Important survey about tea/coffee habits of yakyakers

Mouldy Bob · Post by **Mouldy Bob** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 10:06 am 0

no spoon for me...& no caffeine come to think of it! Herbal tea only - current favourite is nettle. If you've never had it, it pretty much tastes how you'd imagine it to taste!

Portland · Post by **Portland** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 10:13 am 0

No spoon you strange individual

Mouldy Bob · Post by **Mouldy Bob** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 10:16 am 0

i've tried it but the spoon goes up my nose when i try & have a drink!

Stephen · Post by **Stephen** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 1:23 am 0

Definitely the spoon out of cup.

Stephen Anderson

TwistedScrote · Post by **TwistedScrote** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 1:34 am 0

Milk in cup
Add sugar
Add teabag
Add water.

30 seconds stirring and lob bag into bin.
Enjoy.

It's always MILK FIRST. Better tasting tea, bloody animals!

/morten · Post by **/morten** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 1:40 am 0

tea: tea bag of choice in cup, add boiling hot water - leave for 3-4 minutes, remove bag. No milk, no sugar.

(fast) coffee: add nasty nes cafe to cup, add boiling hot water - regret drinking the vile stuff just to save time.

(good) coffee: add cold water and greek coffee to very small pot (briki). Put on small gas-burner - remove when the foam starts to rise - just before boiling. Serve in minature cups.

Kronos · Post by **Kronos** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 4:24 am 0

Eek i have that too.

The slower you boil the water the more frothy and creamy your turkish/greek/arabic coffee will be

Thoughtcat · Post by **Thoughtcat** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 10:49 am 0

TwistedScrote wrote:Milk in cup
Add sugar
Add teabag
Add water.

30 seconds stirring and lob bag into bin.
Enjoy.

It's always MILK FIRST. Better tasting tea, bloody animals!

Nononooo!! Putting the milk in first cools the water, so the tea doesn't brew properly. Get the tea brewed first and then add wot you like to it.

Governmentyard · Post by **Governmentyard** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 10:55 am 0

Thoughtcat wrote:
Nononooo!! Putting the milk in first cools the water, so the tea doesn't brew properly. Get the tea brewed first and then add wot you like to it.

Correct, but make sure you use boiled water, not boiling water

All this 'spoon in' nonsense is just pervy. An Englishman has no need of a spoon beyond the practicalities of the ingredient deployment period. Gentlemen get their kicks from more civilised practices than leaving a spoon in a mug.

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 11:25 am 0

The water should be at a rolling boil when you pour it in

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Just for old times' sake, I am at this moment drinking a NCoT with the spoon in

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gilesgoat · Post by **gilesgoat** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 11:31 am 0

Yak wrote:The water should be at a rolling boil when you pour it in .

Just for old times' sake, I am at this moment drinking a NCoT with the spoon in .

But what's the point to drink with a spoon in it

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 11:42 am 0

I think we should all work together and agree upon the official YakYak Tea Ritual. We need rules, dammit!

piku · Post by **piku** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 12:16 pm 0

I'm off to make some now.

I will:

1. Fill kettle
2. Turn on kettle
3. Find mug
4. Find teabag
5. Bag in mug
6. Get milk
7. When kettle goes "click" pour water into mug
8. Find some breakfast and put it in a bowl
9. Work out where I just put the milk
10. Add milk to breakfast
11. Remove bag from mug without squeezing
12. Bag in bin
13. Milk in mug

Then I'll come back here and drink it after letting it cool for a minute or so.

Step 7 is important - water goes in mug when kettle stops boiling. Not before, not a minute after.

Steps 8 through 10 allow enough brewing time.

No spoon

Kronos · Post by **Kronos** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 1:39 pm 0

Yak wrote:The water should be at a rolling boil when you pour it in .

Just for old times' sake, I am at this moment drinking a NCoT with the spoon in .

I predict this magical spoon will increase your digital psychadelic powers by an untold factor to bring more spacey giraffey goodness to the world

The spoon stays in to conduct heat away little quicker, a pint of tea stays hot a longgggggg time Giles

Plus I need it to take out the teabag I left in it to make the tea extra strong aswell. Oh and it makes a nice sound having the spoon in the cup as you pick it up and drink

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 1:59 pm 0

I'm not sure why I used to have the spoon in back in the day (Tempest 2000 was written during a period of spoon-in). It certainly wasn't to conduct away heat (I like my tea piping hot and it's usually all gone before it has a chance to cool much) nor for teabag extraction (the bag came out after $British_standard_brew_time as God and nature intended).

It could just be that I liked the spoon clanking away in there. Certainly the spoon had no further use beyond the stirring after the bag came out and the sugar and milk went in (milk in LAST; milk in first is ungodly!). Maybe it was to have the spoon handy when it came time for the next NCoT, I really don't remember

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