Biscuit tea

[PP Bear]

Love a bit of mashing…although I only ever do it in the mug if I am desperate. Tea pot all the way ….was you not dragged up propply?

I was brungdid up real proper. My mum said I was special and have needs and I went to the best schools, they were all approved

 

[Carpmart]

Tea is neither difficult nor an art form.

Method: Yorkshire tea bag, boiling water over the top, steam from properly boiling water inflates tea bag, keep poring slowly the water over the Yorkshire tea bag. Retrieve semi skimmed milk from fridge, pour a small (note small) amount into tea infusion in the china mug (did I mention it must be white China mug) mash teabag around mug until sufficiently brewed, remove tea bag and enjoy!

No sugar or biscuits should go anywhere near the mug!

 

[Langtoftlad]

You're all wrong!
A proper mug of tea is made strong from loose leaf tea single origin from Kenya... not Yorkshire blended teabag floor sweeping dust from goodness knows where.

 

[InvictaMoto]

My wife drinks that White Rose stuff. I prefer a Red Rose brew..... My Gran would kill me if she was a) alive and b) for entertaining anything Yorkshire in the house and moho.....

 

[PaddyM]

Leave teabag in mug to mature as it cools

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[carolyn]

Leave teabag in mug to mature as it cools

I’m with you, my tea is often drunk cold with the bag still in it, not deliberate but I’ll get distracted. Pretty strong by then! Drunk it black since I was a child, my Mum’s tea was strong but everyone else would give me weak milky tea as I was a child. It was easier to just have it black.

 

[Nanniemate]

I’ve gone over the years from Nat’s piss milky tea to Yorkshire tea left to brew for 5 mins and little milk, what’s that about..

Don’t tastes change when we get older…

Oh dear you.may be growing up not just older

 

[dunnah01]

My wife drinks that White Rose stuff. I prefer a Red Rose brew..... My Gran would kill me if she was a) alive and b) for entertaining anything Yorkshire in the house and moho.....



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Proper tea that - milled, not mined like the Yorkshire stuff

 

[Jim]

You really must try it

NO No no Yorkshire Gold, we take it with us all over the wurrld.

 

[CAB96]

I used to work in an office with a load of women, and we took turns to make the drinks.

I could never, ever get them to understand that it was possible to have strong, but milky tea.

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[carolyn]

NO No no Yorkshire Gold, we take it with us all over the wurrld.

When I went to NY before Covid I had some in my hand luggage and some in my suitcase in case any was stollen. My cousin thought this was risky so I had him on speed dial in case I got arrested at JFK. He’s a lawyer in America. Yorkshire Gold is serious business.

 

[Lenny HB]

I love coffee as well these days but I’d rather have a bad cup of coffee than a bad cup of tea. At least I can force that down !

Very true unless it's instant as that is undrinkable.

Retrieve semi skimmed milk from fridge, pour a small (note small) amount into tea infusion in the china mug (did I mention it must be white China mug) mash teabag around mug until sufficiently brewed, remove tea bag and enjoy!

Noooooo, you can't put the milk in before it's finish brewing, it stops it brewing.

 

[Carpmart]

I’m with you, my tea is often drunk cold with the bag still in it, not deliberate but I’ll get distracted. Pretty strong by then! Drunk it black since I was a child, my Mum’s tea was strong but everyone else would give me weak milky tea as I was a child. It was easier to just have it black.

Yes Caroline, but I cant be doing with the cup cleaning.... A very modest amount of milk largely revolves the tannin staining, hence I have a small amount of milk!

 

[jockaneezer]

"Milk in first" is a hangover from when we Brits first started drinking tea, the flimsy China cups of the day would often crack due to thermal shock from the hot tea splashing into a cold cup, so milk in first provided a means to take the "sting" out of the boiling hot tea.
I agree with Lenny though, I would never put milk in first with a tea bag as it slows the infusion down and also, how do you know how much milk is appropriate, if you haven't even made the tea yet ?
Oh, and I never squeeze the bag out too forcefully, it spoils the taste for me.

 

[Pausim]

Brewing should take place in a teapot with milk waiting in the cup to mix with the freshly poured tea.

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[Puddleduck]

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At one time owned by my Mum's family but was sold a few years ago.

If you are ever in Kendal the shop and cafe are worth a visit but very popular and get busy.

 

[Hawkstone]

Brewing should take place in a teapot with milk waiting in the cup to mix with the freshly poured tea.

Exactly

 

[Hawkstone]

NO No no Yorkshire Gold, we take it with us all over the wurrld.

They have diversified…here is a challenge for you. Try it and post your view.
And definitely with a McVities digestive dunked in.

 

[CAB96]

"Milk in first" is a hangover from when we Brits first started drinking tea, the flimsy China cups of the day would often crack due to thermal shock from the hot tea splashing into a cold cup, so milk in first provided a means to take the "sting" out of the boiling hot tea.
I agree with Lenny though, I would never put milk in first with a tea bag as it slows the infusion down and also, how do you know how much milk is appropriate, if you haven't even made the tea yet ?
Oh, and I never squeeze the bag out too forcefully, it spoils the taste for me.

Milk in first always.

But then, always brewed in a pot.

15 minutes preferable.

Even if its just for me.

But then, I always make enough for 2.

After all, there's only one thing better than a good cup of tea..........









And that's a second cup!

 

[TinaLes]

When many of us were kids our grandparents & parents used loose leaf tea as teabags hadn't come to the market.
I bet most like myself still leave half an inch of tea in the cup because we can still remember how horrible it was to discover the tea leaves left at the bottom of the cup, even though we are mostly using Tea Bags.
You guys that only promote Yorkshire Tea astound me, Tea is a blend of leaves offering different flavours, Twining's have been pushing different blends all our lives, yet I don't like any of them, especially the varieties in bags that have a paper label draped over the cup.
Interesting Google Quote: Yorkshire Tea as a brand was launched in 1977, originally conceived as a "Yorkshire blend for Yorkshire people". So, its not been arround that long, and was an invention for convenience, not necessarily flavour.
I say this as I had a very surprising experience when visiting the wife in a posh Private hospital last week, I was served loose leaf tea on a tray in a china tea pot, with hot water jug, separate milk & sugar...It was a revelation, it really hit the spot, especially with the choc chip biscuits supplied in their own little packet.
I can thoroughly recommend that we all give loose tea another go, as inconvenient as it may be after tea bags, it really does release more flavour and is worth the effort, especially if having a "High Tea" remember those?
I will have to try and find my tea strainer and my old tea pot, get some loose tea Assam or Breakfast will do, maybe even my favourite Red Label.
Remember the old advice, after warming the pot, its one teaspoon per person, plus one for the pot!
If I have convinced you to give proper loose tea a go, let me know how you got on with it, was it a revelation to be repeated on a regular basis, and what Tea Blend did you try?
Go on spoil yourself, cos no one else is goin to. Remember the saying "Eat up son your at your aunties"
LES

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[Jim]

: Yorkshire Tea as a brand was launched in 1977, originally conceived as a "Yorkshire blend for Yorkshire people". So, its not been arround that long, and was an invention for convenience, not necessarily flavour.

When it came around means nothing, Motorhome fun didn't come along till 2007. .

First pint every morning comes from a ten cup Brown Betty The Yorkshire loose-leaf is pretty average. Our leaf of choice is from the Brew Tea Company, their English breakfast is expensive, but apart from Champagne, there is no better way to start the day As a proper connoisseur who drinks several pints of tea a day, I've tried almost every black tea there is, even tried blending my own. For my taste, Yorkshire Gold is the best tasting tea bag on the shelf by quite some way.