Q&A for How to Make Tea

The instructions for making tea made with condensed milk can be found in some of our other wikiHow articles. For example, see How to Make Milk Tea.

The brown scum is the remains of the colors of the leaves. This means that your tea is fresh and in great condition. To get rid of it, just wash the cup well with dish soap.

Tea can scald if you drink it while it is too hot. Always allow the tea to cool a little before taking your first sip, so that it won't be scalding hot. Another option is to pour in a little amount of cold water but this should only be done if you need to drink the tea quickly, or if the tea is too strong, as it waters down the tea flavor.

You need enough to fill your cup close to the top. Leave some room to add milk if desired and to avoid spilling it when you move the cup.

Yes, Fill a microwavable cup about 6/8 of the way with water and heat it for 2 to 3 minutes. After this, you can brew your tea as usual.

Check that the water is decent quality, as chlorinated or distasteful water will ruin tea. And, it goes without saying, use high quality tea. If that fails to help, try adding a hint of some extracts to it to help give it some more flavour, or leave the tea in for longer (steeping). Avoid adding milk unless you're certain that's the flavour you like.

Yes, but you shouldn't, as the water heats unevenly in a microwave.

It depends on the age and maturity level of the child. Making tea involves handling a pot of boiling hot water, so a young child should be supervised.

After boiling water and adding it to the cup with the tea bag, remove tea bag and add milk until it becomes a tan color.

No. Just put it in the cup you're making tea in as it is.

Just do it yourself, it's not hard. This article is basically how to enhance tea making, as the act of actually making tea is extremely simple.

I don't think so. If you did, the flavor wouldn't be very strong at all.

Just boil water, add a tea bag (or put in some fresh or dried herbs) and let the bag sit. Come back in 10 minutes, remove tea bag/leaves, done.

Add milk (not too much, as a little goes a long way) after removing the teabag from steeping.

They don't need milk, but the most popular with milk are chai, black (especially Earl Grey) or Oolong.

You can. You can drink it cold or reheat it in the microwave or in a small pot on the stove. If your goal is to make iced tea, follow a specific recipe for iced tea or cold-brew (cold-infuse) your tea leaves; it tastes less bitter that way.

Check wikiHow to Make Iced Tea for details.

It depends. Individual packets have only one teabag. If you are referring to the box it can vary. The boxes usually contain 20, 40 or 80 teabags.

It's best to put the tea leaves in a mesh tea-ball, then just steep in hot water like normal. If you don't have something to put the leaves in, you could try adding them to the water and straining them out later/letting them settle before you drink the tea.

I would leave them for no longer than a couple of hours. Warm, damp plant matter is an ideal environment for bacterial growth.

It is if you had sugar, honey or some other form of sweetener. Otherwise, it is not sweet.

Simply add water to your collected nettle leaves and heat to a near boil. Use about two cups of water for a cup of leaves; there's no need to measure. You can make the tea stronger by steeping longer, or weaker by adding more water. Once the water is near boiling, reduce heat and simmer for a couple minutes.

Some people like tea stronger than others, but that flavor can be developed by boiling leaves longer or steeping a pouch for longer. Generally, you just need a tiny pinch of leaves for a cup, say 5. From there, you can decide the quality of the leaves and how much more or less you may need.

If you want to make milk tea, boil water with a pinch of black tea until you get the color you desire. (You probably should wait until it has a good amount of color but definitely not pitch black as that would be extremely bitter and taste almost burnt.) Or boil water and steep a pack of black tea until you get that same color. Next, you add in about 2/3 a cup of milk for each cup of water or a cup of milk per water depending on how strong you like the milk taste, and legit boil. Your milk tea should look tan colored and start forming a skin. When it boils, enjoy!

Yes, of course! It's always better tasting and healthier to make things on the stove then in a microwave. Boil water in a pot and add tea leafs and let them open up and boil until you feel it is strong enough for your taste. Or boil the water and then dip in a tea bag until you get the color you like. Happy sipping!

Yes, you can use a kettle. This article highlights various ways of making tea. The flame option along with the medium the vessel can be yours to pick.

You could start with: Lemongrass, hibiscus, chamomile. These are very easy to make and they're not very expensive.

Yes, you can. But just like any other etiquette that requires you to follow set traditions, you can use a cup while with others who are drinking in a cup. Its up to you what you like forever, or for the time being.

I would suggest using about 4 to 6 bags of tea for a pitcher, but keep in mind that some teas are stronger than others.