...and two for tea. Two very specific gentlemen in fact.
Now that you've prepared your toast [1] you will naturally want a nice cup of tea with that.
Now the question is, do you put the milk into the cup before or after the tea?
This, I have been told, is the topic of much heated debate. The question has turned neighbours on one-another. Brother against brother, and so on. The usual story.
Much to my dismay, not even my two literary heroes could agree. Douglas Adams claims that milk should naturally be added before pouring the tea into the cup, whereas George Orwell was quite adamant about adding the milk afterwards. [2]
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[1]: With or without marmalade and/or cheese.
[2]: They did, however, agree on other important points, such as the importance of pre-heating the pot, and of using boiling (as opposed to boiled) water.








