How do you make the perfect cup of tea?
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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
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That entirely depends upon which orifice the smell of "last night's curry" chose as an exit port.
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"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.
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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.
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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
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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:
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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?
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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.
I seriously thought you were joking when you responded to my post. I have never met anyone who disliked the smell of coffee. But I guess it's a bit like white truffles, for some the smell is orgasmic while others just get sick from it.
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firstly no milk (personnel preference but I hate tea with milk) secondly no sugar until after it has finished brewing thirdly minimum 2 minutes brew time (needs that to release the statins) but the main point is one you mention, the water HAS to be boiling else there is no point to the other steps
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
Bergholt Stuttley Johnson wrote:
...but the main point is one you mention, the water HAS to be boiling else there is no point to the other steps
I am not a tea afficionado (and don't play one on tv), but I used to live with a tea fanatic. She insisted that you must bring the pot to the kettle, not the kettle to the pot, lest the boiling water temperature drop too much. The tea pot should be preheated with a bit of water (and drained) before putting the tea in. The tea should be steeped several minutes before pouring into your cup. Any additions of sugar, milk, cream etc. are added to your cup, not the tea pot. Other rules: - Tea cups can be washed with soap and water but the pot should only be rinsed with plain water, never cleaned with soap. - Tea leaves (with or without tea ball) are preferred to tea bags for the best tea. - Good water makes good tea. And vice versa. - There is some other weird stuff about ladies wearing hats and using either 2 or 3 fingers which I will omit since it is well over the edge.
-- Harvey
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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
The perfect cup of tea requires a machine. Sirius Cybernetics Corporation is working on one now. Share and enjoy.
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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
Wow, many replies... Well, in case you have not received any way to make tea the way made in India...here it is. 1. Boil tea powder (no bags used) 2. Add lots of milk (lots means lots) (general margin will be water:milk 50-50, I like 30-70, and "golden tea" will have 0-100) 3. Add sugar (optional - green-ginger or ginger powder, cinnamon, tulsi, black-pepper, etc. 4. boil it till it almost comes out of the pot for 2-3 times; more you boil, stronger the tea would be 5. Have it hot (I like it at just above room temperature) :-O
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