Do you boil the tea bag or just steep it?

Just steep it.

Disgusting drink. I won't touch it. Only thing worse is Scotch.

Steep.

? mmmmmmmm I leave the teabag in the cup for as long as possible..........I like strong tea

Steep. Heat a cup up in the microwave with tea bags inside, then let them steep for a while. Not quite to the boil but plenty hot.

Depends on the tea.

I make tea in the microwave and keep the tea bag inside the cup. Sometimes, I keep the tea bag in the cup even when I am sipping it.

I steep it.

I leave the bag in while drinking it too, even when I have to tip the cup. It doesn't splat in my face, though.

The right answer is 'depends on the tea', but I generally don't bother with the whole boiling process anymore.

Boiling in my opinion makes for bitter tea

I've gotten a few splatters, I must say but I like strong tea...actually, I really just want to make sure that I am getting my money's worth of the tea bag

I'm usually inclined to steep.....

> Disgusting drink. I won't touch it. Only thing worse is Scotch.

I so would have guessed you were a scotch drinker.

> |> Disgusting drink. I won't touch it. Only
> thing worse is Scotch.
>
> I so would have guessed you were a scotch drinker.

Jack Daniels.

Steep

Steep

never knew anybody boiled tea!

What is 'steeping'? I didn't think you could teach an english person something new about a teabag!

I dissolve the powder.

It's the only kind of tea I like - instant.

I don't drink tea. If I did, I would steep it - or mash it, as we would say around here until it was really strong (just as long as it wasn't stewed). That's the Yorkshire way - along with reusing leaves/tea bags, though I don't think so many people do that now.

I was assuming they meant mashing!

?! I thought maybe it meant leaving the teabag to brew -but who knows?