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How Do "you" Make Tea
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i've always used water on the boil to make mine, (we go for a good individual indian tea) but a tea specialist said on a tv doc that should not be boiling but off the boil around 90'c as it spoils the flavour
what you you do ?
what you you do ?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.All this warming the tea pot and water at a particular temperature is nonsense .
All you need to do is stick a tea bag in a mug pour your boiling water on , squeeze the tea bag on the side of the mug with the spoon , pour your milk in , add your sugar , stir and hey presto ( sugar and milk optional of course )
All you need to do is stick a tea bag in a mug pour your boiling water on , squeeze the tea bag on the side of the mug with the spoon , pour your milk in , add your sugar , stir and hey presto ( sugar and milk optional of course )
If you're using teabags you can abuse them however you like and you'll get roughly the same kind of tea at the end...
... this is because teabags are filled with the "dust" from tea production, rather than the actual leaves....
Here's some temp/steeping guides for proper tea:
The following are general guidelines originally published by the Speciality Tea Institute of North America:
Black – 4 to 5 minutes at a temperature of 200-212 degrees Fahrenheit
Oolong – 4 to 7 minutes at a temperature of 195- 205 degrees Fahrenheit
Green – 2 to 3 minutes at a temperature of 170 -190 degrees Fahrenheit
White – 3 to 6 minutes at a temperature of 170- 190 degrees Fahrenheit
Pu’erh 1 to 10 minutes at a temperature of 205- 212 degrees Fahrenheit
It also allows me to tell my favourite tea joke:
Why did the marxo-anarchist only drink herbal tea?
Because proper tea is theft...
... this is because teabags are filled with the "dust" from tea production, rather than the actual leaves....
Here's some temp/steeping guides for proper tea:
The following are general guidelines originally published by the Speciality Tea Institute of North America:
Black – 4 to 5 minutes at a temperature of 200-212 degrees Fahrenheit
Oolong – 4 to 7 minutes at a temperature of 195- 205 degrees Fahrenheit
Green – 2 to 3 minutes at a temperature of 170 -190 degrees Fahrenheit
White – 3 to 6 minutes at a temperature of 170- 190 degrees Fahrenheit
Pu’erh 1 to 10 minutes at a temperature of 205- 212 degrees Fahrenheit
It also allows me to tell my favourite tea joke:
Why did the marxo-anarchist only drink herbal tea?
Because proper tea is theft...
My old Mum always told me to take the pot to the kettle, not the kettle to the pot. So I always use boiling water. Also you should never add the milk to the tea bag first...a hanging offence in my house.
I have told this story before on AB but here goes ::
Once, in America, while staying with friends, I visited some friends of theirs, who had never met an Englishman before. The host was somewhat nervous of making me tea but didn't do too badly. But she blotted her copy book by asking me if I wanted cream or lemon.
"Cream...in tea ? " I gasped, in a horrified voice.
Americans have some very funny ideas you know.
I have told this story before on AB but here goes ::
Once, in America, while staying with friends, I visited some friends of theirs, who had never met an Englishman before. The host was somewhat nervous of making me tea but didn't do too badly. But she blotted her copy book by asking me if I wanted cream or lemon.
"Cream...in tea ? " I gasped, in a horrified voice.
Americans have some very funny ideas you know.