Fuck wiki, DSF is 95% English. What is English Tea?

[BNanni]

Definatley PG tips. None of this Tesco own brand either.
3 sugars and a bit of milk in mine, cheers.

[fork]

Definatley PG tips. None of this Tesco own brand either.
3 sugars and a bit of milk in mine, cheers.

3 sugars!!!!!!! Madness.

[BNanni]

Yeah definatley!
Or more if its in a bigger mug.
Gotta have biscuits for dunkin' aswel!

[bass hertz]

Yeah definatley!
Or more if its in a bigger mug.
Gotta have biscuits for dunkin' aswel!

american biscuits:



technically, you could dunk these too.

[nousd]

sorry basshz
what you get as tea in the states is generally absolute muck
and preparation is totally uncouth.
I abhor being served a teabag in tepid water on the east coast.
imo anything from Liptons is low-grade dregs.

fine teas of Western Asia are delicately brewed with BOILING water with sugar or sugar added after.
Bali tea is strong black brewed with sugar
Anglo-influenced tea is usually reasonable quality with milk and sugar
trad aussie tea is way strong, sweet & milky
hippie tea is either chai-spicey or honey en lieu of milk
I believe Hungary is the teaphile's heaven
You may have discerned that my limits of tolerance for what constitutes a good cuppa are very narrow.

[james fox]

all about PG tips double bagged with a bit of milk and no sugar tbh

[BNanni]

Yeah definatley!
Or more if its in a bigger mug.
Gotta have biscuits for dunkin' aswel!

american biscuits:



technically, you could dunk these too.

WTF!
Those aint biscuits!

Those are biscuits

[LEQ]

Hobnobs yes, PG tips, no.


Fuck off.

[magma]

General "English" tea refers to "English Breakfast Tea".

Earl Grey is something seperate, though it is "an English tea", it's not really "English Tea".

I don't actually like tea that much. One day I'm scared of being rumbled and deported. The BNP will be knocking any day now.

[LEQ]

You've just gone right down in my estimation Magma.

I'm currently on the phone to the Daily Mail, look out.

[defekt]

I always thought milk made tea stupidly weak, and sugar made it too sweet.

[faust.dtc]

I prefer an English Breakfast Tea. Not a fan of Earl Grey, its too fragrant and flowery for my liking. I like a strong builders brew, splash of milk and one sugar.

When it comes to PG and Tetley, I have both at home and have found I prefer Tetley. Its all about Dalgety tea though. Its a kenyan/caribbean blend and its really full of flavour. You can make 2 cups with one bag its so flavoursome. I know the women who owns the company and im always geting freebies for work. You can get it in some supermarkets at 40 bags for 99p. Bargain trust me.

http://www.dalgety.net/index.asp

[james fox]

Not a fan of Earl Grey, its too fragrant and flowery for my liking.

might as well drink a glass of hot perfume

[defekt]

http://www.dalgety.net/index.asp

lol at the video on this, thanks for this btw

[DRTY]

I wanna know the real deal. Most people in the states think English Tea is Earl Grey - and that you guys drink it with cream and eat crimpets or crickets and bisquits or some other shit.

In the southern region of the United States, we drink iced sweet tea with lemon wedges. And it's usually the lipton brand, tetley, or luzianne. It's the cut black and orange tea leaves variety in tea bags.

I personally like green tea, hot or cold. Also hot chamomille and chai teas.

I'm also under the belief that "tea time" also means lunch or dinner?

Set the record one time, please.

Earl grey isn't generally regarded as 'tea'....

Tea would be a teabag, with boiling water poured over it, sugar added, and a dash of milk; both optional, but generally evreyone has milk and sugar.

Popular brands include Twinings, PG Tips, Yorkshire, and Typhoo.

Tea isn't really served with cakes or scones as a standard thing, older people would more more likely to do this (older as in 60/70+), but sometimes people might do this on special occassions or something. Or tourists might visit a tearoom under the false pretence that all english people have afternoon tea daily.

But it is true we drink alot of tea, I reckon I have between 5-12 mugs a day, I just find it more refreshing than juice.

We also have green tea and lemon tea and ice tea etc etc etc, but that's not strictly tea. (I personally avoid them).

There are many methods to making you perfect cup, but here's mine;

1; Put teabag, and one teaspoon of sugar into your mug. Boil Kettle.

2; Once boiled pout straight onto tea bag leaving a good inch and a half of 'non-filled' mug (for milk).

3; press teabag against side of mug 3 or 4 times and remove. Stir to dissolve sugar.

4; add as much milk as you like according to personal preference.

5; drink

In regards to the tea-time as a name for a meal, that varies from different regions of the UK.

In the south (where I am), it's breakfast, lunch, then dinner.

In the north, it's breakfast, then dinner, then teatime/supper.

[BaronVon]

sorry basshz
what you get as tea in the states is generally absolute muck
and preparation is totally uncouth.
I abhor being served a teabag in tepid water on the east coast.
imo anything from Liptons is low-grade dregs.

Here Here

I generally stick with Chinese, Taiwanese or Japanese Tea. Most English Tea comes from India. The Indians grow some good Tea but most is Black and not really my preferred Cuppa.
I favour a good cup of Pu'erh Tea (opium of the Tea world) from the Yunnan region of China, some high quality Oolong or Gyokuro.
Don't be putting any milk or sugar in my Tea either, straight up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pu-erh_tea

[maori-nick]

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Couldent put it simpler.

[faust.dtc]

http://www.dalgety.net/index.asp

lol at the video on this, thanks for this btw

Lol, yeah that video is jokes. The guy in it is Pork Pie from the old comedy Desmonds in case you didnt know.