tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1388859398722720264.post5382465872735778713..comments2023-04-14T02:27:02.514-07:00Comments on The Cream Tea Diaries: For the love of Cream TeasSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01748042630877148879noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1388859398722720264.post-89462132575564193782011-11-11T06:31:32.906-08:002011-11-11T06:31:32.906-08:00A note from Richie Rowland who has suffered my (ap...A note from Richie Rowland who has suffered my (apparantly absymal) tea making abilities for the past month...<br /><br />"Northern tea is made with a rough ratio of 10 parts pre-tea* to one part milk. This, as anyone whose taste buds haven’t been ruined by pie ‘n’ mash and shouting at the disobedient whippet will tell you, is incorrect. For the perfect and let’s be honest, technically correct, tea you will need to operate on a ratio far closer to 6 parts pre-tea to 1 part milk. <br /><br />This ratio will produce the perfect tea. I will refrain from referring to it as Southern Tea as to geographically pigeon hole a product such as this is to down play its importance and makes excuses for the ‘wrong’ tea of the Northern barren lands.<br /><br />This ‘Northern mix’ is a perfectly acceptable method of tea production . . . . during times of conflict when rationing of commodities such as milk is wide spread."<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />Richie Tea Drinker RowlandSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01748042630877148879noreply@blogger.com