Milk in first?

[huw williams]

As you know I'm one third Indian and one third Chinese so I know that it depends on the tea.

Teas that have little or no oxidation period, such as a green or white tea, are best brewed at lower temperatures between 60 °C and 85 °C (140-185 °F), water for teas with longer oxidation periods (like our everyday black teas) should be added at boiling point (100 °C or 212 °F) as many of the active substances do not develop at temperatures lower than 90 °C.

The higher temperatures are required to extract the large, complex, flavorful phenolic molecules so putting milk in first reduces the temperature thus reducing the release of flavor.

[Jon H]

[quote="huw williams"]As you know I'm one third Indian and one third Chinese so I know that it depends on the tea.

[huw williams]

Hey come on, that's a racist comment which I don't expect to hear from someone who isn't a member of the royal family

[Chris L]

Always milk in afterwards, the colour of the tea as the milk is put in determines how much milk is added. How a bout a how strong do you like your tea thread ?
As for putting milk in first I did read/see that it was done because in the early days of tea drinking the tea cups were made of china that could break when v.hot tea was added, by adding milk first that took some of the heat off when the tea was added. If only could remember where this came from, an old wife perhaps ?
You should check George Orwells comments on the matter.
Chris

[Snoop Doug]

[quote="huw williams"]Hey come on, that's a racist comment which I don't expect to hear from someone who isn't a member of the royal family

[Phil L]

[quote="huw williams"]As you know I'm one third Indian and one third Chinese so I know that it depends on the tea.

[Sylv]

Three of Huw's great-grandparents are Indian, three are Chinese (one Indian married one Chinese, met during the Sino-Indian war), so he used the 1/3 ratios as a simplification (as well as to increase his Welshness ratio from 2/8 to 1/3 ...).

[Phil L]

[quote="Sylv"]one Indian married one Chinese, met during the Sino-Indian war

[Sylv]

I had to leave a deliberate hole in my story : )