Preparing tea

How to make a proper cup of tea

Start with rapidly boiling water. Not hot water, not slowly boiling, but rapidly boiling water.

Pour a little boiling water into the teapot to warm it up. Discard this water and return the pot to the burner so that it resumes boiling for Step 4

Loose tea is preferred but generally speaking you want one bag per cup of tea (6oz).

Pour the boiling water directly onto the tea.

Cover the teapot, swish the teapot gently a few times and let the teapot steep for a few minutes returning occasionally to swish the teapot.

In each teacup pour a small amount of milk first. The proper milk to use is 2%. Pouring the correct amount of milk required for a proper cup of tea, is a highly developed skill. Don't be surprised if this skill takes a while to develop.

Pour the tea into the milk.

Sweeten to taste with your choice of sugar