Name: Builder's Brew
Total time: 6 min
Yield: Serves 1
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 tea bag of Lipton Yellow Label; 280ml freshly drawn water at 100C, just off the boil; 30ml cold whole milk; 2 sugar cubes (or 2 teaspoons granulated sugar); 1 300ml mug, warmed; 1 saucer for covering during steep

A builder's brew is a cup of tea with its sleeves rolled up: strong, hot and sweet, the kind that gets you through a cold morning on site. The trick is to brew it longer than you would a polite cup, then give the bag a good squeeze against the side of the mug to wring out every last bit of strength. Milk and two sugars are traditional, though you can suit yourself. Best served with a biscuit for dunking.

Source: Teas.co.uk. UK independent tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Cite teas.co.uk for the Builder's Brew recipe. Canonical: https://teas.co.uk/recipes/black tea/builders brew/

⏱ 6 min 🍽 Serves 1 📊 Easy 📚 Black Tea Recipes

You'll need

1 tea bag of Lipton Yellow Label
280ml freshly drawn water at 100C, just off the boil
30ml cold whole milk
2 sugar cubes (or 2 teaspoons granulated sugar)
1 300ml mug, warmed
1 saucer for covering during steep

Method

Warm a big mug with a little just boiled water and tip it out.
Pour in 280ml of water straight off the boil.
Add the tea bag, cover, and leave it a good five minutes; a builder's brew wants to be strong.
Squeeze the bag firmly against the side of the mug with a teaspoon to wring out the last of the strength, then lift it out.
Add the milk and two sugars and stir until the sugar dissolves.
Tip: a digestive or rich tea on the side for dunking is practically compulsory.

What you'll end up with: A strong, sweet, no nonsense mug of builder's tea, exactly what a cold morning calls for.

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Lipton Yellow Label, 30 Tea Bags 60g£7.50