Hi welcome to Drinks Tube I am Becky, a YouTuber with a huge love of tea. You can check out
my YouTube channel Talk Becky Talk in the description link below, now I love all tea,
herbal teas, black teas, fruit teas, I am obsessed with tea but sometimes nothing beats
a good old traditional cuppa. Now I love having loose leaf tea, the flavour the idea of going
for afternoon tea the strainers everything but sometimes you just cant get hold of that.
Now I know that the best way to make tea is using loose leaf tea in a a teapot, but, the
most common way to drink it is with a tea bag. It's the easiest way to get hold of it
so this video I'm gonna' show you, if you've only got a teabag, how to make the best possible
cuppa. So next time you're in the office, or you're in a rush, these tips are gonna'
make sure you have the best possible brew. So first up, choose the right mug, don't use
plastic because that means the tannin's are gonna' stick to the side of that cup. Metal,
that is not good either because that is gonna' taint the taste of the tea and make it taste
a little bit metallic. Lots of people think that you should go with ceramic but that's
too porous, you're tea is gonna' cool down too quickly, so, you need to use one of these,
a porcelain mug. I know lots of you are gonna' be drinking it in the office and this is really
worth investing in, it's really gonna' make it taste so much better. Plus, when tea first
made it's way over from China here to the UK it was very traditionally drank in fine
porcelain. So, now to choose your tea. It's all about how big it is, it's the size that
counts. Loose leaf tea has loads of room to move around so using a bigger bag allows us
to get as close to that as possible, so wack it in. Next, boiling your water, it's really
important to use freshly boiled water, don't reboil it, that's gonna take some of the oxygen
out and leave you with a really metallic taste. Your average tea bag is black tea and you're
looking for around ninety six degrees Celsius. Realistically, if you boil your kettle leave
it for a minute and you're gonna' get pretty close to it. So once it's boiled and left
for a minute, in you go. Now, leave the bag to brew for two minutes, there's been scientific
research to show that that is the optimum time to brew your tea for. Now that might
seem like a long time but we're not doing anything to it, we're not gonna' stir it,
we're not gonna squeeze the tea bag because that's gonna' release too many tannin's. they're
found in things like wine and chocolate and that's gonna' make it taste too bitter so
if you're squeezing it, stop it. So it's been two minutes, now time to remove the bag, remember,
no squeezing. Time to add the milk, it's important to add it now, if you add it too early that
means that you're tea is not gonna' be able to brew at the right temperature and if you've
got a sweet tooth you can add some sugar. Scientific research says leave it, yep leave
it for a further six minutes, that's gonna' cool it down to around sixty to sixty five
degrees Celsius and that is the optimum way to enjoy your brew. While you wait, warm them
hands around that cuppa. Now time to try it. Perfect, that really is the best way to make
a cup of tea if all you've got is the tea bag. Follow those simple steps and I promise
you are not gonna' go wrong. Everyone likes to drink their tea differently, so, let us
know in the comments box below, what is your favourite way to enjoy tea, and I want to
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