Tea first, then milk
The other way is "common".
(Happy Little Cupcake desires macaroni pictures., Fri 16 Jul 2010, 11:40, 2 replies)

The other way is "stupid"
surely the tea-bag is less effective at dispersing it's wonderful flavoury goodness in cold liquid than boilnig hot.

*theory might be wrong but in practice correct
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Fri 16 Jul 2010, 11:54, closed)

really the tea should be made in a pot
and the milk put in the cup and then the correctly brewed tea added.

fucking peasants
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 16 Jul 2010, 12:09, closed)

We don't all live in Weatherfield though

(TheManWithThePlan cussed your mum on, Fri 16 Jul 2010, 12:19, closed)

I heard a different version of the 'tea first' v. 'milk first' debate.
The upper classes added milk to the cup first because their tea services were made of fine porcelain, and pouring a hot liquid directly into them could have cracked them. The lower classes, on the other hand, drank tea from sturdy mugs, so you could pour the tea in first without worrying.
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Fri 16 Jul 2010, 12:37, closed)

I thought it was the other way around?
The rich had expensive cups that didn't break when you poured the hot tea in (Proper porcelain from China), but the poor only had cheap earthenware that cracked unless you put the milk in first?
(Nightviolet, Mon 19 Jul 2010, 12:48, closed)

No
the other way is Scottish. The only people I know who put MIF are Jocks.

edit: to clarify, that means tea bag, then milk, then boiling water. In a mug.
(mersault, Fri 16 Jul 2010, 12:49, closed)