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The burning question*: When do you take teabag out of cup?

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Jan 9th 2012, 12:00 PM 9,250 Views 56 Comments

WE KNOW HOW you feel. It’s STILL January, the working week looms ahead and you have a lot on your plate.

So do like we do here in TheJournal.ie HQ and get stuck into a serious debate on one of life’s most pressing questions…

This week: Presuming you are making tea in a cup/mug – and you like a drop of milk in your tea (lots of presumptions here), when do you take the teabag out?

A. Before adding the milk, or…

(via Ginny/Flickr.com)

B. …after the milk is added

(via Susan Daly/TheJournal.ie. Milk-pouring stuntman: Michael Freeman)

Alright then: your call. The teabag should be taken out of the cup…

Poll Results:

A - before adding the milk (1706)

B - after the milk is added (653)

C - you should always use a teapot, and never, ever make it in a cup (135)

D - can't we all just get along? (134)

A - before adding the milk
B - after the milk is added
C - you should always use a teapot, and never, ever make it in a cup
D - can't we all just get along?

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The burning question*: When do you take teabag out of cup?