[Secret Agent Man]

i’ve made tea with hot and cold water for decades

i can’t really say I notice a taste difference either way

but now i drink cold unsweetened tea , i let it sit in the fridge for hours to steep and get a nice flavor

[spokeshave]

A true friend will squeeze your teabag.

[4everontheRight]

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[llevrok]

From my Canadian mother-in-law -

Bring the kettle to a boil and take off the heat.
Use a earthenware British “brown betty”
Pour the boiling water in the Betty to warm it up for a few mins.
Empty the Betty.
Add loose tea or (gasp!) tea bags and refill.
Steep for 5-7 minutes.

The time it takes to warm the tea pot and then refill it allows the water to come down to about 180 degrees. Perfect tea steeping temp.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Sun tea.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

The kettle should be just off the boil. Means that it should not be boiling but about 210 degrees. It should be poured over loose leaf tea in a warmed pot (glass, china or British Silver is acceptable). The tea should steep for no less then two minutes and no more then five.

Pour into your mug, add what you want and drink.

[Fungi]

Reminds me of an article in the LA Slime about “ knife cutting or hand breaking romaine leaves for a salad.” Yes that was really the gist of the article. Look it up on the LA Slime data base, it is there. I refuse to give a penny to this leftist piece of crap.

[llevrok]

I’m good with loose or bags (although I prefer loose teas). But you start putting in crap like herbaceous flowers and hints of patchouli and I’d rather cut to the chase and have a nice, cool gin and tonic !

[mom.mom]

Oh for crying out loud.

[KarlInOhio]

“No,” he said, “look, it’s very, very simple … all I want … is a cup of tea. You are going to make one for me. Keep quiet and listen.” And he sat. He told the Nutri-Matic about India, he told it about China, he told it about Ceylon. He told it about broad leaves drying in the sun. He told it about silver teapots. He told it about summer afternoons on the lawn. He told it about putting in the milk before the tea so it wouldn’t get scalded. He even told it (briefly) about the history of the East India Company.

“So that’s it, is it?” said the Nutri-Matic when he had finished.

“Yes,” said Arthur, “that is what I want.”

“You want the taste of dried leaves in boiled water?”

“Er, yes. With milk.”

“Squirted out of a cow?”

“Well, in a manner of speaking I suppose …”

[PUGACHEV]

Breville makes a One Touch tea maker that completely automates making a pot of tea. You add the right amount of water, fill a basket with the right amount of tea, you select the type of tea you are brewing, green, semi-fermented, or black, push a button and wait. It heats the water to a pre-programmed temperature, submerges the basket for the a determined amount of time and pulles it out, and then keeps the tea warm. It really does do everything for you.

[Conan the Librarian]

180 deg measured with a thermometer. Same for coffee. I use a French Press for the coffee. The Cap’n prefers teabags or (lately) powdered green tea (not dehydrated...but powdered...it’s from Japan)

[Tennessee Nana]

The secret is...hot the pot...

and then yes, use boiling water...

loose tea...no tea bags...

[Texas Eagle]

Martin Isark, a professional food and drink taster

Say WHAT! You mean all these years I've been doing it for free when I could've been bilking money from people for doing it? What an evil genius this guy is.

Hat's off to you Mr. Isark ,you magnificent bass turd.

[minnesota_bound]

There was a whole series arc of Capt Jean Luc Picard deciding which kind of tea to be his favorite.

[BunnySlippers]

This needs to be edited!

[McGruff]

And stay away from Russian tea.

[higgmeister]

Brits have no clue about making the American way.

[higgmeister]

Proof, who in their right mind would put milk in their tea!?!?!?!?

[Don W]

LOVE my sun tea. Water, gallon of water, sun, 4 hours.

Sugar, lemon, ice to taste.