Overfilling my mug ...

[Stu]

Originally Posted by TuonoGrant

I thought the english always put the milk in before the ho****er?



EDIT & WTF - Hot Water

You forgot the space you t wat
You put the milk in first if you've made a pot of tea.
You need boiling water to brew the tea & milk in the cup to stop the hot tea cracking the china cup

Using a tea bag in a mug put the milk in after it has brewed

Originally Posted by Stu

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You need boiling water to brew the tea & milk in the cup to stop the hot tea cracking the china cup ..

This actually came from times where the poor didn't have china cups ... they put the milk in so the cup didn't crack, the rich/well to do had china and they didn't need to ... therefore the way you made your tea was deffo a 'class' thing

I'd expect even today all northerners to make tea with the milk in first, not that they can't afford china (or that normal mugs crack), they just have no class!!

Gonna go and make another cup of tea now ... what do you reckon the chances of me filling it appropriately are?!!?!?

Let's go with 'Zero' shall we.

Originally Posted by K

Let's go with 'Zero' shall we.

Indeed did a 'fail' - my excuse was that I was distracted!!

But this time I tipped the excess down the sink before putting the milk in!!

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S

This actually came from times where the poor didn't have china cups ... they put the milk in so the cup didn't crack, the rich/well to do had china and they didn't need to ... therefore the way you made your tea was deffo a 'class' thing

I'd expect even today all northerners to make tea with the milk in first, not that they can't afford china (or that normal mugs crack), they just have on class!!

right story, wrong way round from what i've heard...

[edit]seems i heard wrong, wikipedia to the rescue...[/edit]

as for over-filling it i reckon it's because you're a risk taker, you want to get as much in as possible and often this results in you overfilling. i know because i do the same, and if i were going to get all dr phil about it i'd say i bet you also try to beat the self closing fridge door when you put the milk back in instead of just using your other hand to stop it shutting

am i close?

Originally Posted by Sosha

You can never have too much tea.

A truer word never spoken

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

A truer word never spoken

i have a pint tea mug, doesn't sit idle for long when i'm around as well

has anybody else wasted 5 minutes of their life reading this???

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by SuZuKiBaBe

has anybody else wasted 5 minutes of their life reading this???

yes, i also wasted a further 5 replying like you