Tea on the 'lottie

[Stephen]

I"m not a tea drinker, I stick to coffee.

However, if I'm going to offer tea to visitors,
should I make a pot of tea then put it into a Thermos flask? (Obviously take the milk separately)
Or do I put the tea bags into the Thermos - would that mean the tea would be stewed or just rather strong?

[Westi]

Or buy a little camping stove & boil the water & make fresh?

[Geoff]

If you are going to serve it all at once put boiling water in the flask then add the tea bag(s) when you want to serve it, takes a little longer than normal but brews OK.

[retropants]

Tea in a flask is bad. Better to make it there with water from the flask if you can, as Geoff suggests.

[sally wright]

Don't forget to pre-heat the flask to make sure the stored water is as hot as possible for as long as possible.
Sally Wright.

[Stephen]

Thank you all for the advice.
Westi, sorry, I have no ambitions to buy a camping stove + appropriate kettle.

Yes, Sally, I do pre-heat flasks but no harm in emphasising the point.