to think it is normal to put sugar in THE CUP and not THE TEAPOT?

[ChaosTrulyReigns]

I saw a woman whilst out today, who added her sugar to her, granted individual-sized, teapot.

That's beresk, non?

You have just brought back an awful memory- years ago- I worked in a 'mental handicap' hospital (yes, that's what they were called then) and we made tea by-
getting a giant teapot
putting a huge tea bag in it
adding a cup of sugar
and boiling water
and then a pint of milk

you only got tea without sugar if you were diabetic

HP, that sounds a bit like the way they make tea at tea stalls in India ? just all boiled up together with loads of sugar. Would be horrid anywhere else but makes perfect sense in its cultural context. Especially first thing in the morning with a hot, freshly fried, sweet/peppery doughball thing.

was she.....punished....????

Yes, she has been punished; she will NEVER be invited around to a genteel afternoon tea round ChaosTrulyReigns place. Is that not punishment enough?! Or would a light flogging be more satisfactory?

How very dare you make fun of my tea-drinking habits??!! As a resident of la-la-la-Loopy land it is my democratic right to drink tea as I wish. I have signed a pledge which means that on every other tuesday I shall put my sugar in my teapot and not the cup.*

*Except with months with an 'a' in them, that is. I'm not mad, y'know. And through it all she offers me protectionnnn...

This is serious stuff folks.

And wtf is TheBereskTeaLady?

It's not normal in the UK, but perfectly acceptable - in fact normal - in Arab countries such as Saudi. In Estonia tea is served with lemon and honey. In France you won't get milk with it unless you ask (unless it's obvious you're English). In the States it's just c**p. In fact there aren't many countries that drink it the way we do - so to go back to the OP, it kind of depends what you mean by 'normal'.

My Nana used to alway put a "tip" of sugar in the teapot to "draw the flavour" I only recently started liking tea again, after realising it doesnt always have to taste sweet and milky!

Crikey Chaos. TWO THREADS??? You really have been discombobulated by the left-field actions of this tea drinker.

I have a friend who puts the milk in her teapot. It is SO WRONG but she doesn't listen and thinks there is nothing wrong with it.

The other one was filled with obtusers bibbity.

They deliberately missed the point of the thread and derailed it into something risque.

The buggers.

My boyfriend's Ma, from Belfast Norniron, made tea in a stainless steel teapot and then put it on the hob to simmer for 5 minutes before pouring out.

Errmm....In our house, we always put sugar in the teapot if alot of us are drinking tea.....why is that weird? Everyone in my family has at least 1 sugar in their tea, so why the hell spoon out 1tsp into each individual mug?? I think YABU - I've always done this, and my Mum used to do it too.....I don't understand why people are finding this weird..

I find it hugely weird MrBlooms. Have never seen or heard of the like!

In a cafe I always put the sugar in the little teapot otherwise the sugar don't dissolve in the 2nd cup (I can always get 2 cups out of those little pot)

My grandfather once tried to make tea by putting teabags, milk and sugar in the kettle. It wasn't long before he was diagnosed with dementia.

DH does this, as it's just tea for the two of us. But then he is a little eccentric. I can't imagine what he's going to be like when he's old.

However, IMO, it is far far worse to put milk in tea, bleuh!

CamperF.

In the immortal words of MN:

"Leave him."

It's disgusting behaviour. Sitting there, in a public place, calmly stirring sugar into her teapot. Challenging onlookers to say anything with her anti social, deviant behaviour.

chaos