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A good tea should be a uniform golden shade. There is only one thing worse than the abomination that is iced tea, and that is tea with milk in. I would recommend a good Earl Grey or Darjeeling.
If you can get some, I would also recommend Dimbulla (a Ceylon tea). It's my favourite early morning tea.
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I'm not really to the point where I have different types of tea for different times of the day.
On a personal note, I'm just not that sophisticated - I still struggle with the concept of not picking my nose in public.
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MadGerbil wrote: I still struggle with the concept of not picking my nose in public.
When did this happen? 
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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Earl Grey, with a slice of lemon and half a teaspoon of sugar to offset the tannic acid is a pure delight.
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I don't do sugar.
That is nas-tastic.
I will put in the equivalent of an entire lemon into a 24oz glass of tea though, much to the frustration of wait stafff that are forever running back to the kitchen to get extra lemon. The smart ones bring out a small plate of lemon slices.
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Sugar in tea is what gave us The Empire!
We invaded India to steal the tea and shipped slaves to the colonies to cut our sugar.
The milk, we had already.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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Gun Powder is a pretty good tea as well.
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Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
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Obviously Pete knows nothing.
Tea with milk[^] is the only correct way for British people to drink it.
Earl Grey was an idiot and his tea blend tastes of ash and perfume mixed and is probably the reason people started putting large quantities of lemon it tea in the first place!
Darjeeling should be mixed with Assam to make the perfect blend.
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Only a dullard would ruin a superior brew with milk.  if you drink a decent brew, you shouldn't need milk.
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Way to insult 99.99% of the British! Go Pete Go.
It may not need milk, but I happen to prefer it that way.
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Damn it, I was aiming for 99.9999%. And if you spoil a Darjeeling with milk, I will send Sean around to see to you right now.
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This thread is cracking me up. I love iced tea, though hardly drink it any more.
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I'm not sure that the Brits here would consider tea a laughing matter.
I'll leave you to your fate.
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The History Of The East India Company[^]
(HHGTTG Reference thrown in for free).
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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I think some patriots in Boston realized that a couple hundred years ago.
They aren't well armed these days. What are they going to do, hurt me with sarcastic and undercutting remarks?
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wizardzz wrote: They aren't well armed these days. What are they going to do, hurt me with sarcastic and undercutting remarks?
You would likely not get invited to the Downton Abbey Christmas party next year.
Your standing in the community would be devastated.
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Tea, whether served hot or cold should be made with great care and attention.
Firstly, and this is critical, the water must be BOILING.
Hot water is not enough, it needs to be furiously boiling as you are making an infusion.
It is best made in a pot, so boil the water and pour this into the pot.
Leave for a few minutes, then pour this hot water back into a kettle and reboil.
This ensures the pot is warmed and will not cool the boiling water when it is repoured into it.
Now it ought to be loose-leaf tea, this allows for free movement but a quality tea-bag is acceptable.
Put two teaspoons (or 2x Teabags) into the pot and pour on the now boiling water.
Stir several times and allow time for it to 'brew'. A couple of minutes at least.
If drinking hot, then pour tea into cup then add milk.
(Some will claim that putting milk into the cup first stops the tea from staining one's best china, but it is hard to judge how much milk in required prior to seeing the strength of the tea.)
(Note: The Milk rule only applies to monkey tea, not the quality speciality teas that are only to be drunk black, or with lemon and/or a small dash of sugar).
If drinking cold, then remove teabags and or strain leaves from the infusion.
This will stop it from stewing.
As a rider, water quality is very important.
If you are in a hard water area then a water filter is required to remove the chalk from the water.
This improves the tea by several orders of magnitude.
Remember the golden rules...
BOILING WATER
DON'T LET IT STEW
and
GOOD QUALITY WATER
This should ensure your drinking pleasure for years to come.
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You managed to type 500 words on teh topic without answering the question.
I assume you're a consultant of some sort.
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I am an accountant.
Here is my bill.
I would suggest then that the cafe in question needs to employ a British Tea Consultant for training and educational purposes.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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Luton's almost 200m above sea level, so you can't make a decent cup of tea there without a pressure cooker.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Dalek Dave wrote: If drinking hot, then pour tea into cup then add milk.
Abso-fruggin-lutely NOT!
You put the milk in first, so that it warms up gradually as the tea is poured on top of it.
Delicate stuff, milk, full of long chain molecules, which screw up into balls (AKA curdle) if you suddenly increase their temperature.
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Iced tea needs to be "cold" brewed.
'nuff said.
Nihil obstat
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You are my brother from another mother.
I'm glad there are other tea pagans here. 
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As another tea geek, I have to out myself:
Iced tea isn't an abomination by itself - but selling overly sweetened "fruit" juice with traces of ingredients almost, but not entirely unlike tea as, well, iced tea is.
Plain tea - a strong-ish Celyon or a not to stong Assam, not or slightly sweetened and well iced is a treat on a hot summer day (something those brits don't know about, obviously).
As for cloudy, nope, shouldn't happen, unless it's a specialty tea I never heard of.
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