Name: How to Brew PG Tips Scottish Blend
Total time: 6 min
Yield: Serves 1
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 PG Tips Scottish Blend Breakfast Tea bag; 250ml freshly drawn water, brought to a true rolling boil; 2 tbsp cold whole milk (or skimmed milk if that is the household preference); 1 tsp white sugar (optional; the Scottish kitchen tradition leans toward sweet)

Scottish Blend is PG Tips' heavier, more Assam forward breakfast blend, made for a reason worth knowing: Scotland's soft tap water brews the regular blend too thin, so this one is built to pull dark and strong where the Original would come out weak. It is a proper builder's tea, taken with milk and, by tradition north of the border, often a little sugar.

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Brew it on a full rolling boil for three to four minutes, three for a brighter cup, four for full builder's strength. And unlike a delicate green or floral bag, you can give this one a squeeze against the mug on the way out, which only adds to the colour and strength.

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

You'll need

1 PG Tips Scottish Blend Breakfast Tea bag
250ml freshly drawn water, brought to a true rolling boil
2 tbsp cold whole milk (or skimmed milk if that is the household preference)
1 tsp white sugar (optional; the Scottish kitchen tradition leans toward sweet)

Method

Fill the kettle and bring it to a true rolling boil; Scottish Blend is a black tea and wants the full 100C.
Pre warm the mug by half filling it with hot water from the kettle, swirling once, and discarding the rinse.
Drop the tea bag into the pre warmed mug and pour the boiling water straight over it, filling to about 1cm below the rim.
Leave it to steep for three to four minutes.
Lift the bag out with a teaspoon, pressing it against the side of the mug, and discard.
Add the milk and stir; it should take the cup from deep brown to a proper tea tan.
Add a teaspoon of sugar if that is how you take it, though plenty drink it without.
Serve straight away with a plain biscuit, a digestive, hobnob or custard cream, on the side.

What you'll end up with: A deep tea tan mug, strong and Assam led, softened with milk, the kind of everyday cup you drink without thinking about it.

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