Are you a MIFFY or a MILLY?

[Knightsworld]

Milk in last for the perfect cuppa every time

 

[Gwylan]

George Orwell can be relied upon as always.

http://www.booksatoz.com/witsend/tea/orwell.htm

If he's a MILLY, that's good enough for me.

 

[Brovion]

George Orwell can be relied upon as always.

http://www.booksatoz.com/witsend/tea/orwell.htm

If he's a MILLY, that's good enough for me.

Very good and I totally agree with him in every respect - except the milk goes in FIRST! Pah! I always knew he was a anti-working class.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

I find the results so far TRULY SHOCKING.

I might have to abandon supporting the Albion.

 

[CHAPPERS]

I know what you mean, Ed. I'm struggling to come to terms with the results of this poll.

 

[Cian]

Depends on wheter I'm in a hurry (in last, dump sugar from Suicra hand-grip-moulded containery thingy designed for use on cereal) or not (in first, with the sugar). Either way, its got to have enough sugar to stand my spoon up in it.

 

[Deano's Right Foot]

Well, if you're making a pot, then OBVIOUSLY the milk has to go into the cup first.

If you're just brewing a cup with a tea bag then NO WAY should the milk go in before the hot water, because the water wouldn't be boiling (having been cooled down by the presence of cold milk) and the tea wouldn't brew properly.

It's really that simple.

Except how do I vote?

*shouts*
Lush are we making a pot or a cup here? And can I have mine quite strong please? No sugar. Thanks!

 

[Spicy2]

MILLY

 

[Yorkie]

If you put the milk in first you are drinking a solution (Homogeneous mixture of two or more substances).

If you put the milk in second you are drinking a colloid (A heterogeneous mixture in which solute-like particles do not settle out)

So for the milk and tea to blend, it has to be a solution. ie milk in first.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Milk in FIRST, it's the only way and ALWAYS made in a pot.

It is the truth. Milk in first every time. And a pot is essential. Most of what GO wrote is correct, other than the strength of tea.


Coffee is completely different. Milk goes into coffee last.

 

[Uncle C]

If you like weakish tea, try this. You'll love it.

1. Put milk in cup
2. Add teabag
3. Add boiling water and stir till the right colour develops
4. Remove bag

Advantages

1. Gets the strength exactly right
2. The chemistry of brewing is different in milk, and it's much smoother and nicer.

 

[Brady's Old Lady]

I put milk in first in tea - but last in coffee.

Am I schitzophrenic!!

 

[Gwylan]

Coffee is completely different. Milk goes into coffee last.

Nah, coffee is black. It's the only way to drink it.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Nah, coffee is black. It's the only way to drink it.

I suspect that is true, but I've never got on with it. If you do put milk in - put it in last.

And as someone pointed out. Tea - you do don't stir, Coffee - you do.

 

[Brovion]

If you put the milk in first you are drinking a solution (Homogeneous mixture of two or more substances).

If you put the milk in second you are drinking a colloid (A heterogeneous mixture in which solute-like particles do not settle out)

So for the milk and tea to blend, it has to be a solution. ie milk in first.

You see? You see? Not only is putting the milk in first the politically correct way to do it it's also the scientifically correct way.