[MTVN]

Originally Posted by hennessy

If you pour the water directly onto the coffee, you'll burn the flavour of the coffee and if you're going to stir it than why not add sugar?
If you put coffee in after either milk or water you're more likely to get spots

But how do I know how much milk to use if adding it before the water?

[Redway]

Printing this out now. You're a don.

[hennessy]

Originally Posted by MTVN

But how do I know how much milk to use if adding it before the water?

experience but you've also got the water in the kettle to top it up

Originally Posted by Josy

Perfect tea is made in a pot

I know but sometimes you just want a quick cuppa?

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by hennessy

experience but you've also got the water in the kettle to top it up

Hmm might try this now, normally prefer doing the milk last and just putting enough in to get the right shade of brown

[hennessy]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Hmm might try this now, normally prefer doing the milk last and just putting enough in to get the right shade of brown

the good thing is if you put the milk in and give it a stir you can kinda judge what colour it'll end up before the water gets in.

milk first with coffee and last with tea (unless you have a fragile china cup) so the bag will stew more (have you tried to milk a teabag in tepid water?)

btw to the people who pour the milk on after the boiling water in coffee, look at the label of your coffee jar and it will tell you to pour water "just off the boil" or 'not boiling water'
it's not much but the milk helps a little


PS try with full fat milk, you'll use less, the coffee/tea will be hotter and richer in taste