Water first or tea bag first?

Neewbie_noob

I recently had a heated discussion with a long-time friend of mine. when making a good 'aul mug o' tae, what do you put in first - the teabag, or the water?

Personally I put the water in first, as I find the tea bag gets filled with air when I pour the water over the teabag and it draws better when I insert the teabag last.

So boardsies .. opinions??

kneemos

What's an opinnion?

Gran Hermano

No option for teapot and loose tea.

Heathen.

Neewbie_noob

i am an utter disgrace and I am going to be publically shamed on this - but I don't drink tea

Gran Hermano wrote: »

No option for teapot and loose tea.

Heathen.

Can you aadd it??

Gran Hermano

Neewbie_noob wrote: »

Can you aadd it??

Nno

mauzo

Water

Teabag in first....

Standard Toaster

Heated discussion over a tea bag? Jesus.

Anyway tea bag first, it's simple first level thermodynamics.

kneemos

What about both together or milk and water and then the tea bag.Your poll is completely useless.

Neewbie_noob

i am an utter disgrace and I am going to be publically shamed on this - but I don't drink tea

Standard Toaster wrote: »

Heated discussion over a tea bag? Jesus.

Anyway tea bag first, it's simple first level thermodynamics.

Mr. CooL ICE

Water

Tea bag filled with air? What what whaaaaat?

You need to warm up the cup first. Add a little boiling water, swirl it around and empty it out. Put in the teabag, reheat the kettle again and then pour it it into the cup as it is at its hottest point. When pouring it, aim to hit the teabag. If you feel comfortable doing it, hold the kettle up high so the water hits the teabag at a higher velocity, therefore ravaging it of all its flavour. Remove the teabag after the length of time required by your taste, but never, ever squeeze the teabag. Once this is done, add sugar/honey/milk to taste.

Making a cup of tea is easy. Making a good cup of tea is art.

CardBordWindow

Water

Put the teabag in the kettle and save yourself some bother!

Markcheese

kneemos wrote: »

What about both together or milk and water and then the tea bag.Your poll is completely useless.

Above comment is taking the piss and I won't stand for it....
Both together gets you scalded fingers ( don't ask how I know)
Milk first or milk and water first makes crap tea as the milk cools the BOILING water and the tea doesn't taste right.... There I feel better now ...

Duggy747

Water

A teabag first.

THEN you add the blood of a christian which must go in under the next full moon.

That's how I like my cuppas, anyways.

kneemos

Markcheese wrote: »

Above comment is taking the piss and I won't stand for it....
Both together gets you scalded fingers ( don't ask how I know)
Milk first or milk and water first makes crap tea as the milk cools the BOILING water and the tea doesn't taste right.... There I feel better now ...

Don't make me come over there and show you how to make tea because I will!

FatherLen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaHkEH3nk8w

kfallon

Duggy747 wrote: »

A teabag first.

THEN you add the blood of a christian which must go in under the next full moon.

That's how I like my cuppas, anyways.

Reminds me of the joke:

Three vampires walk into a blood bar. The first two order 2 glasses of blood and the third one orders a mug of boiling water.
The bartender thinks that it’s kind of weird, but doesn’t say anything — he just gives them their drinks.
The next day, the three vampires walk into the bar and order the same thing, two glasses of blood and a mug of boiling water.
The bartender still thinks it’s weird but doesn’t say anything, he doesn’t want to be that vampire’s next victim.
But when it happened on the third day, the bartender couldn’t help but ask why. . . “Okay, I know that the three of you are vampires, so why do you two order glasses of blood but you always get a mug of boiling water?”
The third vampire pulls out a used tampon and says, “I like to make tea!”

Oh and I put the teabag in first!

Immaculate Pasta

Water

Teabag first jaysus! What are kids being taught in schools these days? :rolleyes:

juan.kerr

Neither, I'm not into tea (bags).

mike65

Water

Tea bag, water, milk in that order! :mad:

Anything else and you end up with a weak cup of "meh"

kneemos

mike65 wrote: »

Tea bag, water, milk in that order! :mad:

Anything else and you end up with a weak cup of "meh"

Where can you buy meh?

leeomurchu

Water

Tea bag in cup, hot water, milk good auld squeeze of the tea bag to get rid of that milk taste, out with the tea bag. In with the chocolate hob nobs. Happy days.

Nothin worse than someone putting a cup of milk with a drop of tea in front of you.

Neewbie_noob

i am an utter disgrace and I am going to be publically shamed on this - but I don't drink tea

Can a mod add loose tea and leaving the tea bag in as a poll. Cheers.

I leave the bag in myself.

MJ23

Water

Teabagging is great

zef

Water

Teabag first. I love tea. It's great fun.

Priori

Water

My granny is really fussy about this - scalding the cup/teapot first is a necessity, then put the teabag(s) in and then quickly bring the water to the boil again and fill the cup/teapot when it's boiling. If I neglect to do the latter part, it'll invite a playful clip across the ear. Playful, I swear! (I'm thinking here of Butters' bullying grandmother - she's not like that)

Markcheese

kneemos wrote: »

Markcheese wrote: »

Above comment is taking the piss and I won't stand for it....
Both together gets you scalded fingers ( don't ask how I know)
Milk first or milk and water first makes crap tea as the milk cools the BOILING water and the tea doesn't taste right.... There I feel better now ...

Don't make me come over there and show you how to make tea because I will!

Ooohh I'll get some biccies so

CardBordWindow

Water

The teabag needs to go in first. Half the fun of making tay is trying to throw the teabag into the cup from a distance, while your waiting for the kettle to boil!

nightb4

Water

Teabag into a warm mug, then freshly boiled water, don't re-heat the water. Plenty of stirring of the teabag but no squeezing. Bag out, milk in then sugar.
Sit down relax enjoy.
Any diversion from this simple method and I fly into a violent rage!!

PizzamanIRL

Water

kneemos wrote: »

What's an opinnion?

What do you think?

CardBordWindow

Water

nightb4 wrote: »

Teabag into a warm mug, then freshly boiled water, don't re-heat the water. Plenty of stirring of the teabag but no squeezing. Bag out, milk in then sugar.
Sit down relax enjoy.
Any diversion from this simple method and I fly into a violent rage!!

Apologies if I invoke a violent rage, but I find if you put the sugar in with the tea bag first, the boiling water is guaranteed to dissolve all the sugar, so you're not left with the annoying really sweet last mouthful of tay.

andrew241983

i don't drink tea(queue the screams of blasphemy) but when i make it for the OH its always tea bag first...

kneemos

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

What do you think?

If I knew I wouldn't be asking.

ShaneM 90

Water

Tea Bag!

DeltaWhite

Water

http://youtu.be/FtK_vfp8po8

Doc Brown tells how to make a proper cup of tea!!

And my answer is: TEABAG!!

BrianBoru00

Water

Why do people ruin the taste of tea by adding milk?

kneemos

Looks like your on your own there Neewbie,your long time friend was right.

Flabangav

Water

Tea bag first, always!

Bruthal

Neewbie_noob wrote: »

Personally I put the water in first, as I find the tea bag gets filled with air when I pour the water over the teabag and it draws better when I insert the teabag last.

Bizarre carry on

Neewbie_noob

i am an utter disgrace and I am going to be publically shamed on this - but I don't drink tea

CardBordWindow wrote: »

Apologies if I invoke a violent rage, but I find if you put the sugar in with the tea bag first, the boiling water is guaranteed to dissolve all the sugar, so you're not left with the annoying really sweet last mouthful of tay.

OK, Ok OK, the perfect cup of tae is as follows (believe me, I'm a scientist, chemist to be exact) :P

Warm a cup with hot water and throw out
Put back in boiling water

Add sugar and mix well, it then dissolves well instead of mixing up and getting caught in the tea bag

Add tea bag and let draw. DO NOT squeeze

remove after desired potency is achieved

add milk, drink

and eat a ginger nut with it

Novella

Tea bag first.

Capt'n Midnight

Where is the option for "scalding the pot ?"

Freshly aerated water in kettle
Boil kettle
It's some water in teapot
Put kettle back on to boil
Empty water from teapot which is now hot
Put in tea bag
Put in boiling water

aaronjumper

Water

Teabag first always and forever.

Capt'n Midnight

Of course if we have guests over we do it properly.

http://sub.spc.org/san/docs/BS6008.pdf

5 Apparatus
5.1 Pot,of white porcelain or glazed earthenware,
with its edge partly serrated (see Figure) and
provided with a lid, the skirt of which fits loosely
inside the pot.
5.2 Bowl,of white porcelain or glazed earthenware.

7 Procedure
7.1 Test portion
Weigh, to an accuracy of ±2 %, a mass of tea
corresponding to 2 g of tea per 100 ml of liquor
(i.e. 5,6 ± 0,1 g of tea for the large pot or 2,8 ± 0,05 g
for the small pot described in the Annex) and
transfer it to the pot (5.1).
7.2 Preparation of liquor
7.2.1 Preparation without milk
Fill the pot containing the tea with freshly boiling
water to within 4 to 6 mm of the brim
(i.e. corresponding approximately to 285 ml in the
case of the large pot and 140 ml in the case of the
small pot described in the Annex) and put on the lid.
Allow the tea to brew for6 min, and then, holding
the lid in place so that the infused leaf is held back,
pour the liquid through the serrations into the
bowl (5.2) corresponding to the pot selected. Remove
and invert the lid, transfer the infused leaf to it and
place the inverted lid on the empty pot to allow the
infused leaf to be inspected. In the case of fine,
powdery dust grades, special care should be taken
and a sieve may be required.
7.2.2 Preparation with milk
Pour milk free from any off-flavour (for example raw
milk or unboiled pasteurized milk) into the
bowl (5.2), using approximately5 ml for the large
bowl and 2,5 ml for the small bowl described in the
Annex.
Prepare the liquor as described in 7.2.1but pour it
into the bowl after the milk, in order to avoid
scalding the milk, unless this procedure is contrary
to the normal practice in the organization
concerned.
If the milk is added afterwards, experience has
shown that the best results are obtained when the
temperature of the liquor is in the range 65 to 80 °C
when the milk is added.
While addition of milk is not essential, it sometimes
helps to accentuate differences in flavour and
colour.

A.1 Pot
A.1.1 The maximum capacities, when the pots are
filled to the partly serrated edge, are 310 ±8 ml for
the large pot and 150 ±4 ml for the small pot.
The inside of the pot may be marked with a groove,
or a coloured line, to indicate the volume of water
which should be added.
A.1.2 The lid should be loose-fitting and provided
with a small hole to allow air to enter when the
liquor is being poured out of the pot.
A.2 Bowl
The maximum capacities are 380 ml for the large
bowl and 200 ml for the small bowl.

NOTE The diameter of the bowl is such that the pot and lid can
rest inside to drain off the liquor, and the angle of the inside
surface of the bowl is such as to allow the taster an uninterrupted
view of the liquor without shadow.
A.3 Tolerances
A.3.1 The tolerances shown in the figure apply to
the pots and bowls in use, and it is recommended
that tighter specification should be applied in
manufacture.
A.3.2 The recommended masses are given below.
These are considered necessary to obtain a
reproducible temperature profile during the
preparation of the liquor, and to eliminate
variations in the temperature of consecutive
samples during tasting.
Pot without lid:
large, 200 ± 10 g;
small, 118 ± 10 g;
Bowl:
large, 200 ± 20 g;
small, 105 ± 20 g