To just want a good cup of tea?

[Theveryhungrycaterpillar123]

I love a good cuppa. Good strong tea (think builders tea), brewed and not much milk. Bliss.

I get so disappointed when other people make me tea and I get given some watered down milk. I like strong tea and I think friends interpret this as not much milk, when actually I like the tea bag to sit for a bit first. Obviously I drink it anyway, I'm not that rude!

Worse is in any coffee shop and the rare occasions I get a tea to take out and it's like cat's piss (probably).

So aibu to just want a nice cup of tea?

Before anyone tells me I'm way over thinking this, I'm bf DS2 and so I'm not drinking much caffeine. A nice, mug of tea is a lovely treat. And helps me get through the day with a 2 year and a 5 month old.

Any tea sympathisers out there?

I am so with you on this. I can't drink milky tea at all. Even if it's strong so do have to say that I only want a tiny bit of milk. I can drink weak tea that's not too milky just to be polite though. But preferably the tea needs to be strong with a dash of milk. Otherwise it's very dissapointing.

I am sufficiently inspired. I just "one-click"ed a loose leaf infuser on amazon, I have a lot of loose tea as presents and no way of drinking it... Yet! I'd like to have ordered a teapot with infuser but I'm working up to it.

BTW
tea bag, water. Go for shower. (4 min!)
Squeeze bag good and proper.
Add a splash of skimmed milk and a sweetener.
Drink whilst it's liable to cause 3rd degree burns!

stripyhoglets absolutely agree- it's amazing how tea can go from being the drink of the gods (when I make it) to something that makes me gag when under-brewed and over-milked. In general I refuse all offers to make me tea except by family as I know it will be undrinkable and I will end up queasy and still thirsty! Yet after 30 years of at least 3 mugs a day I still get that incomparable "aah" pleasure when I take the first sip of a particularly good cup of tea

Wibblypig, you need one of these (unless you prefer electric kettles). I bought mine at least 12 years ago and it has seen constant use ever since. It has a nice long spout so you will never be burned by steam as you pour.

I hate milky tea. It has to be Tetley, brewed in a teapot and then poured into a large mug, with a hint of milk on top.

I also like my tea a good strong orange. And the water has to have just boiled and to have been poured over the bag (do not give me a cup of hot water and then put the bag in it).

My MIL is proud - proud - of making four cups of tea from ONE BAG.

(Otherwise she is a genuinely lovely MIL.)

PS. Teabag. Just boiled water. Brew 3 mins. Squeeze bag. Add splash of milk. My grandparents put milk in with teabag and I can cope with that but it's not right.

I actually had an argument with my friends boyfriend about tea (light hearted) because I put the milk in first, always have.
Otherwise to me it just tastes of hot water!
I use skimmed milk and Yorkshire tea bags.

When I was at slimming world I kept staying the same weight, despite following the plan, or so I thought....
The milk allowance was approx 3-4 cups of tea a day, I was having around 15 and wasn't realising that the extra milk was adding up!!
I've never ever drank a cup of coffee.

I shared halls with a girl who would ask me if I wanted a 'mash'. As a softy southerner, it took me a few seconds to figure out what she was asking!

It's got to be made in a Whittards type teapot which has the strainer thingy inside. That way, you use leaf tea, dispense with the need for a strainer, and have something that's easy to clean out at the end.

I'm with a lot of you in saying that a weak, milky brew of tea leaves me feeling really sick.

I am allergic to coffee.
I like love a good cup of tea. Strong Yorkshire tea, with Yorkshire water and a splash of Yorkshire milk. Aaaah.

We got those silly zip taps at work a couple of years ago. They do not make properly boiling water and the resulting insipid tea is a constant disapointment.

And the water has to be freshly drawn.

No re boiling here.

So I'm gathering some of you are fussy about tea bags too? I am. I don't have loose tea but I will only buy certain t-bags. Yorkshire tea is good, Tetley too and Twinnings everyday, although I did buy pg tips purely for the monkey.

I love tea, if it has to be a teabag I use Scottish Blend pyramid bags, don't like any others.
I usually use Eteaket breakfast blend loose leaf though,is fab.

Marks and Spencer extra strong are good, as is Waitrose Gold. My Mum swore by Co-op 99 loose leaf.

Jessie. Glad you share my taste in teabags. I think M&S is the better-tasting and best value but Waitrose is good. Morrisons used to sell their own "Best" teabags, which were excellent. Sadly no more.

Interesting that some folk like Tetley teabags. I think they used to be good but are complete crap these days. In Wetherspoon pubs, where I am right now, it's Lavazza coffee (good) or Tetley tea (bad).

In what sense is it disgusting Hovercraft? I find that if I don't like a blended tea (as opposed to single variety like Darjeeling or Assam which may have an unpleasant aromatic quality) it is because it is tasteless, but I wouldn't describe them as disgusting, just as not strong enough for me. But you can always steep a strong tea bag for less time if you prefer weaker.

Do you like strong tea generally or are you a Twinings Lady Grey just waft it past the water type?

I love Yorkshire tea because is good and strong. I really don't like Earl Grey, it tastes like how I imagine old socks to taste. Assam is nice as is Darjeeling.

My favourite is Lapsang Souchong, but I don't drink it all the time. I also really like that Moroccan tea that you get that you put loads of sugar in and no milk. They do both of those in the little cafe near me, as well as Egyptian tea which is also v good. The mint teas have actual mint leaves in them - v refreshing.

People upthread were talking about fruit teas and I agree they are generally v bad, but herbal teas from Pukka are lovely - have yet to find one that I don't like.

Why? Tea is evil, tastes fowl (yes spelt that way) now good proper hot chocolate...heaven...

YANBU.

But surely weak tea is 'gnats piss' not cats piss?