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Oh darn, I just looked at that symbol again and it's a TEACUP! And I am a huge tea drinker. I got 'burned out' on coffee when I was teaching. We had some of the worst coffee in the faculty room. Most times it was like mud. I think it may have eaten my stomach for years :) %(_)> I have a teapot collection. You should always put warmwater in the pot before you actually make tea. My grandma was VERY English. I can tell you some things about MY teapots :) ~ Curbie
 
I read an article in one of my magazines on the proper way to make tea. I found out that I didn't do anything right.
 
I make mine in my large mug!
Drop the tea bag in the mug and pour the hot water from the kettle.
I let it sit for a minute and then squeeze the bag and remove it!
I know someone who leaves the tea bag in the mug.....yuck!
She called it steeping!
 
I'd call that 'soggy'. Tea should always be clear. I make iced tea by just putting hot tap water in a gallon GLASS jug. No sun ~ just tea. If you 'brew' iced tea in a plastic container it's crummy. I use 4 teabags and keep track of the color it is. I go by color. Ever go to a restaurant where the tea is 'cloudy' ~ crummy tea. Tea has to be clear. My teapot collection is used for things other than making tea. :) ~ Curbie
 
I know I have that article in one of my magazines, but it would make you laugh. The lady that wrote the story told of sending her aunt in England a box of tea bags during World War 2 when tea was so hard to get. The aunt wrote her back and asked if she could find some tea that was not in those bags as it was so tedious to cut them open to extract the tea. I also learned that you are never supposed to take the kettle to the pot. You are supposed to take the pot to the kettle. You put the milk and sugar in the cup and then pour the tea in. I do that backwards too except that I don't use milk and sugar any more. Dunking a teabag up and down is just NOT the way it's done. So I messed up there too. Of course we have an Australian friend that was born in Scotland and I could hardly wait to read her the article and found that she doen't do it right either. I can see that I would cause a major disturbance if I ever tried to attend a 'high tea'.
 
>>>> I <<< would be the first person to say (at High Tea) , THIS is crummy tea." I'm telling you ~ the key to great tea is glass. We have glass mugs. We have glasses. Make tea in a glass container. You will be amazed b/c it really does work better than porcelan (that's spelled wrong) or china tea cup. Some day, I'll tell you what's in my teapots :) If you can't see the color of the tea, you can't tell if it's the strength you like. I like really strong tea. Those English tea bags make me nuts-er.They're so weak. Put the sugar in the cup first and then the some hot water (b/c that will make the sugar melt) and then the milk. Sugar has to melt :) I only drink iced tea (w/o sugar) but that makes sense to me. Like a curb is so sensible. :) ~ Curbie
 
To me, if it tastes great the way you make it, then it's the right way!
I'm not one for rituals!
Mug to the kettle with a bag in the mug! Pour the hot water, steep for a minute, squeeze the bag on the side of the mug with a 'teaspoon', discard bag in the compost bucket, add the sugar, then the milk (I use soya milk..because I'm lactose intolerant) then go to my laptop...place mug to the right, 12 inches away from the laptop and enjoy!
Can't do coffee! 4 years of University coffee did me in! If, and whenever I do, I take it black with sugar!
 
Are you sure it isn't 11.5 inches from laptop? I'll bet it's only 11 inches away. Ron. :) I have a question so soy milk is not really milk? ~ Curbie
 
I drink mostly tea, I kicked coffe last year but I will never give up my tea. Hot, or cold, green or black I love it!
 
See, Ron. You make it like I do except I don't use any sugar. My cup is only about 4" from the side of the keyboard though. Both my wife and daughter have attended teas and enjoyed them, but I don't think it was nearly as formal as 'high tea'. The Japanese also have a pretty rigid tea ceremony and from what I know about it, it is a thing of beauty. But I also know I would be very much out of place attending.
 
I would be singing,"I'm a little teapot short and stout. Here is my handle. Here is my spout. When you tip me over..." now I have the hiccups. rats, i hate when that happens ~ Curbster
 
Soy is my substitute for milk! So I call it soya milk. There is one made from rice, but I don't like!
 
Rice Dream. I don't care for it either. The new soy milks have some good flavors too. I like the vanilla. I like the almond milk but not as much as soy.
 
I have never tried either substitute, but I'm fortunate that I can have regular (low-fat) milk. I love milk and I have about a cup every day. There was a time when I was overseas that all we had available (aboard ship) was powdered milk. For months that was the only thing to have on our cereal or whatever. Once we returned to where fresh milk was available, I remember standing next to a dispenser at the chow hall on base and drinking cup after cup.
 
Even as a kid I never liked milk. Mom would fight me to drink it. Now however I do like cream which I can't have and I am eating more cereal so the flavored soy milks are good for me.
 
It's funny!
I do not like the smell of milk, or the taste!
I love cheese, and occasionally use 1/2&1/2 in recipes rather then 2%!
Somethings just do not turn out with soy!
 
MTM drinks soy milk all the time so I have sipped on it myself. Do 'they' make soy cheese? So soy milk does not come from a cow b/c it must come from a soybean. What does a soybean plant look like? ~ Curbie
 
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