Milk in before or after teabag

[CharliesAngels81]

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

Milk last, tea tastes horrible if the milk goes in first and I can always taste which way the tea was made.

Last! I like strong tea.

If you put the milk in first it’s just weak and horrible.

I like milk first because it reduces the scummy film.

My H likes milk last because you get a stronger brew.

So help me, I make mine my way and his his way.

Actually, it was fancy in the past to put the milk in last - because better quality china could take hotter water than cheaper china. I have heard that the royal family jokingly refer to the lower classes as “MIF” - milk in first!
At any rate, I think the proper way is milk in last.

No prelactarianism in this house. We won't stand for it.

teabag in
brew for several minutes
add milk, stir until desired strength

although milk in first is with tea from the pot, which is brewing in the pot

Milk last

After if it's a teabag.

If tea is made in a pot, before.

Milk in first reduces the temperature of the water and stops the tea brewing properly.

Much better to use a pot, milk can then go in the cup first if desired, and doesn't alter the water temperature in the pot.

Why the fuck would you put COLD milk on a tea bag... the tea bag is designed to have boiling water put on it, why would you ruin it by adding milk first!?!?!?

There is an argument as well as to whether you add the milk when the tea bag is still in the mug and I am also on team add milk last in that sense too!

"I believe milk in before teabag"

This is a crime against tea.

Milk before water 😂 your tea wouldn't brew.
Tea bag (Glengetti) , sugar, water, wait, squeeze, takeout, splash of milk= perfect cup of tea!!

I don't drink tea. Milk first. I no longer get drawn into making tea.

I would rather just make my own than be given a bad cup of tea that I have to drink politely.

Milk in last. And don't squeeze your tea bag! It releases the tannin and makes the tea taste bitter.

After you’ve taken out the teabag surely. From a pot though I put the milk in the cup first.

No milk. Ever.

Milk, sugar and teabag in the mug, in the microwave to warm for thirty to forty seconds, then boiling water poured on. That's how I make my tea, anyway. 🤷‍♀️

Milk first
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In a cup, when you are pouring from the tea pot, maybe. Though China can take boiling water, so it’s bollocks anyway.
Tea needs boiling water to brew properly - you don’t put milk in first in a teapot, do you?

Milk and teabag should never meet! Bag in mug -add boiling water - 5 minute brew (no stirring) - take out bag - splash of milk and a stir.

Or even better, tea from pot into mug then add milk.

Irrelevant question because if you make your tea in the cup you are already a tea philistine. .

You are very very wrong.
Tea bags or leaves should gave booking water poured on them, if you put the milk in first then they are just sat soaking up cold milk.
Milk in the mug first is fine if you are using a tea pot, if you are making in the mug then milk second. Always.
But don't leave it too long, if the tea stews for too long before the milk is added it looks weird as the temperature is all wrong.

That is one of the most vile things I've ever heard 🤣.