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\"Doris\"

Aunt Doris<\/p><\/div>\n

We English do love a good cup of tea (or, as we like to say, a cuppa)!<\/p>\n

I’m not talking about that panther pee they serve in most restaurants here in the States<\/a>. You know — a thick cup with a tea bag on the side! Oh, no!<\/p>\n

Here’s how to make a perfect<\/em><\/strong> cup of tea:<\/p>\n

First off, the tea must be served in a nice thin china cup, not a mug.<\/p>\n

Then, you put the teabag in the cup and poor fiercely boiling water over it. (That’s the secret. Let that kettle shriek!)<\/p>\n

Let the tea bag stay in the boiling water for a few seconds. You can tell when the tea is ready by its rich color.<\/p>\n

Next, add a dash of milk — not<\/em><\/strong> cream — and sugar to taste, and you’ve got a cuppa fit for the Queen!<\/p>\n

My mom used to say a good cup of tea would cure a broken leg. I know I’d take a good cup of tea over an aspirin any day.<\/p>\n

As for me, my idea of a good snack is a cuppa and a Kit Kat bar<\/a> (which, by the way, was created in England).<\/p>\n

Uh oh! The kettle’s boiling … got to go!<\/p>\n

Aunt Doris<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

(This repost from January 10th, 2012, is by my dear Aunt Doris, who passed away in 2015 at the age of 94.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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