A nice cup of tea
Some may think it excessive for me to drag Martine on a 4 hour round trip to a Welsh village (that Princess Diana visited no-less) to drink some tea. However when I saw the lady approach us with a woolly tea cosy on the pot I knew I had made the right decision. This was then followed up by her pouring the milk into the cup first (never understood the whole milk-in-last theory at all), thus ensuring a piping hot cup of Welsh tea. As if it couldn´t get any better, we were then served scones, sponge cake and fruit loaf - heaven on a plate. (Martine has just told me that is enough, so I will end now before I go too far). C´mon the tea drinkers!
(Martine: and all that on the 25th anniversary...colonialists or what...)
posted by SC @ 5:48 pm
3 Comments:
Pouring the milk into the cup first is actually a hangover from the Victorians. Old china was pretty brittle stuff, and putting boiling hot water straight into a china teacup often made it crack...so the Victorians always put their milk in first.
Scientifically speaking, it's better not to do this, as the optimum tea brewing temperature is something like 92degC -- which is pretty much what you'd get if you poured boiling water straight into a cold cup.
How geeky am I?!
I miss Mahinda
Oh, I should point out that the stuff about tea only applies to teabags; if you're using a proper teapot, just put the milk into the cup whenever you want!
Miss you too, Sue ;o)
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