of the top offenses listed as a Crime Against Humanity. Noticing that you're from the UK explains a lot - but doesn't excuse such abhorrent behavior.*
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
-
actually I would disagree, even the smell of last nights curry does not linger like that of coffee
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
That entirely depends upon which orifice the smell of "last night's curry" chose as an exit port.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
-
Relax, maybe have a cup of tea?
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer) www.simonshugar.co.uk "You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everybody dances with the grim reaper" - Robert Alton Harris
earl grey, no milk, 1 sugar, a little lemon please
-
That entirely depends upon which orifice the smell of "last night's curry" chose as an exit port.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
I think you underestermate how baddly the smell of coffee is to someone who cannot stand the stuff, try being in my position where the smell of coffee is on par with the worse of flatulence, coffee unlike farts hangs around for ages, so being next to a coffe lover is like being in pergatory it can make me sick somethings
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
-
So this has been a long standing discussion amongst many of our great peers, especially those of us who call ourselves British, it is my belief that there is only one way, the right way to make the perfect cuppa (demonstrated below). So my question today is; How do you make your 'perfect cup of tea'? (pseudo code is allowed within your example). 1. Add sugar (3 for me) and tea bag. 2. Pour bowling water into cup, give it a thorough stir and then let it brew for 60 seconds. 3. Squeeze tea bag with spoon to insure as much flavour is kept and remove tea bag from cup. 4. Give it a stir and add the milk so it blends so your tea blends nicely. 5. Give it one last thorough stir, you'll see tiny bubbles form in the middle, it means it done. 6. Congratulate self, pat on the back and enjoy your perfect cup of tea.
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer) www.simonshugar.co.uk "You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everybody dances with the grim reaper" - Robert Alton Harris
Good tea doesn't come from a bag, at least not in a cup ... the water isn't hot enough for long enough in a cup to properly brew the tea. Put the leaves (or, okay, a good bag is acceptable here) in the pot, add boiling water, and leave to stand for 5 minutes. Then add milk to a cup, followed by the tea from the pot, although the order of those two operations can really be done in either order, but the milk mixes in more easily if it's already in the cup because it is hit by a large volume of hot tea.
-
I think you underestermate how baddly the smell of coffee is to someone who cannot stand the stuff, try being in my position where the smell of coffee is on par with the worse of flatulence, coffee unlike farts hangs around for ages, so being next to a coffe lover is like being in pergatory it can make me sick somethings
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
Actually, I can sympathize very easily. My problem is the smell of cooked eggs - it's not so much that they smell bad (eggs do stink a bit) but that that they cause me what is most closely described as an anxiety attack. The perception is that I cannot breath well (even though I'm aware there's no problem). There's also anger thrown in if it's be done in my house when the rules for egg cooking are well established (Never in winter and only in summer earlier enough to air the house for several hours before I come home). What's odd is (1) this happened unexpectedly when I was very young and had even asked for a hard-boiled egg because I like them: and suddenly I couldn't stand it. (2) there's no allergic reaction to items with egg in them, such as a cake (3) I met someone else who had the same problem, along with another: taste of milk became horrid although yogurt, cheese, etc. are fine - and no lactose intolerance. Weird - but I know what it's like to despise a smell that others consider an aroma. My opinion is that it sucks (for me). My wife likes to go to dinners for breakfast and I won't go anywhere near the places. On the other side, I developed a very acute taste for tea (and single malt scotch). To my particular taste, Chinese teas is far superior (and is pretty much the only consumable product from China I deliberately use) - but tea from the India regions has a superior aroma. Alas, the latter is decidedly bitter by comparison. Indian green tea was a little less nasty on the taste buds but my sampling was rather small. Even these I consider a handicap, although coming from the other side of perception: it would be much easier to enjoy any tea (or scotch whiskey) because I couldn't tell the difference. Get yourself some good Lapsang Suchong tea and "man up!"
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
-
So this has been a long standing discussion amongst many of our great peers, especially those of us who call ourselves British, it is my belief that there is only one way, the right way to make the perfect cuppa (demonstrated below). So my question today is; How do you make your 'perfect cup of tea'? (pseudo code is allowed within your example). 1. Add sugar (3 for me) and tea bag. 2. Pour bowling water into cup, give it a thorough stir and then let it brew for 60 seconds. 3. Squeeze tea bag with spoon to insure as much flavour is kept and remove tea bag from cup. 4. Give it a stir and add the milk so it blends so your tea blends nicely. 5. Give it one last thorough stir, you'll see tiny bubbles form in the middle, it means it done. 6. Congratulate self, pat on the back and enjoy your perfect cup of tea.
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer) www.simonshugar.co.uk "You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everybody dances with the grim reaper" - Robert Alton Harris
Here's how we do it in the Southeast US: 0. Fill tea-maker reservoir 1. Insert 3 Family-size bags into the steeping chamber 2. Push button to start breweing 3. Wait 10 minutes 4. Squeeze teabags to extract as much flavor as possible 5. Stir in 1 and a half cups of sugar 6. Top off tea pitcher with ice/water 7. Congratulate self, pour over ice into the largest cup available and enjoy Cheers from the US! :laugh:
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
-
I work with a guy who makes Starbucks (we have one on floor 13 of our building) preheat his coffee cup!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
Yes, I have heard it done with coffe, wasnt sure about tea. But seems a little steange, and I doubt it taste differently, or?
