Making the perfect cup of English tea is all about balance, timing, and quality ingredients. Here's how to do it.

Number one. Use loose leaf tea. When you add hot water to ... So milk first if using a teapot, but last if you’re using a cup. A small consolation, perhaps, for George Orwell.

After all, no one likes those tiny leaves floating ... to spillage or find yourself frustrated when the tea somehow avoids the cup, this teapot promises to airily wave those worries away with ...