On 04:14 17 Dec 2019, Bruce > wrote:

> According to future King Charles of the shrinking UK ("the brother
> of"), these are the rules for making tea (not that he makes it himself
> of course):
>
> -Green tea: brewed for 3 minutes
> -Black tea: brewed for 5 minutes
> -Temperature of green tea: 70 C (158 F)
> -Temperature of Earl Grey/English breakfast tea: 100 C (212 F)
> -Teacup handle placed to the right
> -Teaspoon under the handle
> -Extra milk served on the side
>
> If you get it wrong, you'll be fed to Boris Johnson.

Seems generall right although I'm not at all sure about Prince Charles's
trick of adding milk before taking out the teabag. In some British circles,
even using a teabag is suspect.