Modern Cleo

How To Stir And Brew

As a young child I watched Mum make tea—ten cups simultaneously no less, which is still no less impressive—and I thought ‘that looks easy, I’m sure I can master that in a few goes’. How wrong was I! I was so wrong. Not only was I wrong, but I had hugely misunderstood the complexities of how to make a fine cup of tea. I had assumed that the spoon was simply a piece of metal, and that by dropping it in the cup the tea would make itself, providing I was there to oversee it. But alas no. My first attempt went horribly wrong and failed miserably. I can still remember the look on mum’s face. The devastated, horrified expression. It was as though I had just been set on fire and she was fighting to process all that terrible information.

It took four years for me to perfect the art of brewing (and that was only in the cup, let alone the teapot). For the first year and a half I was trembling too much at the thought of making a good cup of tea–and for the next year I was able to grip the spoon properly, but still not consistently making super-impressive tea. In the final year I cracked it, and I can still feel the pride. It makes a tea-lover teary eyed, that stuff. And now it is time for me to pass on my skills to the under-dogs. Those who are where I used to be: in that time when tea making seems akin to getting blood out of a stone.

So, here are a couple of tips and do not take a short-cut. 1) stir the tea-bag first then ram it up against the sides. 2) Leave for NO LESS than eight minutes. This is critical. The rest is up to you.

Good luck on your prestigious journey!

Speaking of prestigious journies, I think I have a solution for what we should put together for Rachel’s birthday bash. We should sort out some time at val disere chalet as a surprise. I know it is a little bit steep, however it is her 30th.

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