How to make a cup of tea game

How to make a cup of tea game

How to make a cup of tea game

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Well this is awkward.
I’ve never even drank a cup of tea.

BUT I’VE MADE SOME GOOD CUPPAS MY FRIEND, AND I’LL TELL YOU HOW TO MAKE A CUP OF TEA!
This guide is mainly for people who aren’t Brits and are foreign, such as those stupid Americans.

I’m gonna assume you’re American and trying to be British, in which case: WE ALL DON’T WATCH DOCTOR WHO AND SPEAK COCKNEY. Anyway, the key to a good cuppa is a quality set of tea bags, so I’ll be using Asda Smart Price tea bags for this guide (which aren’t very good), but if you’re rich enough, grab yourself some PG Tips from your local Walmart or something.
PG Tips is also in the thumbnail of this guide, and to make it even more British, Gromit is making it. Neat.

Another thing to note is that you can add Milk or Sugar in order to get the flavour right, but because I’m a stupid ♥♥♥♥ I’m not putting any in. HA!

If you didn’t know this step: you’re a moron. Plain and simple. In fact, you’re probably one of the idiots who gets their homophones wrong; a skill from English lessons that you should have learned in Primary school. (your you’re yore) (their, there, they’re)

Anyway, place some water in your kettle and boil. While that is brewing, you can add the milk and sugars from earlier, but don’t add them in yet. Place the teabag in the mug and wait. After it has boiled, slowly add the water and stir. Then add your milk and sugars.
What am I doing with my life? ♥♥♥♥ knows: I just finished my GCSE’s and now I’m bored.

You know the teabag from earlier? Yeeeeeeah, take that out.
Then enjoy!
If you want, you can add more sugars and milk in order to suit you, which is why my Grandma used to have more sugar than milk in hers. The possibilities are endless! Who knows? It’s a crazy world out there.

Enjoyed the guide? Write a comment, which I probably won’t read. This is also my second guide, the first one being about terrorism. Yeah, I took that down a while ago.
I’m off now, let me just go grab my bowler hat.

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This is the official Helldivers field manual on how to make Liber-tea!

Now, before we begin I’d like to share with you how Liber-tea was created in the first place.
Back when we Helldivers first were deployed one of our best soldiers peacekeepers found himself cut off from his ship as alien forces sieged his position.

His name was Colonel A. Freedom.

As Freedom and his squad held their ground they forced to scavenge their environments to survive.
This gave birth to Liber-tea: a nutritious drink which allows Helldivers to spread even more democracy!

Now, to make Liber-tea you will need a specific set of ingredients and tools.
A list can be find below alongside a step-by-step guide on how to make the Liber-tea.

Items:
1x Standard-Issue Freedom Bowl
1x Hellpod
1x Tactical HKT «Eagle» Mixer
1x AR-19 Liberator
1x FLAM-24 Pyro
1x «Democracy»-class Spoon

Ingredients:
1x Bug Antenna
2x Cyborg Eyes
1x Bug Tentacle (Tip)
3x Illuminate Spaghetti Hands
1x Spoon of Cyborg Tears
1x Pinch of Grinded Illuminate Knowledge
2x Spoons of Bug Blood
5x Spoons of Purified Water
3x Buckets of Water

Step 1:
Find a suitable location for setting up your bowl and for a empty Hellpod burrowed into the ground.
Start by pouring the buckets of water into the empty hellpod, keep it warm with your FLAM-24 Pyro.

Step 2:
Use your «Democracy»-class Spoon to carefully put all ingredients except for the Bug Blood and Purified Water into the bowl.
Charge up your «Eagle» mixer and begin mixing the ingredients of the bowl. Three minutes.

Step 3:
Pour mixed paste of ingredients into the Hellpod. Keep the pod warm while waiting for five minutes.
After five minutes the water inside of the Hellpod should have a green-ish color.

Step 4:
Mix Bug Blood and Purified Water inside the bowl for one minute. Pour into Hellpod when done.

Step 5:
Load AR-19 Liberator with one magazine. Fire into pod untill dry.

Step 6: You have now made your first batch of Liber-tea! Remember to keep it warm.

Congratulations on making your first batch of Liber-tea!
To serve your Liber-tea, pour it into whatever you can find.
This includes (but is not limited to) empty magazines, empty grenade cases, Helldiver helmets and standard-issue «Democrat»-class cups.

To keep the Hellpod full of Liber-tea warm the use of any flame-based weapon will work such as FLAM-24 Pyro, FLAM-40 Incinerator and/or the flamer mounted onto the EXO-51 Lumberer.

Thank you for reading this horrible guide which I hope made you laugh at least once.

For something that is actually serious and related to Helldivers I recommend checking out my friend BlackjackGT’s Helldivers FAQ linked below.

How to make
tea

Apologies in advance for
the bubble-bursting,
but
we have an announcement:
Making tea is not
just
boiling water and
pouring it over a bag.

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If you’re new to tea (or just need a refresher) let us take a moment to get the basics out of the way. What is tea? All “true” teas come from the same plant: Camellia Sinensis. All those types – green, black, oolong – it’s all the same leaf. Except when it comes to herbal tisanes, like mint or chamomile, which, despite often being labelled as such, aren’t actually tea. So how does one tea bush yield all those tea types? Each type is determined by where the Camellia sinensis plant is grown, the age of the plant when harvested, the season it’s picked, and how it’s processed – dried, toasted, steamed, oxidized, fermented. On top of that, each type brews at a certain temp – from warm to sizzling hot.

It can feel like a lot, so we created a crash course. And while it’s slightly more complicated than boiling water, it’s only slightly. Here’s what you need to know.

What you’ll
need

Step 1

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Measure your tea

Measure your favourite loose leaf tea like a pro by using the David s Tea Perfect Spoon – a stainless steel spoon designed to help measure your loose leaf tea correctly to ensure a perfect cup, every time. Just scoop 1 Perfect Spoon (approx. 2.5 teaspoons) of your loose leaf tea into the David s Tea 16 oz Steeper with the lid open.

Step 2

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Pour in hot water

With your loose leaf ready to go, it’s now time to fill your Steeper with 16 oz of hot water from a kettle. Water temperature is one of the most important variables in steeping a consistently delicious cup of tea. Steep it too hot, and you risk burning the leaves. Steep it too cold, and you’ll be left with a mild tasting cup. So how hot should your water be? To make sure you get the best results, follow this simple steeping guide.

Step 3

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Let it steep

This is where the magic happens.
Here’s where you want to set a timer to give your tea the time it needs to release all of its wonderful flavours and aromas.

Step 4

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Dispense tea into mug

Place the Steeper right on top of your 16 oz mug and watch as your infused tea pours out like magic through the easy-release valve. The fine mesh nylon filter will strain your tea directly into your cup while keeping the tea leaves in the infuser. And when you’re done, the valve closes automatically.

Steeping guide

White tea

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The purest, least processed tea, with a delicate and smooth flavour.

Steep Temp:
90°C/195°F

Steep Time:
3-5 min.

Green tea

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Bright, invigorating and delicate – green tea leaves are either steamed or pan-fired.

Steep Temp:
Japanese green tea:
80°C/175°F
Chinese green tea:
85°C/185°F

Steep Time:
2-4 min.

Oolong tea

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Partly oxidized tea that’s deep, complex, and fragrant – a step along the way to black.

Steep Temp:
90°C/195°F

Steep Time:
4-5 min.

Black tea

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Fully oxidized during processing, it needs a lot of heat to help extract its dark, rich flavours.

Steep Temp:
95°C/200°F

Steep Time:
3-5 min.

Pu’erh tea

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An aged tea that’s naturally fermented for a sweet, mellow and distinctively earthy brew.

Steep Temp:
95°C/200°F

Steep Time:
4-5 min.

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Get the perfect balance of toasty and earthy sweetness from this smooth South American herb.

Steep Temp:
95°C/200°F

Steep Time:
3-5 min.

Rooibos

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A naturally sweet, hydrating and caffeine-free herb that comes from the South African rooibos bush.

Steep Temp:
95°C/200°F

Steep Time:
4-5 min.

Herbal & Fruit Infusions

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Not actually tea at all, but fresh or dried herbs, spices, fruit pieces, flowers and grains.

Steep Temp:
95°C/200°F

Steep Time:
5+ min.

Don’t have a thermometer?
Use the boil-and-wait method.

75°C:
Once your kettle has boiled, let sit for about 10 min with the lid open.

How to Make Tea

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A well-made cup of hot tea can warm the heart and soul of any tea lover, but it can be unpleasantly bitter or disappointingly tasteless when improperly steeped. Fortunately, it’s easy to prepare a tasty cup of tea. Decide what type of tea you want to brew and choose loose leaves or tea bags. Then heat your water and pour it over the tea. Let the tea steep for the right amount of time according to the tea type and then remove the tea. Enjoy your hot tea on its own or with milk and sugar.

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Variation: If you don’t have a kettle, pour the water into a saucepan. Heat the water over high heat until it’s as hot as you need.

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Did You Know? The longer you steep your tea, the stronger the flavor will be. Use a spoon to taste the tea so you don’t over steep it, which could cause the tea to taste bitter.

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Tip: Since citrus can cause milk to curdle, avoid adding lemon to tea if you’re also adding milk.

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Tip: If you enjoy black and green teas, try oolong tea. This type of tea is oxidized like black tea, but not as processed so it keeps some of its grassy flavor.

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Did You Know? The most popular type of tea bag is square with a string and tag. Although these are easy to find, they’re usually filled with lower-quality, shredded tea and powder.

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Текст на английском с переводом и аудио «A Nice Cup of Tea» (Чашка хорошего чая)

That was Miss Binnie Hale, singing a song called ‘A Nice Cup of Tea’, which she recorded 70 years ago, in 1941.

We British love tea. We drink more tea per head of population than any other country in the world, except for Ireland. If you go to the Tea Council website, you will see a counter at the top of the page which shows how many cups of tea we have drunk so far today. By the end of the day, the counter will reach 165 million – that is three cups of tea per person per day. Coffee has become more popular in Britain in recent years, but even today we drink more than twice as much tea as coffee.

However, tea drinking is not an old tradition in Britain. We made our first cup of tea sometime in the middle of the 17th century. We found that we liked it, that it refreshed us and made us strong and happy, and we have continued drinking tea ever since. In the 19th century, tea became popular among working-class people, and it has remained the favourite drink of ordinary British people ever since. And it is well-known that the Queen likes a nice cup of tea, as well.

Tea drinking has a much longer history in China, where people have drunk tea for thousands of years. But British tea is not pale and delicate like tea in China. It has a rich brown colour and a strong taste. Nearly everyone in Britain puts milk in their tea, and about a third of people add sugar to make the tea sweet. (Yukk! I cannot stand tea with sugar!) It is well known that no-one outside Britain knows how to make tea properly.

When we British go on holiday in, for example, France or Spain, and we ask for a cup of tea in a hotel or cafe, the waiter brings us a cup of lukewarm water and a tea bag on the end of a piece of string. This is wrong, completely wrong, and in the interests of international harmony and understanding I shall now explain how to make a nice cup of tea, British style.

First, you put some water in a kettle and put it on the stove to boil. When it is nearly boiling, you pour a small amount of the hot water into a tea-pot, and swill it round, and pour it out again. This warms the tea pot. Then you put tea or tea bags into the tea pot. How much tea? Well, my mother used to say that you should put in one teabag for each person, plus one for the pot. So, if you are making tea for two people, you should put three teabags into the pot.

Then you pour boiling water onto the tea, and let the tea stand for about three minutes. If you have milk in your tea, put the milk in the cup first and pour the tea onto the milk, not the other way round. After you have poured the tea, and offered sugar to those strange people who like sweet tea, you should pour some more boiling water into the tea pot. Why? Because the one thing which is nicer than a nice cup of tea is another nice cup of tea.

We use the word “nice” all the time in spoken English. “It’s nice weather today. Did you have a nice time on holiday? It was so nice of you to come and visit us. Did you meet Jane’s mother? She is such a nice person. Please sit down. I’ll make us a nice cup of tea.”

In fact, “nice” is probably the most overused word in the English language. We use it so much that it has become almost meaningless. It is a good idea to find other words to use instead of “nice”, if you can.

Did you notice something else about the song at the beginning of the podcast? I am talking about the names of different meals. “At half past eleven, my idea of heaven is a nice cup of tea,” sings Binnie. We have a special word in English for a snack in the middle of the morning, which you will hear sometimes, though it is now a bit old-fashioned – ‘elevenses’, because of course we have our snack at about eleven o’clock.

After elevenses, Binnie has her next cup of tea with her dinner. Until perhaps 30 years ago, most working people in Britain had their main meal in the middle of the day. They called it “dinner”, and many older people still do. Later in the day, people had a light meal at five or six o’clock and they called it “tea”. And, like Binnie, they had a cup of tea with their tea!

Today, most people have a light meal in the middle of the day – perhaps a sandwich and an apple, which they eat at their desk in the office. We call this meal “lunch”. People eat their main meal of the day in the evening, when they get home from work, and they call this meal “supper”. “Dinner” nowadays means a formal evening meal for a special occasion, where we dress up in smart clothes, and have nice food and wine and candles!

So, a lot has changed since Binnie Hale recorded her song seventy years ago. But a nice cup of tea is still a nice cup of tea! I am going to make one now.

©ESL British Podcast

Чашка хорошего чая

Это была Мисс Бинни Хейл, поющая песню «Чашка хорошего чая», которую она записала 70 лет назад, в 1941 году.

Мы, англичане, любим чай. Мы пьем больше чая на душу населения, чем любая другая страна в мире, кроме Ирландии. Если вы зайдете на сайт чайного совета, то увидите в верхней части страницы счетчик, который показывает, сколько чашек чая мы выпили сегодня. К концу дня счетчик достигает 165 миллионов – то есть три чашки чая на человека в день. Кофе стал более популярным в Великобритании в последние годы, но даже сегодня мы пьем в два раза больше чая, чем кофе.

Однако чаепитие в Британии не является старой традицией. Мы выпили нашу первую чашку чая где-то в середине 17 века. Мы поняли, что нам это нравится, что это освежает нас и делает нас сильными и счастливыми, и с тех пор мы продолжаем пить чай. В 19 веке чай стал популярен среди рабочего класса, и с тех пор он остается любимым напитком простых британцев. И хорошо известно, что королева тоже любит выпить чашечку чая.

У чаепития намного более длинная история в Китае, где люди пили чай в течение тысяч лет. Но британский чай не бледный и нежный, как чай в Китае. Имеет насыщенный коричневый цвет и сильный вкус. Почти все в Британии добавляют молоко в чай, и около трети людей добавляют сахар, чтобы сделать чай сладким. (Ухх! Терпеть не могу чай с сахаром!) Хорошо известно, что никто за пределами Британии не знает, как правильно заваривать чай.

Когда мы, англичане, едем отдыхать, например, во Францию или Испанию, и заказываем чашку чая в гостинице или кафе, официант приносит нам чашку теплой воды и пакетик чая на конце веревочки. Это неправильно, совершенно неправильно, и в интересах международной гармонии и понимания я сейчас объясню, как сделать чашку хорошего чая по-британски.

Сначала вы кладете немного воды в чайник и ставите его на плиту кипятиться. Когда он почти закипит, наливаете небольшое количество горячей воды в чайник, отливаете и опять заливаете. Это согревает чайник. Затем вы кладете чай или пакетики в чайник. Сколько чая? Ну, моя мама говорила, что нужно положить по одному чайному пакетику на каждого человека, плюс один в чайник. Итак, если вы делаете чай для двух человек, вы должны положить три чайных пакетика в чайник.

Затем вы наливаете кипящую воду на чай и оставляете чай стоять около трех минут. Если у вас есть молоко в чае, сначала положите молоко в чашку и вылейте чай на молоко, а не наоборот. После того, как вы налили чай и предложили сахар тем странным людям, которые любят сладкий чай, вы должны налить еще немного кипятка в чайник. Почему? Потому что вещь, которая лучше, чем чашка хорошего чая — это еще одна хорошая чашка чая.

Мы используем слово “хорошо” все время в разговорном английском. “Сегодня хорошая погода. Хорошо провели время в отпуске? Было так мило с твоей стороны навестить нас. Вы встречались с матерью Джейн? Она такой приятный человек. Пожалуйста, садитесь. Я приготовлю нам чашечку чая.”

На самом деле, “хорошо”, вероятно, является наиболее часто используемым словом в английском языке. Мы используем его так часто, что оно стало почти бессмысленным. Это хороший повод, чтобы найти другие слова, которые можно использовать вместо “хорошо”, если вы сможете.

Вы заметили что-то еще в песне в начале подкаста? Я говорю о названиях разных блюд. “В половине двенадцатого я представляю рай как чашку чая», — поет Бинни. У нас есть специальное слово на английском языке для перекуса в середине утра, которое вы иногда услышите, хотя сейчас это немного старомодно – ‘elevenses’, потому что, конечно, мы перекусываем около одиннадцати часов.

После подъема Бинни выпивает следующую чашку чая за ужином. До, возможно, 30 лет назад, большинство работающих людей в Великобритании обедали в середине дня. Они называли это “обедом”, и многие пожилые люди до сих пор это делают. Позже в тот же день, в пять или шесть часов, люди слегка перекусывали и называли это “чаепитием”. И, как и Бинни, они выпивали чашку чая!

Сегодня у большинства людей в середине дня легкая еда – возможно, бутерброд и яблоко, которые они едят за своим столом в офисе. Мы называем эту трапезу “обедом” (lunch). Основную трапезу дня люди едят вечером, когда возвращаются с работы, и называют эту трапезу “ужином” (supper). “Особый ужин” (dinner) в настоящее время означает официальный ужин для особого случая, где мы одеваемся в элегантную одежду и кушаем хорошую еду, пьем вино и зажигаем свечи!

Итак, многое изменилось с тех пор, как Бинни Хейл записала свою песню семьдесят лет назад. Но чашечку чая еще чашечку чая! Я собираюсь сделать его сейчас.

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