Tea: milk or no milk?

[rug]

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	Yes
	3 (23%)
	No
	6 (46%)
	Depends on the tea
	3 (23%)
	Cream
	0 (0%)
	Whole milk
	0 (0%)
	2%
	0 (0%)
	1%
	0 (0%)
	Skim
	0 (0%)
	Half and half
	0 (0%)
	Beer
	1 (8%)
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[TreasonousBastard]

1. Milk in tea is a filthy Russian habit...

so saith Miss Marple.

[MADem]

2. Popular in Ireland too.

Milk first. Then tea.

http://farmersalmanac.com/blog/2015/03/16/irish-take-tea/

[elleng]

5. Surprised she'd say that,

as milk/cream in tea is very British!

[eShirl]

3. milk negates some of the health benefits of tea

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/09/27/161895873/health-benefits-of-tea-milking-it-or-not

Turns out, there seems to be a consensus about one thing: Milk proteins can bind with the beneficial plant compounds known as flavonols in tea. (You may have heard these compounds referred to by specific names such as catechins.) And, according to some scientists, the binding may make it tough for the body to absorb the flavonols and get the health benefits.

[csziggy]

4. no tea - coffee with milk & sugar!

[NightWatcher]

6. Only sweet iced tea for me, thanks

[bluecollar2]

7. tea without milk is

An aberration....

[rug]

8. Welcome to DU.

[bluecollar2]

15. Thankyou but I'm not really new

Was on here as bluecollar prior to the hack.

Have no idea what my original email was when I first joined back when Dubya was first selected so I can't reopen that account...

Lost all my post counts etc...

Oh well...I grew up drinking tea with cream and sugar....can't drink it any other way.

[rug]

16. Glad you made it back.

[Warren DeMontague]

10. I was gonna say no until I watched that

[DinahMoeHum]

11. If it's Chai, yes, milk. Otherwise no.

n/t

[yuiyoshida]

12. Most Asian Tea's need no milk, Green, (matcha), Oolong, Pu Erh, Ti Kuan Yin,

Barley, Black, Ginger, White, Genseng, Lasi, Kuma Saza, Lei Cha, etc.

[angstlessk]

14. The only tea I really love is in Chinese restaurants..

a bit of sugar and it is lovely! Not sure if it's the crock cups, or the tea blend. Wish I could duplicate it at home.

[yuiyoshida]

17. Most Asian teas are a bit

bitter, especially matcha. Its the best way to drink them. We Americans put too much sugar in everything, including things that never required sugar in the first place.

[Tikki]

18. Tea: hot or iced tea add skimmed milk...never, ever sugar.

Tikki

[Yonnie3]

19. I've had milk in tea on only two occasions.

I don't know the name of it, but a mug of some sort of smoked tea was given to me that cried out for milk. It had a bitter almost tarry taste.

I was presented a mug of tea in our factory in South Wales, just after a transatlantic flight. It was given as if it were a cure for all that ailed me. I think the tea started steeping when I was still in Dulles Airport. He had added milk, but it only turned the tea grayish brown. That was the strongest cuppa I've ever had.

[Generic Brad]

20. That appears to be a vile concoction

I'm sure some of you would enjoy it, but not I.

[GaYellowDawg]

21. No milk. Blech.

Milk, no. Sugar, yes, yes. Hot or iced, but especially iced. And there is absolutely nothing better for a cold or sinus issues than piping hot tea with sugar and lots of lemon or lime.

[Syndrome]

22. No milk, no sugar, not even rum

I like my tea as pure as it can be

[Ponietz]

23. Quality tea is best without milk but the early a.m. cup may need it

to give those stomach enzymes something to chew on while the tea performs its magic. Anything hot in a teabag, e.g. Lipton, demands milk—should one be so unfortunate as to be without recourse.