Dear Vivienne, I know that, and make tea in that way myself at home. But for groups of 60 who want to drink at the same time, organizing 10 teapots to go off at the same time, and then refills, is a bit of a tall order. And, must admit, I pour the tea from the pot into a mug from time to time.
Lyn from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA "My email sends out an automatic message. Arachne members, please ignore it. I read your emails." > >Gosh I'm astounded as a British tea drinker. You boil the water you put a tea >bag for each person in a teapot, never, never a cup or mug! Pour in the >boiling water. Leave to stand depending on how strong you like your tea. >Heaven. Unfortunately many of the young in Britain are making tea in mugs and >cups. Awful. Vivienne 😛 > > > >> On 4 Jun 2015, at 23:51, Lyn Bailey <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I hope this is the right place to go for this help. I live in America, where >> they don’t know how to make a cup of English tea. (Heat the pot, boil the >> water, all that.) Warm water and a tea bag next to it. I belong to a Jane >> Austen group that serves tea this way. We also have a fund raiser every >> year, >> an English tea as close as we can get it, but they will persist in a teapot >> of >> hot water and your choice of teabags in your cup. I figure since so many of >> Arachne members are Brits, I might be able to get good advice. Online they >> say use a tea concentrate, brewed with loose tea, meticulously measured with >> the boiling water in the pot. I figure Brits must have socials and church >> meetings and the like with large numbers of people, like 60. Is this a good >> way to do it, or is there another way to do this? >> >> I appreciate any suggestions. >> >> Lyn Bailey, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
