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Hi All,
I have noticed that most of the Tea drinkers in the office follow the NATO standard
Tea Bag->Mug->Hot Water->Milk and retire as an Office with several nationality's ranging from Chinese to Hungarian, I would have thought there would be some variety (in either Tea, style or something) only my Boss drinks Tea from Tea Pot which I believe is loose leaf Lady Grey...
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Mine is little different.
Mug->Sugar->tea bag (only if I need a break from coffee)->Hot water->creamer->Sip one or two-> retire to desk if good else->Coffee
cheers,
Super
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At work it's espresso at the desk.
At home it's send child to kitchen to make the tea and it better well be in a pot, warmed, prior, tea, drinking, for the use of.
veni bibi saltavi
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I sometimes have nightmares about a visit to a cheap hotel in London where they served "English breakfast" with teabags that were left for hours in the tea pot.
When drinking it was so bitter that it cracked the glazing of my teeth 
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So it's true that a life of piratea is bad for your teeth?
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Yes, that's why my nickname is "BlackTooth"
That English tea is very good btw .... for tanning hides 
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Normally I drink coffee (cafetiere, string dark) - the only times I drink tea is from a fine china pot, in a proper bone china tea cup and saucer, with a scone, butter, strawberry jam, and cream (in that order, and no other) while watching Countdown with Richard Whiteley.
It has been a while since my last cup... 
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OriginalGriff wrote: watching Countdown with Richard Whiteley.
Ah yes, the good old days.
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OriginalGriff wrote: fine china pot, in a proper bone china tea cup and saucer, with a scone, butter, strawberry jam, and cream
That brings back memories of teatime at my grandma's, over 30 years ago.
Ad astra - both ways!
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And with your little finger pointing upwards ?
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I use the Starfleet standard: (To my shelf) "Tea, Earl Grey, hot!"
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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The thing is do you get "Tea, Earl Grey, hot!", or just strange looks...
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It's not yet perfect. I have had IBM voice recognition software for the last 20 years, so the voice command should be the smallest problem. At the moment I could only activate the 3D printer to print a mug, but would have to make the tea myself when it's finished. 
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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My recipe(?) : Lemon Tea + Green Tea bag.
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At work, I mostly drink coffee (even though we have one of those dreadful machines with the pods).
I'm trying to switch to rooibos tea.
I've also challenged the office tea drinker as they all say they can tell the difference between
Tea Bag->Mug->Hot Water->Milk
Tea Bag->Mug->Milk->Hot Water
Mug->Hot Water->Tea Bag->Milk
However, none have taken up the challenge 
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I'm sure they would Hot Water, Mug, Milk, Tea Bag the wet patch on the floor would give it away...
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I'm not sure even that would clue a couple of them! 
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I used to drink tea at work until one fateful day in Budapest.
We went to the buffet in the office and I ordered tea from the Soviet era haridian.
She took a Styrofoam cup...
Added milk...
Dropped in a tea bag...
Poured in some hot water...
Removed tea bag...
Gave me the cup.
It was the single most disgusting tea of my life and I switched to coffee.
veni bibi saltavi
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In Soviet Russia ...[^]
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: one fateful day in Budapest ... Soviet era harridan.
I think I see the problem.
The Hungarians might know about the Russian-style tea (black, with a sugar cube held in the mouth between the gums and the cheek), but why should they know about the British style?
Ad astra - both ways!
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In the morning it goes like this
Grind beans -> Boil water -> pour coffee powder -> stir -> drink.
In the evening (4:30 ish).
Go out -> feel your eyeballs heating up  (I live in NOIDA India) -> Get a cup of hot ginger tea -> drink.
I am not the one who knocks. I never knock.
In fact, I hate knocking.
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Two family size bags (Lipton, Tetley, or Luzianne) into the teapot, heat to boiling, remove from heat and let steep at least 15 minutes. Pour into a gallon pitcher onto just under 1 cup sugar, stir until sugar dissolves. Fill rest of pitcher with cold water.
What? I'm a good Southern American. Love my sweet tea.
(My mother-in-law used to put 2 cups per gallon, too sweet even for me.)
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Reading all the replies so far...I remind myself that I won't drink anything that requires some sort of ceremony to prepare.
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Woah, I follow NATO standard too but it's easy to figure out why: the mug is mine, the tea bags are in my drawers and the hot water dispenser is in the common space. I assemble all I can at my desk, get the hot water and then out of the common space to my desk... it's simply the most efficient way.
I also do that at home since water takes time to get hot so I preassemble everything at the table while waiting for the hot water.
Adding milk before the water seems just wrong, don't ask me why.
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Leaf tea - pot - boiling hot water - brewing time - mug - none of that cow juice or sugar muck.
Currently using a selection of Fortnum & Mason's leaf teas, as bought for me by my darling daughter. At the moment I'm being a rebel by drinking Afternoon Blend in the morning!
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