A Mash or a Brew?

[50's chick 10]

i just call it tea ...i don't understand where the term mash comes from

[Total Chaos 10]

An Earl Grey please.

[missymoo73 10]

Definitely Mash here

 

I thought brew was more Lancashire/manchester way

[col337 10]

My parents call it a mash... My dad thought that recent Yorkshire Tea advert calling it a brew was sacrilege!

[iheartsheff 10]

A pint of yorkshire tea on a sunday... that's definately heaven for me.

[MidsummerMan 10]

I've grown up using mash as a verb and brew as a noun or verb. I prefer mash probably because it sounds more northern and specific to tea. I'd say a brew but rarely brewing tea. Brewing is alright for tea but as you can brew other things I'd stick to mash. Mashing to me means making tea. If other things were being mashed I'd say mashing potatoes or whatever. Mash alone means tea as does a brew. I'd say making a brew rather than brewing which I think has stronger connotations to alcohol. But mashing is my favourite.

[Sludgeguts 0]

The art of making a cup of tea is rooted in the beer making process.

Brewing tea is the whole process. Mashing is one step in that process.

[Pyrotequila 402]

Bugger me, I've seen some ancient thread revival, but over 10 years since the last post is a record to me!

[bungleboy69 101]

I'd say it's a cuppa, never use mash or brew. 

[catmiss 12]

I’ll always have a brew but you have to let it mash before pouring 

[Ant68 21]

8 hours ago, catmiss said:

I’ll always have a brew but you have to let it mash before pouring 

What Catmiss said !

[Baron99 794]

Mashing comes from the start of the beer brewing process, when crushed grains are mixed with water, so similar to adding hot water to tea.  Obviously a throwback to people working in the brewing industry. 

 

I'd say this side of the Pennines it's mashing but confusingly, if you listen to Sean Bean in the Yorkshire Tea ad, he goes on about it being "A proper brew"?