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Milk in before or after teabag

95 replies

CharliesAngels81 · 13/12/2024 19:33

Please settle a debate in this household

Milk in before teabag taken out or milk in last?

Whose unreasonable here - I believe milk in before teabag

OP posts:
UndeniablyGenX · 13/12/2024 19:50

No milk. Milk ruins a good cup of tea.

Vettrianofan · 13/12/2024 19:48

After you remove teabag...or better still just make a regular pot of tea then add milk!

FOJN · 13/12/2024 19:47

Depends on whether I'm brewing in a cup or a pot.

In a pot the milk goes in the cup first.

In a mug I add the milk just before I remove the teabag just to be sure the tea is strong enough before taking the teabag out.

Bruisername · 13/12/2024 19:46

HunterHearstHelmsley · 13/12/2024 19:35

Milk first for me. It tastes weird if you add the milk last. Milk after for all the others I live with.

It's because I was fancy in a past life. Milk needed to be first so the boiling water didn't crack the china.

Edited

You put milk first in bone china when using tea brewed in a pot - not a teabag!

itsmylife7 · 13/12/2024 19:45

milk in before t bag it's the only way.

SaagAloopa · 13/12/2024 19:44

If you put the milk in first the teabag doesn't get hot enough

Floralnomad · 13/12/2024 19:43

Use a teapot , tea tastes much better .

Yirk · 13/12/2024 19:37

Milk first always.

Fireworknight · 13/12/2024 19:37

Varies. Sometimes I put milk and teabag and pour on water. Other times I add the milk afterwards.

Didshejustsaythatoutloud · 13/12/2024 19:37

HunterHearstHelmsley · 13/12/2024 19:35

Milk first for me. It tastes weird if you add the milk last. Milk after for all the others I live with.

It's because I was fancy in a past life. Milk needed to be first so the boiling water didn't crack the china.

Edited

Aww I was gonna say that.

TotallyTwisted · 13/12/2024 19:36

Obviously you put the milk in after you take the teabag out.

Eenameenadeeka · 13/12/2024 19:36

Milk goes last.

GauntJudy · 13/12/2024 19:36

Teabag in
Water in
Stir
Wait
Milk in
Teabag out

Youhaveyourhandsfull · 13/12/2024 19:36

Why would you even put the milk in first? If you use a teapot, that's ok. But you're not.
The tea needs boiling water to brew. Milk cools the water and stops it brewing properly. So just do things correctly and move on.

LindorDoubleChoc · 13/12/2024 19:36

Milk always in after. Anything else is just working class.

Didshejustsaythatoutloud · 13/12/2024 19:35

No, no, no. You are doing it wrong. You want me to tell you why?

MoonWoman69 · 13/12/2024 19:35

Milk after is definitely the way in this household! Let the tea brew, remove the bag, add the milk! You wouldn't add the milk to a teapot, so why in a mug?!
Strange subject to ponder on a Friday night!

Maverickess · 13/12/2024 19:35

Milk last...... Anything else is just wrong

HunterHearstHelmsley · 13/12/2024 19:35

Milk first for me. It tastes weird if you add the milk last. Milk after for all the others I live with.

It's because I was fancy in a past life. Milk needed to be first so the boiling water didn't crack the china.

ArchMemory · 13/12/2024 19:34

Milk last. Of course.

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