Everyone here at Audley End House likes a good cup of tea.

Lady Braybrooke makes hers herself in the house with her own urn.

She, I'm told, has it very weak. And she has it made from expensive Indian tea leaves.

Here in the kitchen we like ours stronger and with a lot more sugar and naturally we

have the cheaper China tea leaves.

This is how I like the girls to make a pot of tea for the kitchen.

Firstly, warm the pot.

Then add just under a tablespoon of leaves into the pot for each person.

Pour over the boiling water.

Then pour the tea into your cup.

Now I like my milk to go in second, but Mary-Anne the kitchen maid always puts her milk in first.

And don't forget to keep the tea leaves so the housemaids can use it to clean the carpets.

So there you have it. The perfect cup of tea, according to us at Audley End House. Others

may argue that their way of making tea is the perfect way, the most important thing

is to make it how you enjoy it.

And of course, when you have a cup of tea don;t forget the biscuits.