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In honour of the
Queen’s birthday, it’s
time you learnt how
to make a proper brew✶ Back in 1946, George
Orwell wrote his famous
essay A Nice Cup of Tea,
in which he said, “One
should drink out of a
good breakfast cup – that
is, the cylindrical type of
cup, not the f lat, shallow
type. The breakfast cup
holds more, and with the
other kind one’s tea is
always half cold before
one has well started on
it.” He had a point... but
the teacup is far prettier.
✶ Stand by: the water
should be boiling when
it touches the tea. Wait
just five seconds after the
kettle clicks off and pour.
✶ It’s a contentious issue,
but we’re sticking to waterfirst, then milk. It’s the
only way to control how
much milk you put in and
that you get a real “tea”
colour. Otherwise it stays
milk-coloured, which is
just plain wrong.
✶ Always use fresh water.
The more water boils, the
less oxygen it has, which
is needed for tea leaves to
release their f lavour.
✶ Brew for 3-5 minutes,
then remove the tea bag.
Leaving it in is gross and
ruins the taste, too.
✶ Never ever, like, ever,
use a microwave to reheat
your tea. If you do, you’ll
end up offending every
citizen of
the UK.MAKE
THE
PERFECT
HOW
TO
DELISH
DOGS
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