Warm the pot first, please, then put two heaping teaspoonfuls in the pot no bags in boiling water, and when it's in, stir it. And when it comes here, I will stir it again.
Source: Telling a butler how to make good tea; in NY Times, 24 Apr 1978.
-- Lynn Fontanne, (Dec 6 1887-1983), US actress; She formed, with husband Alfred Lunt, one of the great stage duos: O Mistress Mine, 1946 and The Visit, 1960.