PG Tips tra

Most of the tea I drink is from bags. I wanted to try PG Tips and
bought a box. The first thing I noticed was that the bags didn't have
a string on them. I usually remove the bags from the cup in 5 or 6
minutes. Am I susposed to leave the PG Tips bags in the cup or fish
them out?

Thank you kindly,

I can't remember if those are the flow-through pyramid bags or the disc
shape. From an English point of view they are meant for teapots and
not individual cup. You'll have to go fishing. They'll bobble on the
top initially and you can risk your fingers but a spoon after six
minutes to dig them from the bottom. That better be a big cup or lots
of cream and sugar.

Jim

Peter Clifford wrote:
> Most of the tea I drink is from bags. I wanted to try PG Tips and
> bought a box. The first thing I noticed was that the bags didn't have
> a string on them. I usually remove the bags from the cup in 5 or 6
> minutes. Am I susposed to leave the PG Tips bags in the cup or fish
> them out?
>
> Thank you kindly,

On 23 Jun 2005 07:46:25 -0700, "Space Cowboy" <netstuff@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

>I can't remember if those are the flow-through pyramid bags or the disc

These are the flow-through.
> That better be a big cup or lots

I use a 12 oz mug.

Thanks for the reply

In article <7ghlb1p2b1ovdt6lc5ahvga80vv15hd1d6@>,
Peter Clifford <that@m> wrote:
>Most of the tea I drink is from bags. I wanted to try PG Tips and
>bought a box. The first thing I noticed was that the bags didn't have
>a string on them. I usually remove the bags from the cup in 5 or 6
>minutes. Am I susposed to leave the PG Tips bags in the cup or fish
>them out?

Fish it out! That's what your teaspoon is for. If you keep letting a
bag tea steep, it will get progressively more tannic. At some point it
will get very nasty.

I used to work with an Indian professor who would mix milk and water,
put it in a tea bag, and put it into the microwave. The end result was
kind of scary, actually.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

>> Brewed lighter, I found them quite OK, PG Tips being the more
pleasant of the two. I think they're tricky teas, and I think that
steep
length and amount of tea need to be worked out carefully for individual
taste. These are not forgiving teas. That's from my experience. If the
discussion is about decanting, that's an absolute must.<<

These teas are designed to be drunk with milk. About 98% of the
British population adds milk to tea, and some of them use quite a bit
of it. You can get away with oversteeping it if you add enough milk
to counteract the tanniin. I take my tea without milk, and I agree
with Michael, decanting is an absolute must with these teas. I strain
into a second pot - or remove the tea bags from the pot - after four
minutes.

I don't think I have ever tried PG Tips loose tea. I have gotten lazy
lately and been using mostly tea bags. I did not like loose Typhoo, as
it was VERY dusty; the bagged version is quite good, though.

I have had more expensive, "better quality" teas than these that I did
not enjoy nearly as much.

Dieter Folz wrote:
>
>
> So, now we know, you should use one pyramid bag (3,125g) per mug and
> let the tea infuse for 1-2 minutes (which also implies a removal of the
> bag/s). That means for a preparation in a pot about three bags (should
> equal three heaped tea spoons) for 0,5 liter (as long as you don't want
> to add one more bag "for the pot").
>
>
> Dieter


Do you really only let it steep for 1-2 minutes? I always let black
tea steep for exactly 4 minutes, although I have cut back to 3 1/2
minutes when using the PG Tips pyramid bags, as they seem to infuse a
little faster. It seems to me that anything less than that would yield
a very weak brew. And I do not take my tea with milk.

I absolutely agree that the bags should be removed to avoid the tea
becoming stewed. However, most people seem to leave them in the pot.
I have a pair of those "tea bag squeezer" tongs that I use for removing
tagless teabags from the pot.

I find most British tea bags to be too strong to brew directly in the
mug. Maybe I should try the recommended 1-2 minutes. But regardless
of what king of bag is used, it should ALWAYS be removed from the mug
before drinking the tea. That is one of my pet peeves - people who
drink their tea with the bag still in the mug. I don't know why; it
just bothers me.

Rob