This site may help to determine the 'correct' way to make a cup of tea, if there is such a thing...
http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/
For me it's as follows:
1) add tea bag
(yorkshire tea - I have to search all round my local shops to find this tea, maybe I'm just picky but I like the taste, and cannot abide having to drink tea that I don't like the taste of ie. tesco or co-op value tea that my mother buys. Hmph, floor sweepings more like [/tea nazi])
2) add two, that's TWO, heaped teaspoons of sugar.
3) add boiling water- stirr to disolve sugar, squeeze teabag to remove trapped air. Leave to brew for 2-4 minutes.
4) squeeze teabag then discard. Add milk whilst stiring, until the liquid goes a rich dark reddy brown.
Aah! fantastic, one cup of tea later and all is right with the world again
As an Englishmans' home is his castle, so an Englishmans' tea is his indicator that the world is in its propper place (somewhere under the teacoezy) and that he can relax and enjoy the stillness of the afternoon, safe in the knowlege that (as sure as night follows day) after teatime comes dinner...