Tea table essentials

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something

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beautiful it doesn't matter you start

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with the accoutrements i suppose a milk

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jug and a sugar bowl if you have loose

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tea a tea strainer and a holder for the

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tea strainer a china cup saucer and tea

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plate knives and forks perhaps a cake

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fork preserved spoons if you happen to

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have them otherwise teaspoons work

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perfectly well

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with the table laid the ceremony can

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begin

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and how to make the perfect cup of tea

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well the tea should brew in the pot for

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around three to five minutes for black

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tea which is the most popular form of

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tea and pour through a strainer into the

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cup to ensure no loose leaves are in the

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final drink

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add milk and sugar as you wish but it's

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best to avoid milk with green teas

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buddhist monks helped spread tea around

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asia while the british brought it to

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india now this part of tea's history is

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closely entwined with empire colonialism

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greed injustice and war with the east

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india company one of the first major tea

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traders both rapacious and entirely

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unregulated

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it began really just in the homes of the