Tea - Progressive Rock Music Forum

oliverstoned wrote:

Dean wrote:

Sean Trane wrote:

But I've way too many UK citizens pouring boiling water over the tea, and that's not doing youself a favour either...you're over-brewing it... especially black teas....

although with over-smoked lapsuchong or watchemacallit teas, it doesn't matter anyway... you feel like drinking from an ashtray)

Nope if you're waiting for your water to heavy boil, it's way too hot... The water should be simmering (frémissant in French), which means roughly 95°C... so the surface should have ripples, but not boils

As I said - it depends on the type of tea, and even in black teas it depends on the variety - Brits prefer strong Indian tea, and that requires freshly boiled water (between 98-99°C) that still contains plenty of oxygen in it (never re-boil the water). The way the French brew tea is okay - that odd 3°C isn't going to make as much difference, it just takes a little longer to brew - anyway, the French (and Belgians) brew far better coffee than tea - we're getting better at coffee, but still tend to over-roast the beans to bitterness.

The infusion time, the temperature and even the teapot shape (which influences temperature according to its shape) depends from one strain to another. For example, white tea (the best) is not easy to prepare well, requires 70°C and from 10 to 25 minutes of infusion; several passes can be made.

For once we agree

(pre-heat the pot of course, never make tea in a cold teapot).

The more I drink it, the more I'm liking white tea - (no milk, no sugar) - but yes, not boiling water and long infusion.

Flavoured teas are an abomination - that's like some demented new-age nonalcoholic alcoh-pop.

What?

I went through a black tea and lemon phase but forsome reason unbeknownst to me it suddenly started making me feel sick

tasted good though, shame

Now I'm just a mere tea mortal, with PG tips and milk w/ no sugar.

"Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value."

Arnold Schoenberg

Dean wrote:

Flavoured teas are an abomination - that's like some demented new-age nonalcoholic alcoh-pop.

Aye, my mother is far too interested in flavoured herbal teas; I can't even bring myself to drink such a thing.

JJLehto wrote:

Milk and Sugar.

To all who disagree..well screw you Tongue

u mad bro?

UndercoverBoy wrote:

JJLehto wrote:

Milk and Sugar.

To all who disagree..well screw you Tongue

It's the only way I can stand it. I guess I'm in the minority of those who don't like tea.

Well, I love Tea but quite a few here seem ready to scoff at sugar and milk and probably say "thats not tea!!!!"

Yes, Pat I am quite indignant brother.

Edited by JJLehto - June 24 2011 at 14:02

Milk in tea? Ermm

Eärendil wrote:

Milk in tea? Ermm

Yeah man!

My family's been doing it for years

I was ostricised once for having my tea black... never again.

"Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value."

Arnold Schoenberg

Nothing in it. I'm a purist.

Not that I chew on tea leaves

. I mean I do put some hot water on it.

Tea?

Uh, “far out”, Catherwood, just roll us a couple of “bombers” and leave them on the side table.

Trust me. I know what I'm doing.

It depends on the tea. I'm not going to add milk into my green tea, but I will to my earl grey

I'm so mad that you enjoy a certain combination of noises that I don't

Poll Question: How do you take it?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
No milk, no sugar	20	[45.45%]
Milk, no sugar	4	[9.09%]
No milk, sugar	8	[18.18%]
Milk, sugar	6	[13.64%]
Don't like tea	6	[13.64%]
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