• Wanderer@lemm.ee
      4·
      9 months ago

      Yorkshire tea is in my opinion the best. Nothing difficult needs to be done just follow the instructions add full fat milk, you can check colours online to see how much milk to add and add sugar if you wish.

      PG tips and Tetley are also good. Weirdly tea I’ve had with “English breakfast” hardly ever tastes like British tea.

      Green tea is super hit or miss. (No milk in this one) Sometimes it’s too weak and other times it’s a bit bitter. But I don’t really have a brand in mind for that.

      A mid range Jasmine tea is probably the best for consistency, in terms of a no milk green tea.

      Oolong is also good. Actually thinking about the best place to get green tea in America would be at a Chinese restaurant or Chinese store.

      Oh and don’t microwave water. No idea why, it tastes weird. Also heat the water then add it to the cup, don’t heat cold water with tea in it.

          • Ookami38@sh.itjust.works
            3·
            9 months ago

            There is actually zero difference. I promise you won’t be able to blind pick the microwaved cup better than chance, assuming all other prep is the same.

            • WIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.world
              2·
              9 months ago

              Exactly. I usually microwave a cup and then throw in the teabag. If gas stoves were not so inefficient I wpuld heat it on there but it takes about 5 times as long as in a microwave and tastes the same.

              • shuzuko@midwest.socialEnglish
                3·
                9 months ago

                Get an electric kettle. Tea should be brewed at an appropriate temperature for its style, and microwaving the water is inaccurate. Electric kettle will get you the right temp every time nearly as fast.

                • WIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.world
                  2·
                  9 months ago

                  You can fuck right off with your electric kettle elitism. I won’t buy something that will get used 2 times per month if I have everything I need to make myself tea already.

                  • shuzuko@midwest.socialEnglish
                    1·
                    8 months ago

                    🤷🏻‍♀️ Needlessly aggressive but ok. I use my electric kettle once a day minimum and I use it for things other than tea as well. My husband uses it for his French press coffee, we use it for hot choccy or ramen or even rice sometimes. It’s just an easier way to heat up water to specific temperatures, no elitism here.

                  • shuzuko@midwest.socialEnglish
                    1·
                    8 months ago

                    … No? 212° F water is not the same thing as 170°F for a more delicate tea. And, ok, you could let it cool down before adding the tea, but are you going to put a thermometer in it? How will you know when it’s the right temperature? Why not just… get it to the right temperature the first time?

                • Ookami38@sh.itjust.works
                  1·
                  8 months ago

                  Hey man, use a kettle, I got no problem with using a purpose made tool. I just hate the immediate, blind snobbery towards microwaves as if they somehow taint the tea, and not the brewers lack of care.

      • emptiestplace@lemmy.ml
        2·
        9 months ago

        I’m pretty sure that the idea of looking at a chart to determine the correct amount of milk for tea is causing something to short out in my head.