Milk first half a sugar, ta.
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Sorry, I'm going to have to get militant on this subject, as it's something I've invested much of my adult life in.
Unless you're a slightly retarded, gin-sodden 80 year old wife from landed gentry with IBS, you NEVER, EVER put in milk first.
Think of it scientifically - fats and lipids in the milk interfere with the dissolution of tea into the hot water solvent, both by pre-emptively taking up space in the water and by reducing the temperature to below the ideal 95 degrees required for the perfect cuppa.
Once your tea has brewed, I'm all for sticking the milk in before you remove the teabag - just, for the love of Christ, not when you first start making a cup of tea.
Your premature milk spurting saddens me more than I can possibly describe.