chris & the giant peach
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Post by chris & the giant peach on Jan 12, 2012 19:19:03 GMT
Is it very wrong to have Earl grey tea with milk?
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Post by Weyland on Jan 12, 2012 21:10:03 GMT
Is it very wrong to have Earl grey tea with milk? Hell, no, Chris! Just as long as you put the milk in the cup first. You didn't, did you?!
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chris & the giant peach
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Post by chris & the giant peach on Jan 12, 2012 22:01:22 GMT
I always put the milk in first Weyland. Twinings Earl Grey teabags...I have no lemons. Wasn't too sure about the water, but decided it would be silly without it. I'm a little nervous of posh tea. Mother only stocks Yorkshire Tea, and still believes a cup of tea will solve every problem. She still insists gentlemen fought Zulus at Rorke's Drift clutching cups of Yorkshire tea.
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Post by everso on Jan 13, 2012 15:15:55 GMT
Chris, it's o.k. to put milk in Earl Grey tea, but you only need a very small amount and you can't really tell if you've got it right unless you put the milk in after you've poured the tea. You DID make it in a teapot, right? As an aside, I baked a very acceptable cake the other day. You make it with tea, mixed fruit, s.r. flour, butter, sugar and syrup. No eggs in it (I think it's a war-time recipe for when eggs were scarce). Anywaaayyy, I had some Earl Grey teabags knocking about and used them instead of my usual P.G. Tips, thinking that the bergamot flavour would enhance the cake. It didn't taste any different.
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Post by Weyland on Jan 13, 2012 16:22:31 GMT
Chris, it's o.k. to put milk in Earl Grey tea, but you only need a very small amount and you can't really tell if you've got it right unless you put the milk in after you've poured the tea. You DID make it in a teapot, right? As an aside, I baked a very acceptable cake the other day. You make it with tea, mixed fruit, s.r. flour, butter, sugar and syrup. No eggs in it (I think it's a war-time recipe for when eggs were scarce). Anywaaayyy, I had some Earl Grey teabags knocking about and used them instead of my usual P.G. Tips, thinking that the bergamot flavour would enhance the cake. It didn't taste any different. That'll be because you put the tea in first. Theory: The heat of the cooking process completely evaporated the bergamot oil. ~ Mrs YI tells me that RyanAir's "Milan" Airport is really Bergamo.
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Post by housesparrow on Jan 13, 2012 17:52:57 GMT
I once asked for tea with milk in Spain, and was presented with a cup containing milky hot water and a teabag on a string. It was camomile tea which with milk was absolutely undrinkable.
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Post by everso on Jan 13, 2012 17:58:08 GMT
Chris, it's o.k. to put milk in Earl Grey tea, but you only need a very small amount and you can't really tell if you've got it right unless you put the milk in after you've poured the tea. You DID make it in a teapot, right? As an aside, I baked a very acceptable cake the other day. You make it with tea, mixed fruit, s.r. flour, butter, sugar and syrup. No eggs in it (I think it's a war-time recipe for when eggs were scarce). Anywaaayyy, I had some Earl Grey teabags knocking about and used them instead of my usual P.G. Tips, thinking that the bergamot flavour would enhance the cake. It didn't taste any different. That'll be because you put the tea in first. Theory: The heat of the cooking process completely evaporated the bergamot oil. ~ Mrs YI tells me that RyanAir's "Milan" Airport is really Bergamo.It is. We flew from Bergamo to the UK when we visited Lake Como (we'd originally flown into Pisa airport - for Florence - to attend a wedding, then caught the train up to Como) Yes, you're probably right about the bergamot oil. I hadn't thought of that.
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Post by Weyland on Jan 13, 2012 18:50:21 GMT
Yes, you're probably right about the bergamot oil. I hadn't thought of that. I'm an engineer. Trust me.
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chris & the giant peach
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Post by chris & the giant peach on Jan 17, 2012 13:50:14 GMT
Chris, it's o.k. to put milk in Earl Grey tea, but you only need a very small amount and you can't really tell if you've got it right unless you put the milk in after you've poured the tea. You DID make it in a teapot, right? As an aside, I baked a very acceptable cake the other day. You make it with tea, mixed fruit, s.r. flour, butter, sugar and syrup. No eggs in it (I think it's a war-time recipe for when eggs were scarce). Anywaaayyy, I had some Earl Grey teabags knocking about and used them instead of my usual P.G. Tips, thinking that the bergamot flavour would enhance the cake. It didn't taste any different. Twinings Earl Grey teabag in a mug Everso.
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Post by everso on Jan 17, 2012 23:46:10 GMT
Chris, it's o.k. to put milk in Earl Grey tea, but you only need a very small amount and you can't really tell if you've got it right unless you put the milk in after you've poured the tea. You DID make it in a teapot, right? As an aside, I baked a very acceptable cake the other day. You make it with tea, mixed fruit, s.r. flour, butter, sugar and syrup. No eggs in it (I think it's a war-time recipe for when eggs were scarce). Anywaaayyy, I had some Earl Grey teabags knocking about and used them instead of my usual P.G. Tips, thinking that the bergamot flavour would enhance the cake. It didn't taste any different. Twinings Earl Grey teabag in a mug Everso. Ah. They are Dunoon bone china mugs, Chris. Lovely to drink from: www.dunoonmugs.co.uk/small-regular-mugs.htm
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Post by Weyland on Jan 18, 2012 9:15:47 GMT
My mother wouldn't even consider drinking tea from anything but the finest china cup with matching saucer. Milk from a matching jug. When I got married I had to buy a set especially for when she visited. Got it at Fenwick's for an arm and a leg. A mug for her! I should cocoa! (Milk in first, of course. It's in the genes.)
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Jan 18, 2012 15:41:17 GMT
I always put the milk in first Weyland. Twinings Earl Grey teabags...I have no lemons. Wasn't too sure about the water, but decided it would be silly without it. I'm a little nervous of posh tea. Mother only stocks Yorkshire Tea, and still believes a cup of tea will solve every problem. She still insists gentlemen fought Zulus at Rorke's Drift clutching cups of Yorkshire tea. I think she be right. The officers were probably sipping Earl Grey from china cups, the lads laying down volley fire and sticking Zulu's were most likely slurping some rough brew from their mess tins in between actions. "okay lads, the last one to kill a Zulu has to make the brews..."AH
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Jan 18, 2012 15:43:59 GMT
Fun tea fact: The British MOD is the only army in the world who designs main battle tanks that have an inbuilt brewing stove (I shit you not). AH
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Post by housesparrow on Jan 20, 2012 17:15:34 GMT
The French of course install a percolator in their submarine conning towers.
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Post by aubrey on Jan 20, 2012 21:19:57 GMT
A fact like that, AH, makes me proud. Is the French one true, as well, Housey? It should be.
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Post by bonbonlarue on Jan 25, 2012 18:40:13 GMT
Speaking of tea...I've just got home from an afternoon tea [without tea, funnily enough] at a quite nice bistro/bar in the centre of Birmingham. Excellent sandwiches, lovely desserts, champagne cocktails with tasty strawberries and a VERY good house red. *sigh*.....nice company too...
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