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TO MAKE A GOOD CUP OF TEA
I drink a lot of tea, I love the stuff and am a willing trier of any sort of tea, although I have my favourites.
When making a cup of tea start with FRESH water in your jug or kettle (not yeterday’s left-overs…use that on your pot plants)
In your teapot put in a heaped teaspoon of tea leaves per cup (it
wasn’t called a teaspoon for no reason!!!) and if you wish one for the
pot, hmmm…..I’ve never quite got the gist of that, me personally I
don't do that....my grandmother did though!!
Pour over hot water, after boiling let your kettle settle for
about a minute to take it off the boil. Leave to brew about a minute,
not much longer otherwise you get bitter tastes, if you want it
stronger use more tea…don’t brew longer.
Now sit down quietly and enjoy.
Outback Chef has blended black tea with lemon myrtle, river mint and strawberry gum
TO MAKE A BILLY TEA
To make a good "billy tea" get two folked sticks and a straight one, stick them in the ground either side of the fire and hang your billy by the handle on the straight stick, that is resting on the folked sticks, over the fire.
Bring your water in the billy to the boil and throw in a couple of handfuls of tea, let it brew for 3 mintues......take it off the fire carefully and using whatever is available, lift the billy off the stick, the handle is usually "red hot", if you wish to risk 3rd degree burns swing the billy around a bit to sink the leaves (my dad used to do this), otherwise let it sit.....once the leaves hit the bottom pour in "pannekins" and add milk and sugar to taste..
If you havn't got a billy use whatever you can that will sit on a fire with water in and add tea.....just don't get burnt! It makes a good brew when you're under the stars talking and laughing with your mates.
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