For How Long do you Mash/Brew/Infuse your Tea?

[shanez]

Sometimes I skip effort altogether:

 

[irishearl]

I simply use a 4 cup Mr Coffee drip coffee maker devoted to tea. Probably does take 60 seconds. I use only loose tea. Makes a fine cuppa.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Darker the better.

My scone recipe has been perfected methinks.
You can't buy a good clotted cream in the States so I've turned to making my own.

 

[OzPiper]

Darker the better.

My scone recipe has been perfected methinks.
You can't buy a good clotted cream in the States so I've turned to making my own.
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I have to remind my wife she hasn't baked scones for quite a while
Unfortunately I'm extremely intolerant of cream
But I'll happily put up with a couple of hours of discomfort just to enjoy ones like these

 

[Flatfish]

Having read most of the comments here, I have come to the following conclusion.

I make the best tea.

But I knew that anyway.

 

[mawnansmiff]

I've heard they're a bit hardier in the North.

Living in Cornwall these last 35 years have made me nesh .

Regards,

Jay.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

I seldom use tea in bags but rather favor granulated black Indian teas /Brook Bond and other similar brands) I brew those in a cast iron tea pot of various sizes. Makes a strong cuppa ,adding milk&sugar as needed.

 

[AJL67]

What3ver the bag tells me.

 

[simong]

Kinda like how dry/moist do you like xyz blend before loading your pipe.

Hardly. A cup of tea is of far more importance!
Empires have been lost & marriages crumbled due to a below par cup of tea. A poorly prepared pipe can be knocked out & started again. A bad cup of tea in the morning will ruin the day!
Cappuccinos won't do you any good........ Look what it does to the Italians!

 

[mawnansmiff]

My scone recipe has been perfected methinks.

NOOOO .....the cream goes on the TOP, not the jam, that's the wrong (Devon) way.

This is the correct (Cornish) way....


Regards,

Jay.

 

[jpmcwjr]

hah! I'd almost kill for a scone with those ingredients, even if done backwards, à la Devon.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

NOOOO .....the cream goes on the TOP, not the jam, that's the wrong (Devon) way.

This is the correct (Cornish) way....

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Regards,

Jay.

I've tried it both ways - Tastes basically the same. =]

 

[renfield]

Probably 80% of the time I’m drinking an Irish Breakfast tea. Steeping time is 4-5 minutes.

 

[simong]

I've tried it both ways - Tastes basically the same. =]

Don't ever say that if you find yourself in Cornwall. You'll end up buried up to the neck on a cornish beach. Sconed & creamed to death! Lol

 

[VDL_Piper]

5 to 7 minutes and don’t forget to turn the pot

 

[JOHN72]

About 6 minutes. But if I were English by birth, and born in the UK, by English parents, it would be 5 minutes, maybe 6 minutes.

 

[captpat]

Zero, nada can't stand tea of any sort. Glad to see all the tea drinkers though as that leaves more coffee for me.

 

[Flatfish]

NOOOO .....the cream goes on the TOP, not the jam, that's the wrong (Devon) way.

This is the correct (Cornish) way....

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Regards,

Jay.

The Ceredigion way (not that there is such thing. But we are tight fisted).
Is like the Cornish way, except you put every bit of cream you have been provided on top. Even if you have been given far too much cream.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Don't ever say that if you find yourself in Cornwall. You'll end up buried up to the neck on a cornish beach. Sconed & creamed to death! Lol

I can think of some worse ways to die..

 

[romaso]

My scone recipe has been perfected methinks.
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Feel like sharing your scone recipe?