According to future King Charles of the shrinking UK ("the brother
of"), these are the rules for making tea (not that he makes it himself
of course):

-Green tea: brewed for 3 minutes
-Black tea: brewed for 5 minutes
-Temperature of green tea: 70 C (158 F)
-Temperature of Earl Grey/English breakfast tea: 100 C (212 F)
-Teacup handle placed to the right
-Teaspoon under the handle
-Extra milk served on the side

If you get it wrong, you'll be fed to Boris Johnson.

On 12/16/2019 11:14 PM, Bruce wrote:
> According to future King Charles of the shrinking UK ("the brother
> of"), these are the rules for making tea (not that he makes it himself
> of course):
>
> -Green tea: brewed for 3 minutes
> -Black tea: brewed for 5 minutes
> -Temperature of green tea: 70 C (158 F)
> -Temperature of Earl Grey/English breakfast tea: 100 C (212 F)
> -Teacup handle placed to the right
> -Teaspoon under the handle
> -Extra milk served on the side
>
> If you get it wrong, you'll be fed to Boris Johnson.
>

I break the rules every day. Left handed so the handle goes on the
left. No milk.

On Tue, 17 Dec 2019 00:05:50 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 12/16/2019 11:14 PM, Bruce wrote:
>> According to future King Charles of the shrinking UK ("the brother
>> of"), these are the rules for making tea (not that he makes it himself
>> of course):
>>
>> -Green tea: brewed for 3 minutes
>> -Black tea: brewed for 5 minutes
>> -Temperature of green tea: 70 C (158 F)
>> -Temperature of Earl Grey/English breakfast tea: 100 C (212 F)
>> -Teacup handle placed to the right
>> -Teaspoon under the handle
>> -Extra milk served on the side
>>
>> If you get it wrong, you'll be fed to Boris Johnson.
>>
>
>I break the rules every day. Left handed so the handle goes on the
>left.

That should be allowed.

>No milk.

Off to Johnson you go.

On 04:14 17 Dec 2019, Bruce > wrote:

> According to future King Charles of the shrinking UK ("the brother
> of"), these are the rules for making tea (not that he makes it himself
> of course):
>
> -Green tea: brewed for 3 minutes
> -Black tea: brewed for 5 minutes
> -Temperature of green tea: 70 C (158 F)
> -Temperature of Earl Grey/English breakfast tea: 100 C (212 F)
> -Teacup handle placed to the right
> -Teaspoon under the handle
> -Extra milk served on the side
>
> If you get it wrong, you'll be fed to Boris Johnson.

Seems generall right although I'm not at all sure about Prince Charles's
trick of adding milk before taking out the teabag. In some British circles,
even using a teabag is suspect.

On Thu, 19 Dec 2019 16:59:32 GMT, Pamela >
wrote:

>On 04:14 17 Dec 2019, Bruce > wrote:
>
>> According to future King Charles of the shrinking UK ("the brother
>> of"), these are the rules for making tea (not that he makes it himself
>> of course):
>>
>> -Green tea: brewed for 3 minutes
>> -Black tea: brewed for 5 minutes
>> -Temperature of green tea: 70 C (158 F)
>> -Temperature of Earl Grey/English breakfast tea: 100 C (212 F)
>> -Teacup handle placed to the right
>> -Teaspoon under the handle
>> -Extra milk served on the side
>>
>> If you get it wrong, you'll be fed to Boris Johnson.
>
>Seems generall right although I'm not at all sure about Prince Charles's
>trick of adding milk before taking out the teabag. In some British circles,
>even using a teabag is suspect.

Yes, I got that too from tea drinkers. That tea bags are filled with
the waste of the tea leaf industry. Use loose leaves instead. Or so
they say.

But maybe there's a special room in the tea factory where they fill
tea bags with high quality leaves, just for Prince Charles.