== == Tea contains Teanine which dissolves the lining of your stomach and can result in stomach ulcers. Adding milk dramatically reduces this effect.
I believe the reason people put milk in tea is simply because they like the taste. Tea contains caffeine in the same quantities as coffee (more or less!). However, it also contains quantities of natural barbiturate-type substances (valium is a man-made barbiturate). These are bound up in the tea and do not get released into the body, passing straight through us and out in our urine. When milk or other fatty substances (ghee, yak butter etc.) are put in the tea the barbiturates bind to the fat and are then digested and absorbed by the body. The effect is to perk us up with the caffeines while at the same time relaxing us with the barbiturates. So milky tea provides a much better way of waking yourself up than a cup of coffee and will not impair your ability to go to sleep.
No, the earl grey tea has to be poured first then the milk is added, this is how her majesty drinks tea with milk. Only common people put the milk first when drinking tea that some British royalties have called them the Mifs (milk in first people).
Ever tried putting milk in green tea? It's disgusting. That's why.
Because they put taxes on the tea
Its no biggy put the milk in
Milk Milk and sugar Lemon slice In the winter a shot of whiskey to warm your cockles.
Only if you put milk in, otherwise tea is all-natural.
Consider two identical cups, one half-full of tea, the other half-full of milk. You take a teaspoon of milk from the milk cup and put it in the tea cup. Then you take a spoonful out of the tea cup and put it in the milk cup. Now: is there more tea in the milk cup, or more milk in the tea cup?
its usually sugar, but some people have it just plain. Milk, or milk and sugar. Very few Britons drink 'black' tea, i.e. without milk (but my two daughters do drink it black).
The small pitcher used to place the milk or cream in for tea is commonly called a creamer.
The British were the first group of people to add milk to tea. Americans have picked up this custom, particularly when drinking 'high tea'.
The main tips are: Put fresh water into the kettle. (Pre-boiled water loses its dissolved oxygen and some of its taste). Use boiling water. Use cold milk. If you use a pot, warm the pot first. Put the milk in the cup first (if you put the milk in afterward you can "scald" the milk). But if you make the tea in a mug (with a tea bag) wait for the tea to brew and remove the bag BEFORE adding milk (otherwise the milk reduces the temperature and stops the brewing). In places like Ceylon (Sri Lanka) where the tea is really fresh and strong, you can use warm milk; but the tea is very different from the drink we are used to in the West. This is because the tea that is exported in tea chests is months old and virtually stale by the time we get to use it.
Milk Tea