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Subject: petition to have guantanamo banned
Actually, you are wrong. It's to protect craply made china from having boling water poured directly into it. Those who use proper china are non-plebs.
Similarly, those that live in hard water areas are plebs. 2 nil, beehatch. And are you sure there's lactic acid in hard water? Or are you using sweat or something to make tea (not that I think there's lactic acid in there, either)?
Similarly, those that live in hard water areas are plebs. 2 nil, beehatch. And are you sure there's lactic acid in hard water? Or are you using sweat or something to make tea (not that I think there's lactic acid in there, either)?
As ever, wiki is 110 percent correct:
The addition of milk to tea was first mentioned in 1680 by the epistolist Madame de Sévigné.[43] Many teas are traditionally drunk with milk. These include Indian chai, and British tea blends. These teas tend to be very hearty varieties which can be tasted through the milk, such as Assams, or the East Friesian blend. Milk is thought to neutralise remaining tannins and reduce acidity.[44][45]
The order in which to make a cup of tea is a much-debated area. Some say that it is preferable to add the milk before the tea, as the high temperature of freshly brewed tea can denature the proteins found in fresh milk, similar to the change in taste of UHT milk, resulting in an inferior tasting beverage.[46] Others insist that it is better to add the milk after brewing the tea, as most teas need to be brewed as close to boiling as possible. The addition of milk chills the beverage during the crucial brewing phase, meaning that the delicate flavour of a good tea cannot be fully appreciated. By adding the milk afterwards, it is easier to dissolve sugar in the tea and also to ensure that the desired amount of milk is added, as the colour of the tea can be observed.
In Britain and some Commonwealth countries, the order in which the milk and the tea enter the cup is often considered an indicator of social class. Persons of working class background are supposedly more likely to add the milk first and pour the tea in afterwards, whereas persons of middle and upper class backgrounds are more likely to pour the tea in first and then add milk. This is said to be a continuing practice from a time when porcelain (the only ceramic which could withstand boiling water) was only within the purchasing range of the rich - the less wealthy had access only to poor quality earthenware, which would crack unless milk was added first in order to lower the temperature of the tea as it was poured in.
Moot point, anyway, because I am a pleb and have no milk in my tea. What about that, eh?
The addition of milk to tea was first mentioned in 1680 by the epistolist Madame de Sévigné.[43] Many teas are traditionally drunk with milk. These include Indian chai, and British tea blends. These teas tend to be very hearty varieties which can be tasted through the milk, such as Assams, or the East Friesian blend. Milk is thought to neutralise remaining tannins and reduce acidity.[44][45]
The order in which to make a cup of tea is a much-debated area. Some say that it is preferable to add the milk before the tea, as the high temperature of freshly brewed tea can denature the proteins found in fresh milk, similar to the change in taste of UHT milk, resulting in an inferior tasting beverage.[46] Others insist that it is better to add the milk after brewing the tea, as most teas need to be brewed as close to boiling as possible. The addition of milk chills the beverage during the crucial brewing phase, meaning that the delicate flavour of a good tea cannot be fully appreciated. By adding the milk afterwards, it is easier to dissolve sugar in the tea and also to ensure that the desired amount of milk is added, as the colour of the tea can be observed.
In Britain and some Commonwealth countries, the order in which the milk and the tea enter the cup is often considered an indicator of social class. Persons of working class background are supposedly more likely to add the milk first and pour the tea in afterwards, whereas persons of middle and upper class backgrounds are more likely to pour the tea in first and then add milk. This is said to be a continuing practice from a time when porcelain (the only ceramic which could withstand boiling water) was only within the purchasing range of the rich - the less wealthy had access only to poor quality earthenware, which would crack unless milk was added first in order to lower the temperature of the tea as it was poured in.
Moot point, anyway, because I am a pleb and have no milk in my tea. What about that, eh?
the lactic acid is in the milk...
You should stop drinking those protein shakes!
You should stop drinking those protein shakes!
although I have just read that thoroughly and that bloke is a bit of a knob...
I have had an idea that will work.
Get this - it's quite ground breaking...
We all drink our tea just how we like it! I bet it catches on!
Get this - it's quite ground breaking...
We all drink our tea just how we like it! I bet it catches on!
Although I must add that the milk should on no accounts go in first otherwise the tea tastes too weedy.
Re: tea; if you want a job doing the best way is to do it yourself...
Mrs. RedJim makes tea by pouring the milk in first and then stewing the teabag for next to no time and then taking it out. My perfect cup of tea gets left to stew in the kitchen for a good few minutes and then gets a dollop of the creamy bit at the start of a pint of full fat milk in it and, if I'm hungover, a spoonfull of sugar and a bacon sandwich.
Mrs. RedJim makes tea by pouring the milk in first and then stewing the teabag for next to no time and then taking it out. My perfect cup of tea gets left to stew in the kitchen for a good few minutes and then gets a dollop of the creamy bit at the start of a pint of full fat milk in it and, if I'm hungover, a spoonfull of sugar and a bacon sandwich.
i just put the milk in first so im doing something while the kettles boiling
I don't have tea, so it's even more pointless for me.
how is tea pointless just because you don't have it?
No, woppa's wiki extract of milk, and the order in which it should be added.
"No, woppa's wiki extract of milk, and the order in which it should be added. "
yes! yes! yes!
I finally caught a Cartman!
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yes! yes! yes!
I finally caught a Cartman!
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We all drink our tea just how we like it!
may i suggest getting some strong black tea then adding cinnamon, cloves, cardamon, and a bit of chilli, plus some condensed milk from the can. best to boil the whole lot together on the stove for 15 minutes. lovely.
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may i suggest getting some strong black tea then adding cinnamon, cloves, cardamon, and a bit of chilli, plus some condensed milk from the can. best to boil the whole lot together on the stove for 15 minutes. lovely.
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