the water starts to boil at 100*C but the tea should be brewed/watered at less than 90*C so it has the best taste.
how long after boiling the water to 100 it drops down to 90 ? is that 2 minutes ? or maybe 5 ?
the water starts to boil at 100*C but the tea should be brewed/watered at less than 90*C so it has the best taste.
how long after boiling the water to 100 it drops down to 90 ? is that 2 minutes ? or maybe 5 ?
Depends on many factors.....Room temperature, what your kettle is made out of, what altitude you live at etc..... There is no definate answer.
The correct way to make tea is pour and leave it to brew just as it boils.
Warm the teapot with boiling water. When you are ready to make the tea, pour the warm water out of the teapot, and add freshly boiled water to it. 1 teaspoon of tea-leaves per person. Allow it to brew for 3-7 minutes depending on the type of tea leaves you are using. Pour through a tea-strainer so that you don't get tea-leaves in your cup.
Or you can just boil a kettle, pour the water into the mug with a teabag in it, and leave it be for a few minutes.
It basically depends whether or not it is my Granny making the tea in the afternoon, or me making a quick mug of the elixir of life in the morning.
I just use a water boiler and tea bags or whatever the english translations of those words are. >.<
The tea tastes just fine for me.
There is a small tea room at the train station where I go to university that does it properly, and they have hundreds of kinds of tea to choose from.
Indeed, any else notice how the British empire starting going downhill when people started switching to Coffee? A coincidence or a conspiracy?
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If she is Scottish, she will tell you to deep fry it.
Bring it to a boil, take it off the heat, and put the tea in it around one minute later.
That's how I do it during my morning routine.
Oi bloody hell moit that is betrayal of queen and country i say sir how dare you
Incase you were thinking I was joking about deep frying a liquid.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fried_Coke
Thats a US invention though, the Jocks cannot claim that one.
Someone needs to make a poll on the best kind of tea. I'm drinking green tea at the moment but I like to mix it up a bit. I was talking to an Indian guy at the bridge table the other day and he recommended Darjeeling with a splash of milk, I tried it and it's very nice, nicer than those brand names you see on the shelves like Typhoo, Quick Brew etc. Earl Grey is also nice once in a while.