My daughter and I have been arguing about something (in a good natured way) for a while, now, and I realized I can ask my flist, since so many of you are Brits (or Brit adjacent).
SERIOUS POLL OF IMPORTANCE AND SCIENTIFIC MEASURING OMG*
*not in the slightest, and if you take this seriously to the point of believing this is an actual academic poll, I am going to laugh at you. Because I am an idiot, come on, now.
Also, it is said daughter's 16th birthday today, and she's awesome, and I love her a whole bunch. And she has a big surprise waiting for her when she comes home from school. MOPPING! I'm kidding. A BABY! No, that's not it, either. THE BOOT! 16 is old enough to be on her own, amirite?
I have all day to be goofy, and I'm happy about that. Also, I had to get ranty in my Tumblr this morning, something I never do, but it's important. And no one cares, I know, but I do, and I feel responsible for this topic (hoarders) and yeah.
BACK TO MY CUP OF TEA. Sans milk. (OMG, the MiL is coming over today and I'm on my "no booze" week and that might need to change.)
SERIOUS POLL OF IMPORTANCE AND SCIENTIFIC MEASURING OMG*
*not in the slightest, and if you take this seriously to the point of believing this is an actual academic poll, I am going to laugh at you. Because I am an idiot, come on, now.
I only consider it proper tea if:
there is milk added.
42(50.0%)
there is milk nowhere near my cup.
16(19.0%)
there is horse meat added.
3(3.6%)
I am a crazy person that doesn't know what tea is.
1(1.2%)
I don't drink tea (because I'm 'Merikan and we drink FREEDOM).
12(14.3%)
(which tastes like chicken. I MEAN EAGLES.)
10(11.9%)
Even though you said this wasn't serious,
I am taking this seriously. SERIOUS. Ferserius.
37(51.4%)
I don't know how to have fun and be silly.
7(9.7%)
I am going to argue something because you - on the internet - are wrong about something.
9(12.5%)
THERE AREN'T ENOUGH AMERICAN FLAGS IN THIS POST FOR ME TO FEEL COMFORTABLE.
19(26.4%)
Also, it is said daughter's 16th birthday today, and she's awesome, and I love her a whole bunch. And she has a big surprise waiting for her when she comes home from school. MOPPING! I'm kidding. A BABY! No, that's not it, either. THE BOOT! 16 is old enough to be on her own, amirite?
I have all day to be goofy, and I'm happy about that. Also, I had to get ranty in my Tumblr this morning, something I never do, but it's important. And no one cares, I know, but I do, and I feel responsible for this topic (hoarders) and yeah.
BACK TO MY CUP OF TEA. Sans milk. (OMG, the MiL is coming over today and I'm on my "no booze" week and that might need to change.)
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I like 'builders tea' as in leave the teabag in the cup 'til you can stand the spoon up in it and then show the side of the cup a little splash of skimmed milk. No sugar (which technically means it's not actually builder's tea as that along with 'NATO Standard' is strong with two sugars)
Really? Milk? Like, I guess I should ask if this is only for a specific type of tea, like black? Green? White?
Here in my neck of the woods, milk would be added to something like chamomile tea when you were little or sick.
I AM LEARNING SO MUCH, OMG.
I prefer weak tea, milk, no sugar. Tea without milk is suspiciously foreign.
I thought that was a metaphor. *scratches head*
Okay, here is how I - a lowly foreigner - make tea. (Loose in my tea strainer)
*heat water to appropriate temp for whatever type it is (currently I'm on a white tea with dried bits of ginger in it)
* pour water over tea ball/strainer
* let sit for 2 minutes (because it's white)
* pull out strainer, add a spoon of sugar in the raw, drink.
I AM DOING IT WRONG FOR ENGLAND, I SEE. Consider my mind BLOWN.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY STONEY JR! I hope she has a gorgeous birthday!
I will pass the wishes on! She's such a great kid, I just love her to pieces.
I have an old kettle that I can't part with, but an electric kettle would be great. (I know most Brits prefer that, as I've been told.)
Technically, I'll drink tea that has either milk or sugar, but both is better. Neither is baaaad.
Basic tea is *always* assumed to be black tea, and that's what you put milk [and one] in. Green tea and even white tea are around nowadays and are never milky afaik, but they're also always called 'green tea' or 'white tea'. Tea is tea, dammit.
I have no tea icons. Woe.
Kettles for everyone!
:D
Mmmm, jasmine tea. SO SO GOOD.
(Can I blow your mind about coffee? The lighter the roast, the more caffeine. I KNOW. I know. But it's true. The caffeine gets broken down - it's an actual, tangible oil, and is not unlike ear wax (blech) in its natural state - the longer its roasted.) But I drink Sumatra. Mmmm. Dark, like my thoughts. :D
No bone china in the house, I'm afraid! Well, not tea cups, just plates.
Mmmm. Lapsang.
Sit at desk and let out a low sigh of happiness.
Surf internet. *sips*
MIL+ no booze is a no go in my world but you're made of much sterner stuff than me!
Gumboot tea (I think it's the cousin to builders tea) always needs milk in it, sometimes lashings of it, sometimes to disguise that the tea is probably a bit crap.
No milk is for herbal tea because hippies are lactose intolerant and will fart the place up.
Yay, 16! That's legal working age, right? BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY! You should sit her down and tell her about periods and sex, the best birthday present a mum can give.
A very happy birthday and sweet sixteen to your daughter!
My mother is English and everyone in her family drinks tea with milk, no sugar. I take mine black with honey. I'm clearly the black sheep of the family.