MJ's little flock

[RoyalChick]

I drink it the way my grandfather taught me. Milk, no sugar.

Me too. Very strong with milk and no sugar.
When I traveled a lot in India they brewed the milk and tea with lots of sugar in one pot and so after a while I got used to having the sugar. I had to wean myself off it when I got back.

 

[LozzyR]

Me too. Very strong with milk and no sugar.
When I traveled a lot in India they brewed the milk and tea with lots of sugar in one pot and so after a while I got used to having the sugar. I had to wean myself off it when I got back.

Yes, I can’t drink tea with sugar in it anymore.

 

[BY Bob]

One thing that used to help me with crappy emails was, when possible, waiting for the next day to reply.

Now i’m thinking I need some lessons in tea drinking.
Milk ?

No milk in my tea. Straight up.

 

[ManueB]

I’ll have to try someday. I don't really like milk , but I like to drink it frothed in Cappuccino once in a while.
Does this work for any kind of tea, even flavoured like earl grey, or green tea ? I don't suppose the Chinese and Japanese used milk in theirs . Isn't it due to former British presence in India ?

 

[MaryJanet]

I’ll have to try someday. I don't really like milk , but I like to drink it frothed in Cappuccino once in a while.
Does this work for any kind of tea, even flavoured like earl grey, or green tea ? I don't suppose the Chinese and Japanese used milk in theirs . Isn't it due to former British presence in India ?

Milk does not work in earl grey or green tea.

It works with your standard black tea and is sometimes called a Builders because that's how builders like their tea.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Builder's_tea

 

[MaryJanet]

Now that Christa is using the new roost, there was a water container going spare. So I cleaned it, filled it and hung it up in the new roost.

Most mornings this week I've been up before dawn and able to watch the hens wake up.

The water container is their first stop and they spend a LOT of time drinking before they even think about going down the ramp. There's food up there too, but water is the favourite by a country mile.

I knew water was important, but I did not know it was item 1 on the agenda at the crack of dawn.

 

[RoyalChick]

Milk does not work in earl grey or green tea.

It works with your standard black tea and is sometimes called a Builders because that's how builders like their tea.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Builder's_tea

I take issue with not using a pot.
Black tea + milk is the key.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

I take issue with not using a pot.
Black tea + milk is the key.

I like my tea with milk, and my coffee black. ️

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

…I knew water was important, but I did not know it was item 1 on the agenda at the crack of dawn.

Maybe water for them is like coffee and tea to us.

 

[MaryJanet]

I take issue with not using a pot.
Black tea + milk is the key.

Tea from a pot can develop a stronger flavour, so I'd have thought builders liked it.