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The Perfect Pot and Cup of English Tea!
By: French Tart
Nov 5, 2007
The perfect pot of English tea leads to the perfect cup of English tea! I know this is NOT a recipe, but it is amazing how many people do not know how to make a PROPER POT of tea! We always make a pot of tea at home - even if there is only one of us here, we just use a smaller pot! I also prefer loose tea to tea-bags, but we do use good quality tea-bags as well. This is my method for making a perfect pot of tea, and therefore a perfect cuppa. This has been posted due to a request from my daughter, who obviously has FAR more sophisticated tastes as a university student than I did when I was one!! Plus, what can be nicer then baking a cake, inviting a couple of friends over and having a natter with a cuppa? It puts the world to rights! Quantities are listed for a pot of tea for two.....you can increase or decrease the amounts to suit.
SERVES 2 , 1 Pot of Tea for 2 people
Ingredients
- 3 teaspoons loose tea, such as assam tea or darjeeling tea or english breakfast tea or orange pekoe tea or lapsang souchong tea or earl grey tea or ceylon tea
- water
- milk
- loose white sugar
- white sugar cubes
- lemon slice
Directions
1
Only use freshly drawn cold water, ensure that kettles or water boilers are de-scaled regularly and that teapots are spotlessly clean.2
Teapots should be warmed with hot water, which is then poured away.3
Use the recommended number of tea bags or one teaspoon of loose tea per cup, AND one teaspoon for the pot. (For one person use a 10oz tea pot, for two persons a 20oz tea pot is recommended.).4
Water should always be freshly boiled and boiling when added to tea.5
Leave to brew for 3-5 minutes before serving. Stir before serving.6
Pour a little milk into each cup before pouring the tea through a strainer if necessary, and sweeten with sugar as required.7
You can omit the milk and serve the tea with lemon slices if you wish.
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Featured Reviews for This Recipe
From: Mrs.Jack
On Oct 29, 2008
I was so happy to find this recipe-I knew I needed to get the tea right-serving to my British friends! Made to accompany Traditional English Tea Time Scones With Jam and Cream for a wonderful afternoon delight! Thank you, French Tart!
From: Sage
On Sep 10, 2008
This as a wonderful Tag.I am a tea drinker and very fussy about preparing the proper way. I inherited this from my mother. I never once saw her drink coffee and her tea time was always special. I have routine; I start my day with a perfect pot of tea, another mid morning and another mid afternoon. It is a great way to make the world around you more serene. Right now I am into green tea. I realize it is not the proper English tea but It is another phase I am in. I have always preferred my tea natural without anything added. Thank you FT for bringing back wonderful memories. I am sorry but my pictures did not do justice for your Perfect Pot and Cup of English Tea! I made this for Everyday is a Holiday Tag game. Rita If you are cold, tea will warm you. If you are too heated, it will cool you. If you are depressed, it will cheer you. If you are excited, it will calm you. ~Gladstone, 1865 Strange how a teapot can represent at the same time the comforts of solitude and the pleasures of company. ~Author Unknown
From: mary winecoff
On Nov 15, 2007
Wonderful! This is exactly like the tea my girlfriend's mother used to serve after school. I never knew why it tasted better than my mother's but since her mother came from England I just thought she added a secret ingredient. Yummy! I used English Breakfast tea. I take mine with milk and sugar. Thanks!
From: Andi of Longmeadow Farm
On Feb 8, 2008
Growing up as a "proper" young lady~ my wonderful Grandmother made me this tea even though I was only 5 years of age. The tea was served in a proper china tea cup with the proper saucer underneath with a spot of cream and sugar cubes, of which you would use sugar tongs to very gently put into the bottom of the tea cup and promptly put the cream/milk and then the addition of the tea. This quiet afternoon I found this treasure of a recipe to replicate the exact tradition of which I had learned to serve tea. This is exactly as used more the 45 years ago, and it brought to mind many fond memories back in view. I used Earl Grey tea~and even had the absolute sugar cube to sweeten the tea. I just happened upon cream this morning so there I was~set up for the perfect day to enjoy the perfect tea. Thank you FT, for the wonderful memories and the absolute tradition of this afternoon treat.
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