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Cuppa Tea!

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LittlleMy · 20/07/2025 08:57

So just a little lightheartedness on this drab Sunday morning in the West Mids 🙂☔️

I’d like to know your morning brew! And also to know if you have a favourite cup, brand of tea and if you have a pic to upload even better! (My guilty secret is teacup/mug hoarder 😅).

So my fave cup is a V&A Alice in wonderland decorated with gold leaf no less! Ridiculously costed but I had a voucher so all good. Fave tea is loose leaf Yorkshire and as you’ll see from my pic, I like it strong!

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RevolutionHere · 20/07/2025 10:14

disappointing tea currently, twinings every day,
it needs a long brew but has a strange taste.
i am determined we have to get used to it until we go back to yorkshire
bone china cup

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LittlleMy · 20/07/2025 10:14

Teapleasemilknosugar · 20/07/2025 10:09

Oh I'll stick the kettle on.

Whichever cup is clean suits me fine....

Tea please, milk no sugar for me!

And I’ll take mine the colour of He-Man - no sugar!

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LittlleMy · 20/07/2025 10:12

@LadyMonicaBaddingham Ha! Yes that’s my full-bodied colour!

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LittlleMy · 20/07/2025 10:11

@ColinCaterpillarsNo1Fan Bone China keeps the tea stay hotter for longer

I did not know that!

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Katemax82 · 20/07/2025 10:09

My son keeps buying new mugs but I stick to these plain white ones he got from home bargains. My least favourite are these easter ones he got with bunnies built into the handle that stick out and hit me in the glasses! My favourite tea is sainsburys red label extra strong, strong, milky and no sugar. My husband only really drinks tassimo Americano so never makes me a tea but my son does

Teapleasemilknosugar · 20/07/2025 10:09

Oh I'll stick the kettle on.

Whichever cup is clean suits me fine....

Tea please, milk no sugar for me!

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LittlleMy · 20/07/2025 10:08

@TherebytheGraceofGodgoI aw cute pair chicken cups - for the morning cuppa!

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LadyMonicaBaddingham · 20/07/2025 10:08

This always makes me smile, but I'm an Earl Grey drinker myself, so no milk for me!

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LittlleMy · 20/07/2025 10:06

@CinnamonCinnabar ooh yes thanks that’s a perfect match for my cup - don’t be enabling me though, I’m meant to be in recovery! 😅

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daffodilandtulip · 20/07/2025 10:06

LittlleMy · 20/07/2025 09:33

Honestly I’d love you to recommend a good fruit tea because all the ones I’ve tried (Twinings) smell divine but taste like dishwater!

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I have twinnings mostly! Leave the teabag in until you’ve drank it and add a sweetener.

ColinCaterpillarsNo1Fan · 20/07/2025 10:05

M8ne is proper loose leaf Assam from my cousin's tea plantation in Assam! I only have it when relatives go over to visit and bring it back. So I have to ration it to make it last otherwise it's Yorkshire Gold.

My mug is a thin China mug with my initial from Heals. Bone China keeps the tea stay hotter for longer.

BlueandPinkSwan · 20/07/2025 10:05

My fave mugs are a Cath Kidson guinea pig design and one with squirrels on it.
Both large mugs for a lovely mug of PG. Can't beat it.☕💕

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TaborlinTheGreat · 20/07/2025 10:03

Oh and a Japanese Hiragana one which isn't bone china but I'm fond of it because some studenrs bought it for me. I love my linguist mugs!

TherebytheGraceofGodgoI · 20/07/2025 10:02

Well I was up early before anyone and had my first cup sitting in the sun room in silence. Twinnings breakfast tea, weak and milky, made in the pot and drunk from my favourite bone china chicken mug (on the bottom).
Have since had breakfast and a second cup of tea in a bigger chicken mug.

RoseyLentil · 20/07/2025 10:02

Vanilla chai brewed strong, with milk. Toasted wholemeal seed bread with crunchy peanut butter.
I usually have coffee but with peanut butter I prefer tea.

TaborlinTheGreat · 20/07/2025 10:01

Favourite morning tea is something strongish - loose leaf Assam or an Assam blend with milk. However, I don't tolerate dairy well these days, and none of the non-dairy substitutes taste quite right in tea, so I often skip the milk now and have it a bit weaker.

I like mugs with alphabets on (job-related!). My favourite to drink out of is a lovely white, bone china one with the Arabic alphabet. It's very faded now, but I can't bring myself to chuck it out! I also have a nice Egyptian hieroglyphics one.

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LittlleMy · 20/07/2025 10:00

@JoanChitty oh yes, the cuppas that bookend your day are the best!

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DiscoDown18 · 20/07/2025 09:58

Ringtons tea (strong) in a china mug - the only way to start the day for me!

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LittlleMy · 20/07/2025 09:58

BejewelledCat · 20/07/2025 09:53

Loose leaf is so different in taste. I think they must grind the leaves finer to put in the teabag and something gets lost in the process.

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Yes I think that’s essentially it. I read someone describe it as just bags full of inferior dust - really put me off it after reading that!

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LittlleMy · 20/07/2025 09:55

@ApolloandDaphne funnily I only fancy Earl Grey when I’m on a break somewhere - otherwise basic Yorkshires my staple!

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CinnamonCinnabar · 20/07/2025 09:55

I love tea but trying to cut back on caffeine so mostly tasteless decaff just now. Countess Grey from Fortnum and Mason is my favourite but pricey!
I'm also trying to resist the urge to start collecting teapots - OP you may like this Alice in Wonderland one -

https://www.whittard.co.uk/tea/tea-equipment/teapots/alice-in-wonderland-tea-party-teapot-333682.html

Alice in Wonderland Tea Party Teapot | Teapots | Whittard of Chelsea

Buy the Alice in Wonderland Tea Party Teapot by Whittard of Chelsea from our classic Alice collection and have your very own mad hatter's tea party. Perfect for loose tea, browse the whole range online today.

https://www.whittard.co.uk/tea/tea-equipment/teapots/alice-in-wonderland-tea-party-teapot-333682.html

JoanChitty · 20/07/2025 09:54

We love tea in our house. We make it in a teapot which has a lovely cosy and we use Twining’s breakfast teabags. During the day we have several pots, we’re both retired.
Other teas we enjoy are Assam, Lapsang Souchong, and Lady Gray. These tend to be loose leaf.
The best cuppa is the first of the day and the one you have when you come home after a long day!

BejewelledCat · 20/07/2025 09:53

LittlleMy · 20/07/2025 09:46

Funnily I went off tea for about a year and it was really stressing me out as changing my usual teabags made no difference. I then decided to give loose leaf tea a go earlier this year - and omg! Total game changer, finally able to enjoy tea again! Hence me rejoicing with this thread haha

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Loose leaf is so different in taste. I think they must grind the leaves finer to put in the teabag and something gets lost in the process.

evtheria · 20/07/2025 09:53

• Strong bucket of Yorkshire Tea, with some milk (no sugar) so it’s the colour of a Werthers or slightly darker
• A hot teh tarik, spilling over with froth. Must be in a clear glass or an enamel mug.

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