Originally posted by kernelbogey
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I remember when tea-bags were invented. We adopted them immediately and the tea-strainer was history.
This morning, on reading some of the comments about milk in tea, I’m experimenting using half my normal amount. Usually I leave the tea bag for 5 minutes so it’s very strong, then pour in loads of milk with one sugar. So far I have no problem with drastically reduced milk and will experiment with a ‘splash’ at some point. I’d love to drop the sugar, but I find it hard - nearly all my friends have, including one who in the 1970s used to have 5 sugars in his tea (perversely he has the most excellent teeth to this day!).
I’ve just remembered an Indian doctor I used to work with. He would put tea, milk and sugar into a pan and boil it up for about 20 minutes. I was very surprised to hear from him that that’s how they do it in India. He said his favourite tea was to be had at an Indian Railway station - I don’t remember the one he identified.
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