How do I make a cup of tea?

[Kaylia76]

I am so confused by this very simple thing I have been doing for absolutely ages.

When we first bought a place I thought the reason my tea tasted crappy was because of the kettle. We moved house and the tea tasted slightly better (same kettle) but we know upgraded to a SMEG.

The last two cups I've made, there's been almost like a thick tea like deposit at the bottom of the cup (I notice it whilst drinking as I get to the bottom of the cup). What am I doing wrong?

I think I have hard water...is there a solution for that?

How are you making 'the tea'. Is it in a pot or just a teabag in a mug

Filter your water. Brita is a common brand.
Descale your kettle often.

Do you know what the weird deposit is? It's a brand new kettle (cleaned first). Never had it before.

I am putting the teabag in (Yorkshire) and then pouring water in and brewing, then remove tea bag, add milk.

Brew it in a teapot. Put milk in the cup and then pour the tea into that. That way you don't get that oily residue on top of the tea. Use a water filter, like a Brita, and that helps with hard water. Use better tea because Yorkshire tea, in my opinion, is awful: it's too bitter. I know that saying that out loud is almost a hanging offence since I'm from Yorkshire but Iuch prefer Twinings or teapigs tea!

The scum is from the hard water.

Yorkshire tea is fine, obviously people like different things but it doesn't cause the scum, that's the water.

Are you using whole milk and quite a lot of it? That would give you a scummy deposit.