Builder's Tea

That's the most common way of preparing tea here in the US (as far as I can tell) but we really don't drink a ton of it

It's very good

When we lived in Arizona, my sister was big on making sun tea:

Iced tea can be brewed by placing tea (bags or loose-leaf) in a large glass container with water and leaving the container in the sun for hours. This often results in a smoother flavor. An advantage is that sun tea does not require using electricity or burning fuel, thus saving energy. Sun tea is sometimes served with syrup or lemon.

The temperature of the tea brewed in this manner is never heated high enough to kill any bacteria, leaving the water potentially unsafe to drink. The tea should be discarded if it appears thick, syrupy, or has rope-like strands in it, though it may be hazardous even without such indicators.

Because of this danger an alternative called "refrigerator tea" has been suggested where the tea is brewed in the refrigerator overnight. This has the dual advantage of preventing the growth of harmful bacteria and the tea already being cold without the addition of ice.
(from Wikipedia)

I remember often seeing a 2-gallon jar sitting in her backyard for a couple of hours during hot weather. I never drank any of it, but she thought it was cool to make tea that way.

I drink hot tea plain. No milk, sugar, lemon. I've never been partial to iced tea.

I don't fancy many Americans add milk to tea. While typical in the UK, I've never seen anyone here do it.

That's how I drink tea.

I only drink it like that, only without the milk.

Brit here 🙋‍♀️.

Yes all of that is correct. Builders tea is a very strong brew (stronger than I take mine) with a bit of milk added.


Reading other's answers surprised me as I didn't realise that American's don't put milk in hot tea.

That is not common in Britain at all. We always use milk.

I drink 3 mugs of milk tea per day.

Here is my recipe:

Half a mug of water
Half a mug of full-fat milk
1 teabag of Lipton black tea
5 leaves of Lapsang souchong
A bit of salt
2 tea spoons of sugar
1 drop of honey

Yep! ☕️
I personally don’t like black or white tea, I drink Rooibos, Honeybush or Green Tea (with Jasmin is a favourite) usually or fruit teas. It’s bags but I will have leaves in a teapot if I have them. None of these are taken with any additions.

I am always pleasantly surprised when they drink tea in American/Canadian made films and TV things, as it’s not as popular as coffee or as ingrained as it is in the U.K., I believe.