Quote from: firiki on January 30, 2019, 02:12:03 PM...Easy there,I certainly do not value Tea and I am OK with it too.
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Tea is an important part of Turkish culture, and is the most commonly consumed hot drink, despite the country's long history of coffee consumption. Offering tea to guests is part of Turkish hospitality.
You must teach us the way
Mmmmmmmm, tannin.
Quote from: magentus on February 01, 2019, 12:30:47 PMMmmmmmmm, tannin.I find the tannin stains in the cup reassuring. It's good to know that they are there instead of coating my insides.
You don't make good tea if you:- Put 2 teaspoonfuls of Earl Grey in a small (~200) kettle - Use a kitchen boiler till the water is scalding hot- Immidiately pour said scalding water in kettle- Start stirring for a while then wait for an arbitrary amount of time
Quote from: firiki on February 01, 2019, 12:23:29 PMYou don't make good tea if you:- Put 2 teaspoonfuls of Earl Grey in a small (~200) kettle - Use a kitchen boiler till the water is scalding hot- Immidiately pour said scalding water in kettle- Start stirring for a while then wait for an arbitrary amount of timeWell, this is how I make tea:- Take loose leaf Earl Grey and throw it away. Yuck!- Find a tea bag of good strong gumboot tea. Stephen? Twining said tea bags are perfectly acceptable these days. At work we use loose leaf tea and it's a complete pfaff.- Once the water has boiled IMMEDIATELY pour it into the cup. The water should still be bubbling as you are pouring it. Otherwise it will be half cold when it's finished drawing.- Let it draw for 3 minutes minimum, preferably 4-5.- Remove tea bag, squeezing optional.- Add a small dash of milk, enough to change the colour. No sugar.And I make a darn good tea.
Does anyone else admit to not cleaning the cup out in between tea and proper coffee?
Well, this is how I make tea:- Take loose leaf Earl Grey and throw it away. Yuck!- Find a tea bag of good strong gumboot tea. Stephen? Twining said tea bags are perfectly acceptable these days. At work we use loose leaf tea and it's a complete pfaff.- Once the water has boiled IMMEDIATELY pour it into the cup. The water should still be bubbling as you are pouring it. Otherwise it will be half cold when it's finished drawing.- Let it draw for 3 minutes minimum, preferably 4-5.- Remove tea bag, squeezing optional.- Add a small dash of milk, enough to change the colour. No sugar.And I make a darn good tea.
There are some differences, the major one being tea in a tea bag vs loose leaf. Tea in a bag is usually so dessicated that scalding hot doesn't influence the results much. By contrast, much is lost by scorching dried but somewhat fresh herbs. The latter is true for most all herbs. Don't forget pure, distilled water boils at 100C, regular water takes even more heat and that kills the beneficial substances.Another difference, you observe the 3-5 min limit, my guy doesn't. Although green tea especially keeps brewing and changing past 5 minutes. I've drunk 15 min green tea and it was good!Water from a boiler seems to cool off much faster. Have you tried putting a lid on the kettle?
Fannings are small pieces of tea that are left over after higher grades of teas are gathered to be sold. Traditionally these were treated as the rejects of the manufacturing process in making high-quality leaf tea like the orange pekoe. Fannings with extremely small particles are sometimes called dusts.[14] Fannings and dusts are considered the lowest grades of tea, separated from broken-leaf teas which have larger pieces of the leaves. However, the fannings of expensive teas can still be more expensive and more flavourful than whole leaves of cheaper teas.This traditionally low-quality tea has, however, experienced a huge demand in the developing world in the last century as the practice of tea drinking became popular. Tea stalls in India and the South Asian sub-continent and Africa prefer dust tea because it is cheap and also produces a very strong brew; consequently, more cups are obtained per measure of tea dust.Because of the small size of the particles, a tea infuser is typically used to brew fannings.[15] Fannings are also typically used in most tea bags, although some companies sell tea bags containing whole-leaf tea.[16]
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Some people take the tea bag out immediately, then put lots of milk in to cool it down.
Quote from: ezdog on January 30, 2019, 02:39:28 PMQuote from: firiki on January 30, 2019, 02:12:03 PM...Easy there,I certainly do not value Tea and I am OK with it too. Wrong choice of words on my part, perhaps? Not sure if I have vexed you but that wasn't my intention.Rather, I meant to comment on how tea is a sign of hospitality in the neighouring country and as such one wants to make a good brew whereas here, if one likes tea then QuoteTea is an important part of Turkish culture, and is the most commonly consumed hot drink, despite the country's long history of coffee consumption. Offering tea to guests is part of Turkish hospitality.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_in_Turkey
I usually pre-warm my iron tea pots, AZ. How about you?
Quote from: Nix on February 02, 2019, 08:59:23 PM I usually pre-warm my iron tea pots, AZ. How about you?I usually just use the electric kettle to boil the water and pour in
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