![]() ![]() First of all, one should use Indian or Ceylonese tea.Here are my own 11 rules, every one of which I regard as golden: On perhaps two of them there would be pretty general agreement, but at least four others are acutely controversial. When I look through my own recipe for the perfect cup of tea, I find no fewer than 11 outstanding points. This is curious, not only because tea is one of the mainstays of civilization in this country, as well as in Eire, Australia and New Zealand, but because the best manner of making it is the subject of violent disputes. If you look up ‘tea’ in the first cookery book that comes to hand you will probably find that it is unmentioned or at most you will find a few lines of sketchy instructions which give no ruling on several of the most important points. ![]() This material remains under copyright and is reproduced by kind permission of the Orwell Estate and Penguin Books. ISO 3103 – international standard for brewing tea (Wikipedia).Douglas Adams: How to make a cup of tea (BBC h2g2).Christopher Hitchens: How to Make a Decent Cup of Tea ( Slate).Home / Orwell / Essays and other works / A Nice Cup of Tea A Nice Cup of Tea ![]()
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