Okay, I think I've been making tea wrong my entire life.

I watch a few british shows, Doctor Who and Sherlock among them. And apparently I don't make tea correctly?

For us Americans, we either boil water on the stove or in the microwave, then add it to the cup. We then put a tea bag in the cup, leave it for about 5 minutes, add honey, remove/squeeze the tea bag, and then throw it away, and then drink the tea.

That's how we do it in my house, anyway.

What I see on British shows, however ... they have this cute little kettle thingie that they make the tea in, and then pour it into the cup already finished.

Can anybody tell me how to PROPERLY make tea?!

@Delightfully: Wait ... you can re-use them?! Since when?! I thought all the tea leaves inside the bag were used up when you used them!


@sunny: I will definitely watch that video! Thank you :)

@Delightfully: To be honest, I normally drown the taste of the tea in honey anyway, so ....

Depends on how lazy I am tbh. Often I'll go all-out and use the electric kettle and do it the 'proper' way. Our kettle is pretty quick, but rinsing out and filling can be tedious.

But when I'm really lazy and don't want to wait, I'll pop a mug of water in the microwave with the teabag already in it--using a little less water than usual--zap it until it boils, add my milk and sugar, and voilá!

@Totalanimefan: You mentioned not to squeeze the tea bag for black tea - is that something people do with other types of tea? I know my father mentioned it, but I figured he was just wierd, haha!


@Miss Sandman: I didn't when I was younger, but I'm finding a nice herbal tea helps me to settle down before bed. Trying to replace my nightly ice cream with tea, since I'm diabetic and it's much more healthy for!