To ask DH not to strain my teabag with his bare hands?

[TeaSqueezingpos]

DH has been making me cups of tea for about 10 years. Funnily enough I’ve never stopped to watch him make it because.. well then I might aswell make it myself. This man make me about 2 cups of tea a day.

Hes making my evening tea today, and I catch him squeezing the teabag out, into my tea.. with his bare hands. Confused I ask “did you just use your bare hands to squeeze my teabag out?”

“well yeah?”

WHAT. What kind of psychopath have I been living with? He said that’s how he’s always done it. I’ve asked him to never do that again because.. ew! It’s somehow worse than someone touching my food with their bare hands 🤣

please tell me I’m not being unreasonable😩

I sometimes do it for my own tea. Especially if there’s not a teaspoon to hand (often happens at work).

I wouldn’t do it for someone else’s.

Take a spoon and saucer/plate !

That is bloody rank 🤢

He doesn't touch you with his bare hands does he! Do you make him wear disposable gloves PPE?

That's how I make tea. There is no point wasting a clean spoon on the process :)

If you're only using tea bags it can hardly hurt the taste, can it? Use proper tea with a tea strainer as you pour, or a mesh thing that hangs on the rim of the cup or a tea pot with a built in strainer! Problem solved but make sure he dons disposable gloves to get your biscuit out of wherever they're kept.

This is a non issue. You haven't been made unwell or thought that it tasted odd.

I can’t seem to get enough of a squeeze with the spoon against the edge of the mug, we like strong tea so yes, I do also use my fingers to get the last industrial strength drops !

You need one of these. DH’s reaction was ‘I really didn’t want to like this but I can’t stop using it and thinking how useful it is’ 😂 https://www.lakeland.co.uk/12644/tea-tool-tea-bag-squeezer

You should make him a sandwich and butter the bread with your fingers. See how he likes it!

And this is why I always ask for coffee at my friend’s house (yes she uses a teaspoon for that - doesn’t put her fingers in the coffee jar!)

LTB

I don’t drink hot drinks, but I make DH about 8000 cups a day, I might start doing this and see what his reaction is….

Id be concerned that he didnt wash his hands properly after going to the loo.

Gross. Squeeze with a spoon!

We use those Lakeland tea tools too, they’re brilliant x

There’s definitely nothing wrong with squeezing oranges with your bare hands. That’s totally normal. I don’t drink tea so can’t really comment but it’s rank anyway so no loss.

I cannot stand the idea of someone squeezing the tea bag with their bare hands, no. But than again, when I imagine your husband making you tea, twice a day for ten years, brings tears to my eyes. 😔 He is definitely a keeper, sorry OP.

He’s an absolute savage and should be immediately taken out the back and shot.

I know what you mean about a wet teabag feeling much worse than him making a sandwich OP. It’s so … intimate … squeezing … I just hope he washes his hands after using the loo before making your cup of tea.

So glad I drink coffee!

I had a cuppa waiting for me on the side this morning.. I’ve just been staring at it 👀

😂

As long as his hands are clean, really, does it matter? He does use his hands during food prep as well as other tasks, and as long as he operates under decent levels of hygiene I couldn't be bothered. You're getting a tea made for you!

My DS doesn't employ that final squeeze to the teabag before lifting it out, so the tea has a slight translucent look and the teabags are splashy going into the used-teabag-receptacle so it's more messy than it should be... I had thought he would be fully trained up as a teenager but it seems like an intensive course is still needed, like those swimming ones in half-term. Maybe I'll dangle a tea-making badge as an incentive...

When it comes down to it, the teabag squeeze is so important a step that it matters more that it is done than the utensil employed, so YAB slightly U.

I'm amazed at all the teabag squeezers!

No squeezing at all here, I just hold it to the side of the cup and let it drain a little so it doesn't drip everywhere. Squeezing it makes it bitter.

Well yes, I do use my hands to squeeze oranges and lemons, what on earth is wrong with that?! If people make you food they will use their hands. The only issue would be if they hadn't washed their hands before doing so.

do you guys juice oranges with your fists too?!

I don't juice oranges so, no I wouldnt squeeze oranges for that, but if a recipe calls for lemons or limes, yes, I also squeeze those with my hands.