Let's talk tea

[Ant7t]

If it's an espresso, they'll first have a shot glass of water to cleanse their pallets and then drink the tepid coffee in one gulp

No water for me. And it has to be a double espresso. A single is too small.

 

[Grizelda]

No water for me. And it has to be a double espresso. A single is too small.

A double espresso will get you going! A small one is little more than three or four tablespoons. But so strong.

 

[Grizelda]

Why do some tea drinkers dunk a biscuit in their cup? I don't do it, but crumbs of biscuit must drop into the tea and ruin the taste.

 

[merryone]

Why do some tea drinkers dunk a biscuit in their cup? I don't do it, but crumbs of biscuit must drop into the tea and ruin the taste.

You can actually buy tea bags that taste like dunked biscuits. I tried one when they put a pack up in my work's canteen, they weren't too bad but I think I'll stick to normal. I have been known to occasionally dunk a biscuit but yes you can get a rather unpleasant mush at the bottom of your cup if you're not careful.

 

[Ant7t]

A double espresso will get you going! A small one is little more than three or four tablespoons. But so strong.

That's the idea. I don't like weak coffee. May as well have water But not so big an amount that you're flying round the room

 

[Wanderer]

You can actually buy tea bags that taste like dunked biscuits. I tried one when they put a pack up in my work's canteen, they weren't too bad but I think I'll stick to normal. I have been known to occasionally dunk a biscuit but yes you can get a rather unpleasant mush at the bottom of your cup if you're not careful.

You are correct, Yorkshire tea and M&S do some, may be others too.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Yorkshire-Tea-Biscuit-Brew-total/dp/B07MFQ8CX4

 

[MrMarple]

I bought these as part of my friends Christmas present and she said they were nicer than she thought they would be

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Delicious-...1738612164&sprefix=pudding+tea,aps,176&sr=8-2

 

[Vienna]

Do any of you have a favourite cup to drink your tea from ? I do or rather I did until Mr V recently broke it. It has to be made of china and not one of the thick heavy pot mugs or cups, it has to hold quite a lot of tea, not a piddly mouthful some tiny cups hold and it has to feel comfortable to hold. I`ve been on the search for a new favourite mug/cup and Mr V is now banned from washing it when I find it !

 

[Grizelda]

All my tea cups are favourites. They're breakfast cup size. They all have different flower designs on them.
One is chipped but I still use it. I don't have a dishwasher, so have to be careful when I wash up. I don't like small tea cups. I'm too greedy!

 

[Ant7t]

Do any of you have a favourite cup to drink your tea from ? I do or rather I did until Mr V recently broke it. It has to be made of china and not one of the thick heavy pot mugs or cups, it has to hold quite a lot of tea, not a piddly mouthful some tiny cups hold and it has to feel comfortable to hold. I`ve been on the search for a new favourite mug/cup and Mr V is now banned from washing it when I find it !

I can drink out of any cup. Mugs are preferable for both tea and instant coffee. I have 'my' cup though. It's a triangular one with Barcelona sites on it. No, I didn't go there to get it.

 

[Wanderer]

Funny how our tastes change, in my 20's I liked strong tea and so it couldn't be run of the mill bags and had to have plenty of sugar in (two heaped).

Then I thought it was giving me stomach cramps, so for many years I stopped drinking it altogether.

It is only in the last 6 or 7 years I have started drinking it again. Less sugar (two level), not quite so strong and fairly cheap bags do nicely. Lidl Gold label is fine as are Morrisons savers when they actually have stock.

 

[maymorganlondon]

I have a favourite bone china mug, but not for tea, just for coffee.

 

[merryone]

I prefer drinking tea from a mug as opposed to a cup. Of course this is because my favourite brew is a tea bag thrown into a mug with boiling water poured over it, milk added at the end. You cannot do this in a teacup as it would be far too strong. I will only use a cup if I'm out and the tea comes in a pot and then it's usually like gnat's pee. I find it difficult to get the brew right in a teapot. My nan used to make it the old fashioned way with tealeaves, a tea strainer, tea cosy, good old cup and saucer and it was delicious, but I want my tea quick and I want a mugful!