We have a slight cultural difference here, me being English, that means I'm not going to be able to explain this very well. XD Most tea, I wouldn't add milk at all. If you have a delicious tea, odds are it has a wonderful delicate flavour that should be enjoyed. However, we English tend to drink tea as a social ritual and liquid comfort blanket. Rainy day? Cup of tea. Boyfriend left you? Cup of tea. Terrorists on the underground? CUP OF TEA DAMMIT. Instead of enjoying the delicate Oriental infusion, we look at it as a warming drink and dump milk and sugar in it to give it that (hopefully) unique Englishness. This tea comes in a teabag. It doesn't have a name. We just call it tea. (A bit of research reveals it is black tea, as opposed to green, white, or oolong, but a quick survey of my family reveals none of us know that without looking it up. It's JUST TEA over here. XD)
So I'm sure you technically *could* add milk to any tea, but even as an English lady, it just seems a really odd idea to me, so it's not just you. If you fancy giving it a try, make sure it's a black tea. I honestly have no idea if any of the other sorts would be able to stand it. XD
Updated On: 1/5/10 at 04:43 PM