Dieter Folz wrote:
> Hello to all,
>
> Reading some books by Kazuo Ishiguro lately, I noticed a great "fuss"
> about the tea and it's way to be served. I don't understand that at
> all. As I understand, the "orthodox" English way is to serve (and
> take, of course) tea always with milk. Well, esp. in the afternoon I
> presume there is mostly a decent Earl Grey or Darjeeling been drunk.
> Preferring a nice blend of FTGFOP1 Darjeeling First Flush (and an Earl
> Grey from time to time) by myself, I can't imagine drinking those with
> milk! So, I hope someone here can enlighten me about the English way
> of drinking tea ;-).
>
Although my father always drank Russian tea (that is, tea with lemon), I
did my formative tea drinking in England and now always take black teas
with milk. Earl Grey, Assam, Lapsang Souchong, whatever, all with milk.
I rather like the taste. I gather you don't. Fortunately, I am not
bound by your taste.

dmh