10 September 2012

Tea

I enjoy a nice cup of hot tea from time to time.

The problem is my tea has tasted wrong.  I thought I liked english breakfast, but every attempt to make a cup was "off".

Turns out I was getting two simple things wrong.

First, the microwave just doesn't get the water hot enough.  It needs to be at a rolling boil.

Second, I was not steeping near long enough.  Five minutes is right.

Now my tea is how I like it!

PS: Milk, no sugar.
Posted by Angus McThag at 16:57

3 comments:

  1. Weer'd Beard11 September, 2012 19:23

    I make tea the cheap way. 2-3 quarts of water, 2 tablespoons tea. Mix water and tea, then let come to a boil on the stove.

    Turn off heat and allow to stand for 10 mins. Strain.

    You get a LOT of tea for short money, and its good. Also it just so happens that I don't like my tea hot as a re-entry vehicle, so its a more moderate temperature when its strained.

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  2. Angus McThag11 September, 2012 20:34

    That's a different kind of tea, and I like it too. But it's not right when its hot and not what I was aiming for.

    Gallons and gallons of sun tea get drank here.

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  3. Anonymous12 September, 2012 15:19

    Was it to the point that you were drinking something that was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea? ;-)

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