How to Make a “Proper" Cup of Tea (British Tea, that is)
How to make tea like a Brit.
Ingredients
- British tea bags
Instructions
- Boil the water
- Warm the teapot
- Add the teabags and water to the pot. (See notes)
- Use a tea cosy, if you have one.
- Steep the tea at least 5 minutes.
- Pour the tea and add milk and/or sugar if desired.
Notes
- First of all, a proper-proper cup of tea is made with loose leaf tea, but most of us don’t have time for that on a daily basis, two or three times a day.
- Add roughly one tea bag per person, but you can get away with 3 tea bags for 5 people when using a pot. You can just steep it longer for a stronger brew and less tea bags.
- So this is mostly aimed at US households who are used to a Lipton teabag in hot water in a mug. This will be a big change in flavor for those of you.