100% my tea is always the best form small 200ml mug
Without a doubt. The wife got me a massive mug from Starbucks and I’ve never had a nice cup of tea from it. Never.
Of course. Sane reason certain beers and other alcoholic beverages are served in different glasses.
I have this really big thick mug that I use and it’s the best ever coming from that. Not just tea but coffee as well. Mostly because it keeps the drink nice and hot. I always need my drinks to last, sometimes as long as a half hour so I like to start off with it piping hot and this mug does the business for me. It can only be hand washed and the inside of it is a bit complicated so it can be a pain when it comes to washing but it’s worth it
Studies have been done and it’s apparently true. I saw a TV show with the bald lad from MasterChef UK presenting it and he was talking about it. The best of tea cup is a red builders mug. The colour matters as much as the size and thickness of the vessel.
The mug you pick up in work that has a thick brown scum on the inside, aaaaahh.
I would assume we are just more used to making cups of tea for our specific mugs that we are far better at getting the exact proportions and timing.
Also maybe some psychological aspects to the mug but would say that plays a minor role at best.
Have you ever had tea out of a polystyrene cup?
Black cups should be smashed on sight.
Yes, firstly avoid any mug with a dark coloured interior, it changes the colour of the tea so even if it the perfect strength and has your desired milk ratio the brew looks too dark and insipid which ruins the taste.
Then the weight of the vessel, the nicest tea is made in a teapot and served in lightweight bone China cups however the most satisfying cups, the ones that make you say ahhh after the first sup, are made in solid heavy white ceramic mugs. It all depends on the circumstances .
100% can confirm. I smashed my favourite mug a couple of months back, finally managed to find another one yesterday. Tea tasted incredible in it.
Are we doing twitter screenshots as acceptable content now?
German ceramic beer mugs are great for tae
It’s why wine glasses are different sizes for different types of wine. The diameter of the rim can affect how your sense of smell works with taste.
I suppose if you have a favourite cup and you have a tea in it it would be a better cup of tae?
As someone who has never drank tea, yes. It’s true for any drink really.
Drink out of any kind of plastic, then out of a china/clay/stoneware/ceramic/anything but plastic cup, then tell me did you have to ask.
Yeah. When I have tea out of my superman mug it tastes super. But when I use my Dredd mug it tastes dreadful…
I’ll show myself out.
The bigger the mug, the more water you put in, the weaker the tea.
Checks out.
I have a big chunky mug used only for coffee. The more chunky the mug, the more badly it affects the tea, imo.
Fine bone china and water from a soft water area results in the best tea. Can even make budget teabags taste good.
Absolutely. Those ones people get custom made pics and stuff on- tea tastes horrible from them.
I’m convinced that the shape of the mug matters. Normal ones, like the one in the image that OP posted, don’t make for great tea. More bulbous cups, on the other hand, make for better tea. I may be losing it mind…
Without question, it’s gospel
Yes, it’s so annoying when you have people over (or worse, your parents have people over) and someone ends up using your mug so you have to have your tea in an another one. Complete waste of a teabag!
First, you have to heat up the mug with boiling hot water. Then dump that out and put in the teabags and then add some boiling hot water again.
Give the tea time to come out and think. Now add your sugar and after you stir it all up add the milk or cream.
This is why I only drink wine from a mug.
Thin mugs taste better
Tea tastes better in fine bone china, it’s crazy the difference
I hate those wide mugs, tea goes cold in them rapido.
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I heard before the weight of the cutlery can change the experience/perceived taste of the food
Never a mug of tea tho. I’d often rock a iced coffee cup for tea. I like the colour
Yes
Yes, my best tasting tea is always from my favourite fine bone china mug.
Your brain is primed to expect different tastes from things of different colours. Explained in the context of tea below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fhuc6qOGNPc
100% my tea is always the best form small 200ml mug
Without a doubt. The wife got me a massive mug from Starbucks and I’ve never had a nice cup of tea from it. Never.
Of course. Sane reason certain beers and other alcoholic beverages are served in different glasses.
I have this really big thick mug that I use and it’s the best ever coming from that. Not just tea but coffee as well. Mostly because it keeps the drink nice and hot. I always need my drinks to last, sometimes as long as a half hour so I like to start off with it piping hot and this mug does the business for me. It can only be hand washed and the inside of it is a bit complicated so it can be a pain when it comes to washing but it’s worth it
Studies have been done and it’s apparently true. I saw a TV show with the bald lad from MasterChef UK presenting it and he was talking about it. The best of tea cup is a red builders mug. The colour matters as much as the size and thickness of the vessel.
The mug you pick up in work that has a thick brown scum on the inside, aaaaahh.
I would assume we are just more used to making cups of tea for our specific mugs that we are far better at getting the exact proportions and timing.
Also maybe some psychological aspects to the mug but would say that plays a minor role at best.
Have you ever had tea out of a polystyrene cup?
Black cups should be smashed on sight.
Yes, firstly avoid any mug with a dark coloured interior, it changes the colour of the tea so even if it the perfect strength and has your desired milk ratio the brew looks too dark and insipid which ruins the taste.
Then the weight of the vessel, the nicest tea is made in a teapot and served in lightweight bone China cups however the most satisfying cups, the ones that make you say ahhh after the first sup, are made in solid heavy white ceramic mugs. It all depends on the circumstances .
100% can confirm. I smashed my favourite mug a couple of months back, finally managed to find another one yesterday. Tea tasted incredible in it.
Are we doing twitter screenshots as acceptable content now?
German ceramic beer mugs are great for tae
It’s why wine glasses are different sizes for different types of wine. The diameter of the rim can affect how your sense of smell works with taste.
I suppose if you have a favourite cup and you have a tea in it it would be a better cup of tae?
As someone who has never drank tea, yes. It’s true for any drink really.
Drink out of any kind of plastic, then out of a china/clay/stoneware/ceramic/anything but plastic cup, then tell me did you have to ask.
Yeah. When I have tea out of my superman mug it tastes super. But when I use my Dredd mug it tastes dreadful…
I’ll show myself out.
The bigger the mug, the more water you put in, the weaker the tea.
Checks out.
I have a big chunky mug used only for coffee. The more chunky the mug, the more badly it affects the tea, imo.
Fine bone china and water from a soft water area results in the best tea. Can even make budget teabags taste good.
Absolutely. Those ones people get custom made pics and stuff on- tea tastes horrible from them.
I’m convinced that the shape of the mug matters. Normal ones, like the one in the image that OP posted, don’t make for great tea. More bulbous cups, on the other hand, make for better tea. I may be losing it mind…
Without question, it’s gospel
Yes, it’s so annoying when you have people over (or worse, your parents have people over) and someone ends up using your mug so you have to have your tea in an another one. Complete waste of a teabag!
First, you have to heat up the mug with boiling hot water. Then dump that out and put in the teabags and then add some boiling hot water again.
Give the tea time to come out and think. Now add your sugar and after you stir it all up add the milk or cream.
This is why I only drink wine from a mug.
Thin mugs taste better
Tea tastes better in fine bone china, it’s crazy the difference
I hate those wide mugs, tea goes cold in them rapido.
It affects your mood too