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I stir clockwise direction, the same way as water drain. I'm left handed, so is this the same for right-handers ?, but also begs another question. What direction in the Southern Hemisphere do people stir their tea :?,is it in a clockwise clockwise direction, or do they follow the direction of draining water and stir anti-clockwise.
A circle in the vertical plain. Round the circumference is inefficient you want maximum turbulence.
Clockwise and up and down, right hander.
Right-hander, anticlockwise.
Stir?
Milk in cup, tea poured from pot. No stirring needed.
I dont drink tea, but anything that stir, I do so anti clockwise. Right handed.
No milk, no sugar = no stirring
Woah! What kind of crazy person puts the milk in first? As for stirring I’ve never actually paid any attention. I just stir on autopilot.
Right handed and clockwise
How many dings though?
How big is your teacup?
Coriolis only has an effect on bodies of liquid >10km or so…
What kind of crazy person puts the milk in first?
Poor people during the 18th century* who can't afford china of sufficient quality to withstand the thermal shock of boiling liquids. Thats the real reason to put the milk in last - to signal to your guests that you can afford to.
Clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere.. anit-clockwise in the southern... just to follow spinning water rules
Right handed, anticlockwise.
No idea on direction of stirring (depends on which side of the equator?!) but the main thing is to not squeeze the bag as it makes the tea bitter. Brew for longer instead. Ideally in a teapot.
Depends...how solid is the meal? Things like curry and rice or mince and tatties, I tend to mix it all in so don't really stir it...same with spag bol...slice it up and mix it around.
Why would you stir your tea? How runny is it???
Right handed, most definitely clockwise and at the bottom to fully dislodge the two heaped spoons of sugar and that way you can tell if any sugar hasn't dissolved.
Is this a stealth question about religious persuasion?
Anyway, as per Frank above, no milk no sugar no stirring. And no dunking.
Don't want to come across as some sort of tea heathen but, boiling water on a tea bag , leave for a bit , pour in some milk and stick fingers in cup to get tea bag then squeeze the bag
A left hander who stirs Anti clockwise and put milk in last.
Right hander, both ways and beat the hell outta that sucker.
"...same way as water drain[s]" argh triggered, lol.
Leftie, anti clockwise. But the correct answer of course is get a decent brand, boiling water and don't stir just agitate a little and let it brew.
And cloudnine, it depends on your frame of reference, are you following the parcel of tea being turned or are you looking down from above? Cyclonic = anticlockwise in northern hemisphere, clockwise in southern.
No milk, no sugar = no stirring
This +1000
Milk in first to avoid scalding the milk.
Loose leaf tea brewed in tea pot.
No sugar. No stirring.
Then hand to my wife to drink.
I’m more of a black coffee, bean to cup sort of guy.
Anti-clockwise and right handed.
I don't know and I'm trying very hard not to think about it because I have a life, or at least I thought I had till I started thinking about it and it's clockwise, great now I don't have a life, I don't even drink tea ffs why did I click on this?
Tea (strongest possible) + sugar + turbo stirring S.E.Asian style.
Turbo stirring = tea spoon remains in one place and paddle it like no tomorrow quickly to get the water/tea in a whirlpool motion clockwise. Non of those slow stirring in circular motion coz that's for very old people.
Stir? I dunk the tea bag up and down.
Milk in last tastes different.
Although you can change back to how it would have tasted if you'd put the milk in first by letting your brew cool, then reheating in the microwave. 🙂
Try it.
Oh, milk last, then squash bag against side of cup with tea spoon until desired strength achieved, then stir clockwise.
Ambistirrer, can use either hand.
Anti clock.
Best way.
squeeze the bag
Some people shouldn't be allowed tea 😳
Stir? I dunk the tea bag up and down.
LOL! Do you have your pinky finger pointing up while dipping your tea bag? LOL!
I let God's Brownian motion do the work.
Left handed. Stir anticlockwise.
Of course.
Waggle the teabag side to side before hooking it out with your biro 🙂
Before pouring, don't forget to turn the pot.
Woah! What kind of crazy person puts the milk in first?
If you're making tea from tea bags direct in the cup/mug then I agree. The instant cooling effect of the milk on the hot water you pour in affects the brewing and infusion process. But if you make tea in the tea pot and pouring ready infused tea into the cup/mug then it doesn't matter...apart from if you think it tastes different if milk goes in last. But I'm a tea bag kind of guy so cant really comment on milk in first or last.
Definitely stir the bag in the mug though to force a flow of water through the bag picking up all that lovely tea-ness. I'm all for a light squeeze of the bag though...just enough pressure to squeeze out the infused liquor out of the bag, but not tight enough to release the tannin rich absorbed water from the tea.
Right handed and anticlockwise.
Same way I stir anything, mixing cakes or whatever
Widdershins.
Figure-8. Inducing roughl-laminar flow in a circular direction does less for increasing tannin distribution than making things swishy by stirring in random directions.
Black tea, no sugar. Fingers of right hand grab tea bag (asbestos hands) after it has sat quietly for a minute or so and up-down it then out. Nice
LOL! Do you have your pinky finger pointing up while dipping your tea bag? LOL!
Probably, as I don't have milk or sugar I just grab the tea bag a dunk it.
LOL! You just sound like some deranged **** when you make your tea, LOL!
Left handed and stir clockwise
Woah! What kind of crazy person puts the milk in first?
I do! You wanna fight?
Milk in first, along with teabag, boiling water, leave for a minute or two, then move the bag around to achieve desired strength, remove bag from mug.
Simples.
I do! You wanna fight?
No, but only because I know you’re old and infirm from reading your posts so it wouldn’t be a fair one 😉
Honestly find it hard to believe people know which way and how they stir tea. Either I’m going through life in some sort of daze or you lot pay way too much attention to extremely mundane things. Honestly it could be either!
I’m going to make a cuppa first thing tomorrow and report back.
I caught the youth of today I work with stirring two cups of tea simultaneously holding a teaspoon in each hand. Needless to say I made him feel ashamed of himself and he's never done it again.
Right handed.
For one teaspoon of sugar it's 9 rotations clockwise, 6 counter clockwise, 3 clockwise. This gives optimum distribution of the sugar throughout the beverage.
I'm now on sweeteners so can get away with 3 clockwise and 3 counter clockwise.
Both must be followed up by tinging the edge of the mug with "shampoo and a haircut, six bits". Does nothing for the flavour but underlines my manliness. See also, whistling.
And the reveal.....
New survey: what the direction you stir says about your IQ.
Left handed, anti clockwise
According to Guy Martin, if you put the milk in first you make an emulsion, if you put it in last you're making a mixture and it makes a difference apparently. I wouldn't argue with Guy Martin when it comes to the science of making tea.
Right handed, anti clockwise.
Tea, milk, sugar - each and any, in isolation, is acceptable.
Any combination/permutation is unacceptable and indescribably vile.
Tea; leaves plus water.
That is all.
Fin.
the same way as water drain.
...
What direction in the Southern Hemisphere
And several other similar posts.
This is an utter nonsense and I thought better of STW's denizens. The Coriolis effect is real, but it is miniscule. What affects the direction water drains in is much greater influences like which tap you used last.
According to Guy Martin, if you put the milk in first you make an emulsion
Then he's a ****ing moron. You're taking science lessons from a race car driver?
OK, so I'm right handed (mainly, although I skate and box left handed) and clockwise, this puts me in a minority.
Milk in last, because it tastes better.
Has anyone tried my microwave experiment btw?
Jesus H Corbett, it's speaker cable all over again.....
Milk first then tea then short CW stir if from a pot.
Now, if I’m making it in a mug… Pour boiling water on to bag so it ‘fizzes’ and expands, this expansion keeps it buoyant. Add milk. Use fingers to dunk teabag up and down. Leave teabag in so gets stronger the more you drink.
Oh and of course use a mug that’s been unwashed for so long it’s black inside
Like the actor Reece.
With-a-spoon!
People still add milk? How quaint. 🙂
Tea; leaves plus water.
That is all.
Fin.
This.
People care how other people make their tea? How weird (sorry, forgot: 🙂 (just in case anyone thought I cared that anyone cared how anyone else makes their tea))
Woah! What kind of crazy person puts the milk in first?
Pouring form teapot? Milk in first.
Making in mug, milk in last.
Tea bag? Up and down gently (never stirred).
Remove bag, small splash of milk then a quick clockwise stir, one lap is enough, as I don't use sugar obviously.
I am ambidextrous. But I use my left hand for tea, I now realise.
Any combination/permutation is unacceptable and indescribably vile.
What if I said sponge pudding?
And several other similar posts.
This is an utter nonsense and I thought better of STW’s denizens. The Coriolis effect is real, but it is miniscule. What affects the direction water drains in is much greater influences like which tap you used last.
*cough* post no. 10…
Buggeration. Good catch.
What affects the direction water drains in is much greater influences like which tap you used last.
The last one I used was in the loo in a filling station just outside Dumbarton
Oh, in answer to the original question, I don’t stir it, I just move the teabag up and down in the mug, serves the same purpose. And I don’t take sugar.
Milk first , clockwise.
The secret is to place the tea bag on the milk , not in. Immediately and slowly pour the boiling water on the tea bag , letting the hot air inflate it as the bag rises to the top of the mug.
It’s an art and creates the perfect non scummy cup of tea.
The cup is more important, for tea very because it is a delicate drink and needs a proper china cup, three quarters of a liter mugs just not on.,
And milk first is overtly common too.
As a left-hander in the southern hemisphere ...
... I don't actually stir my tea. I use leaves. Let it infuse. Add milk.
What kind of crazy person puts the milk in first?
When I lived in Camden this was the only way of making tea without a floating scum on the surface.
Then he’s a **** moron. You’re taking science lessons from a race car driver?
Guy Martin a race car driver? <eye-raise emoticon>
No, Jerry was a race car driver.
Obscure ref, I applaud! 🙂
The secret is to place the tea bag on the milk
You're lucky I'm no longer a moderator. Goddamn deviant.
Guy Martin a race car driver? <eye-raise emoticon>
Sorry, slip of the brain, I knew that.
You don’t stir oolong Formosa. For the record, My tea timer cube has been a revelation. And if normal black tea it’s five minutes n a proper tea pot. Milk first, no sugar and no stirring.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/TFA-Dostmann-38-2035-04-Cube-Timer-digital/dp/B079J8WFND