Brings to mind the joke posted earlier of a Funeral Director's office w/ the secretary drinking some tea next to an open labeled box. Directors is saying, "Mrs. Grey has come for her husband's cremains..."My British wife is a tea snob. To properly brew tea, the tea is placed in a pre-warmed pot and water at a full boil is poured after. Never the other way around. If the tea bag is added after the water, she will reject it. The brew is steeped for six minutes, then poured, never stirred. The preferred tea is P G Tips. She will drink English Breakfast tea only under duress. Never, ever Earl Grey.
At times, just to mess with her, I have made it water, then tea and stir for a minute and serve. She doesn't notice any difference.
Does your wife add the milk to the tea or the tea to the milk? Butter on top of the toast or the bottom?