Tea questions time

Yorkshire tea for every day, but a recent addiction too is Lime and Ginger Sensation (no milk) and a must is Sleepy Time tea for the last cup of the day.

... meant to add, a fine cup is essential. I can't stand it in the trendy coffee shops when I am bought tea in what looks like a soup bowl.

that should be brought!

Ditto Grannyknot must be china!! Mug or cup - don't mind.

Our local Chinese restaurant serves Jasmine tea and it goes a treat with the food.

I use tea bags for everyday tea but reading this thread might just try some leaf tea again - I have several teapots of varying sizes! What does one do with used tea leaves these days? - we don't have a compost heap.

Assam in the morning and Ceylon in the afternoon or Darjeeling if I've run out. It has to be a pot. I think one tea bag is a dreadful waste as I was told if tea is brewed properly then you can get three cups from a tea bag . I hate a tea bag in a mug . What do you do with the tea bag? Mugs don't have saucers.

goldengirl, you can put the tea leaves straight onto the garden.

I love tea.I cannot function until Ive consumed three mugs of the stuff every morning.The tea I like is QT., a powdery substance which is ideal for making in a flask, but I can drink it anywhere.Then I add two teaspoonsful of dried skimmed milk(cholestrol friendly), and a teaspoonful of honey.Lovely. And so comforting.I absolutely hate teabags.However, my daughter says my blend of brew is disgusting! Ah, well; one mans meat is another mans poison, so the saying goes......Where is the apostrophe on this keyboard?????????

If I lived on my own, Id be very economical with my teabags, I like my tea very weak, so one bag would probably last me all day!

Yorkshire or Tetley. Strong with skimmed milk and one sugar in a porcelain mug. Anyone know how to get the resulting stains off the mug. I have tried Vim, Sterilising fluid, and brillo. No luck.

Lujaha,how about bleach with water. Let sit overnight.

Steradent (or Polygrip make a similar thing)

And if you have a hairbrush that looks grotty between the bristles, where it is difficult to clean, put that in a jamjar of steradent/polygrip water overnight - looks like new in the morning.

Envious , great minds and all that , that is exactly what I do , when mugs get stained .

I find though 30mins. is ample .

Although they have been through the D/W 1st , so perhaps that loosens the stains ?

Or a gentle scrub with a non-scratch sponge - the sort that is OK to use on non-stick cookware.

I sometimes use an oxygen powder. Most supermarkets have their own brands but probably Vanish is the leading brand.

Microfibre sponge works every time.

Always leaf tea, made in a pot. Assam or Ceylon for breakfast, Yunnan in the afternoon. Milk, no sugar and Penguin book mugs.

Anno The other "oxyclean" brands work just fine.

This thread is running and running...tea must be important to us all.

My favourite: Lemongrass tea, in a wide lipped cup. Loose leaf steeped in my little green pot - afternoons only.

Soil from the garden also removes tea stains, although I do use the bleach method..............no garden.

Steradent takes the 'top' off the china - as it does with dentures. Toothpaste might work

Three Tulsi tea from Pukka delicious - always have one in the afternoon. I've just got some Rose, Chamomile and Lavender flower tea from them called Love (hope it works!). In the morning I have Green Jasmine tea. I just chuck a tea bag in the mug - couldn't be doing with cups and saucers I used to drink builder's tea with milk but gave it up completely after starting the 5:2 regime.

I drink chamomile in the evening and find that it is,indeed, quite calming! Builders tea in the day, but sometimes I don't get away with it, as best friend thinks that proper tea is akin to drinking poison! She thinks Earl Grey is quite naughty.