Asklemmy

An electric kettle for the water and loose tea with a strainer. I'll usually make it in a mug, occasionally a small teapot, or a thermos if I'm traveling.

We have a hot waterdispenser for tea, we drink tea day and night. It saves electricity over a normal watercooker and it is convenient.

Fresh mint or fennel, ginger, camille, or tea in a baggy, earl grey I like best

I mostly drink Shan tea which has added toasted sticky rice flavour and a very strong black tea with milk and sugar, the way indians introduced back in colonial time.

Shan tea is simple. Just put it in a flask with hot water, wait a bit and drink slowly.

Black tea with milk has to be brewed hard though. Tannins are part of the flavour. I personally brew for about 15 to 30 mins. Actual tea stalls brew much longer, like hours long. Also tea leaves to water ratio is quite low as well. The tea needs to be fairly tart. Then we add evaporated milk and sweetener. A serving should be quite small because the tea is strong. May be around 100-150ml.

Water in the microwave. Cheap Lipton tea bag for five mins. A little cashew milk. It's fine.

I basically take everything 'black' with two sugars, I never put milk in my tea. And I'm particularly partial to Earl Grey and peppermint.

Also, Demerara sugar FTW.

How is the iced Grey? Doesn't sound like my cup of tea (tee-hee) but your choice is very intriguing...

I boil water in a sauce pot on the stove. Slosh it into my mug. Plunk in a tea bag and set the timer on my microwave for 3:30 so that I don't forget and over-steep it. No milk. No sugar.

Whatever black tea steeped for slightly longer than whatever it says, teaspoon or two of sugar, and a splash of milk. I mostly drink black coffee though.

I put loose leaf tea (usually a blended black tea such as English breakfast) in a basket in my mug and then pour boiling water from my kettle over it and let it sit for about 3-4 minutes. Remove the tea and add a bit of sugar and milk, stir and enjoy. I've got one of those "smart" mugs so my tea stays hot for the entire time I'm drinking it.

Boiling water. Kettle at home and Kuereg with no pod at work. A half teaspoon of sugar. A bit of soy milk. And usually ice.

Edit: not as common, but 90 seconds in microwave works fine.

Just a green tea bag in a mug with hot water. I leave the tea bag in the whole time. No milk or sugar. Sometimes I’ll drink celestial herbal tea, but it’s very strong if you leave the tea bag in too long.

Regular tea: Loose green tea steeped with an infuser for longer than recommended, plain

Herbal tea: Tea bag, either plain or with a bit of sweetener and/or lemon

Yerba mate: Out of a low-maintenance stainless steel "gourd"

Also, I use an electric kettle to heat the water, unless I'm camping or road tripping.