They're designed to deliver the maximum amount of flavour in ~20 seconds.
So: bag first, then just-boiled water. Wait/steep for 20-60 seconds, fish out the bag with a teaspoon and squeeze against the cup, and then milk.
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How do you milk your teabag?
This depends on the water temperature. I boil mine, so I pour water first, wait a bit, then put the bag. If I do the other way around, sometimes the tea gets burnt and tastes too bitter, which I don't like.
I could also heat the water to a lower temperature but I don't have one of those fancy kettles with temp selection, and I usually get distracted to interrupt the kettle before it boils. But, if the water is hot enough already but not just boiled, then I'll put the bag first, then the water second.
For me:
- Cup.
- Reusable metal tea infuser.
- Loose leaf tea.
- press button on Japanese instant hot water dispenser
- (^this was probably the best $200 I've ever spent, fucking worth every dollar).
Milk, then water, then I empty the teabag into it. Duh.
I also like to put the water in the bowl before I pour the cereal in.
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Microwave the water on high for ten minutes, drop the teabag in, and run for my life
Damn, got away on time
First the filter, then the loose leaves, then water.
Absolutely! Nobody should use teabags, they're subpar and we're allready getting plenty of micro plastics in our bodies.
You will be deported from Ireland for putting the water in first.
Yes
Teabag and sugar, then drown it in a scalding stream of boiling water.
The microwave is a fundamental part of the Make Tea -> Forget About Tea -> Reheat Tea cycle.
Also, I have to put the bag in first, because otherwise I've no idea how much room I need to leave for it (which you'd think I'd be able to eyeball by now, but apparently not).
Hot water in the base chamber of the pot. Coffee in the funnel. Top chamber screwed on. Put on a high heat until the coffee is ready.
And then the teabag last?
Doesn't really matter, as long as you add the sugar while the liquid is hot enough to go into supersaturated solution.
Then chill and add ice.
The coffee grounds.
Teabag
Boiling water
Leave a for a couple of minutes
Remove teabag
Add milk
Kids distract me so I never end up drinking it
Teabag first just because the water will take a bit to heat up and I might as well do it while I'm waiting
Teabag. Make sure the water doesn't hit straight on the teabag, but kinda dunk it so it's fully wet while pouring.