Posted by Tamar on August 29, 2005, at 9:02:50
In reply to Re: Coffee » Tamar, posted by Gabbix2 on August 28, 2005, at 21:31:25
> The reason is quite simple. If you pour the tea slowly onto the milk, first bit of tea will warm up the milk, and prevent the sudden temperature change that leads to scalding. It's really the same reason some recipes will call for pouring a hot liquid very slowly into the other ingredients, stirring all the while. The equivilent of that, in "Proper English" tea pouring is to move the pot up and down while you pour, to make air bubbles. I don't do that unless i'm only in the mood for a good cup of tea. But anyone who knows me, knows that adopting a meaningless "proper" way of doing something, just isn't something I'd do.Interesting about the milk! And I never knew that was why people moved the tea pot about while pouring. Well, it's always nice to learn something new.
> And if you can't taste the difference, well it doesn't matter, it's been proven that some people have taste buds far more sensitive to subtlety than others.
Yeah. And I smoke so I undoubtedly have an imparied sense of taste.
Must go find my tea pot...
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