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Take your hatchet and slash some leaves in the misty fields of Kerala. Make sure it's monsoon flush, so roughly july to september. Then, chop up an old Ginkgo Biloba that looks wise. Leave it to dry in a Kenyan plain for three years, and head for Nepal. There, you will gather the purest glacier water there is. By then, your tea leaves will be dust. Go buy some Lipton and microwave tap water, it's all you can do at this point. And, uh, teabag first

First step is to gather sticks under the bushes.

Start a fire using paper, newspaper, cardboard, then add sticks and make a larger fire.

Heat up water until boiling.

Add tea bags to thermos and pour the water inside. Now we have 2 days worth of hot tea.

Optional delicious step: pop popcorn

I usually drink coffee so the water goes in before the teabag, although to be fair the teabag never goes in.

Thankyou for preventing microwave comments. Its an abomination

I put the teabag in first so the hot water will hit it and move it around and release the flavour.

Tea bag first, then freshly boiled hot water.

I'm not sure why the hate for microwaves exist. It's literally just another method for making water move fast. It has absolutely no impact on the final product, as hot water is hot water no matter the heat source.

The teabag. Otherwise it would float on top, similarly to why you put cerial in before milk.

Teabag, honey, hot water and then milk (almond in my case)

Tea bag

Set the bush on fire, toss a bucket of water on it, drink the hot bush broth drippings

Neither. Tea bags are for chumps. It's so much tastier to use fresher loose tea leaves of whatever mix you prefer (and you can control how strong you make it, plus you end up with less waste). I just boil the water in the microwave then when it's hot I take it out and add the tea.

For me:

1. Cup.
2. Reusable metal tea infuser.
3. Loose leaf tea.
4. press button on Japanese instant hot water dispenser
   • (^this was probably the best $200 I've ever spent, fucking worth every dollar).

Microwave the water on high for ten minutes, drop the teabag in, and run for my life

They're designed to deliver the maximum amount of flavour in ~20 seconds.

So: bag first, then just-boiled water. Wait/steep for 20-60 seconds, fish out the bag with a teaspoon and squeeze against the cup, and then milk.

You will be deported from Ireland for putting the water in first.

First the filter, then the loose leaves, then water.

This depends on the water temperature. I boil mine, so I pour water first, wait a bit, then put the bag. If I do the other way around, sometimes the tea gets burnt and tastes too bitter, which I don't like.

I could also heat the water to a lower temperature but I don't have one of those fancy kettles with temp selection, and I usually get distracted to interrupt the kettle before it boils. But, if the water is hot enough already but not just boiled, then I'll put the bag first, then the water second.

Depends what tea I'm making. For green and white teas I will add water first (175-185F) then steep the tea bag for 3-4 minutes.

If I'm making black tea or some fruity/herbal tea, I will toss the bag in first, then pour in boiling water and steeping for 3-5min depending on preference.