Anonymous wrote:I'm a hot tea addict, I have an instant hot water dispenser to instantly make a cup of tea whenever I want. Best thing ever.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I am an avid tea drinker (of Irish ancestry). For a cup, I use my electric tea kettle, a tea strainer and a scoop of loose leaf tea; pour the boiling water over the tea in the strainer which is set over my cup, and let steep.
I rarely make a pot of tea but when I do I use the electric kettle, strainer, and several scoops loose leaf tea (depending how big/small a pot). I sometimes will boil water and pour it (plain) into my tea pot to pre-heat it. Otherwise, the process is more or less the same, pour the boiling water (more of it) over the tea in the strainer (more of it) which is set over my tea pot, and let steep (same amount of time). I also have used a tea cosy sometimes to keep the pot warm though pre-heating is effective. With tea bags it is the same just more tea bags for a pot than a cup.
This is how I make tea, too.
Anonymous wrote:I have an electric tea kettle and I use it ALL THE TIME.
Anonymous wrote:I am an avid tea drinker (of Irish ancestry). For a cup, I use my electric tea kettle, a tea strainer and a scoop of loose leaf tea; pour the boiling water over the tea in the strainer which is set over my cup, and let steep.
I rarely make a pot of tea but when I do I use the electric kettle, strainer, and several scoops loose leaf tea (depending how big/small a pot). I sometimes will boil water and pour it (plain) into my tea pot to pre-heat it. Otherwise, the process is more or less the same, pour the boiling water (more of it) over the tea in the strainer (more of it) which is set over my tea pot, and let steep (same amount of time). I also have used a tea cosy sometimes to keep the pot warm though pre-heating is effective. With tea bags it is the same just more tea bags for a pot than a cup.
Anonymous wrote:Are you from Russia/FSU? I am and that’s how we used to make tea over there. These days, I just use tea bags or the “strainer” if having loose leaf. We do have several nice tea pots but pretty much never use them. I find that even if we serve tea when having company, people want a variety of flavors so it doesn’t make sense to serve just one pot.