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6 heaping teaspoons of tea per quart of water seems like a lot of tea.
It depends on how much you want to sleep in the coming days..
of possible interest George Orwell's 11 rules of tea making https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwel...
These are some of the worst tea-making tip I've ever seen. I get that taste is subjective and all, but come on... This is like saying:
"Al Pastor street taco in Mexico has its virtues - it is economical, and one can eat it without salsa - but there is not much stimulation in it. One does not feel wiser, braver or more optimistic after eating it. Anyone who has used that comforting phrase 'a great taco' invariably means Taco Bells"
CTC tea [1] is inferior in quality. They are mass-produced, brews quick, and tastes way too strong (hence the milk). Tea was invented in China and tea culture goes back thousands of years. India and Sri Lanka only started producing tea in the mid 1800s. Robert Fortune literally dressed up as a Chinese merchant, snuck into some rural village in Fujian, and smuggled some teas back so the British East India Company can cultivate it in and around India.
Also, can't miss a chance to spice things up with the mention of adding salt to brewed tea[1]. Which is heretical, but seems palatable to me, though I probably wouldn't do it to good tea.
of possible interest George Orwell's 11 rules of tea making https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwel...
> "First of all, one should use Indian or Ceylonese tea. China tea has virtues which are not to be despised nowadays—it is economical, and one can drink it without milk—but there is not much stimulation in it. One does not feel wiser, braver or more optimistic after drinking it. Anyone who has used that comforting phrase ‘a nice cup of tea’ invariably means Indian tea." These are some of the worst tea-making tip I've…
Worth mentioning that though tea does contain polyphenols and flavinoids which are good for us (and l-theanine and caffeine which we enjoy introducing to our nervous systems), it's had a much bigger impact on health historically because it required us to heat water to boiling (or near boiling, depending on what kind of tea you're making). Also, can't miss a chance to spice things up with the mention of adding salt to…
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It depends on how much you want to sleep in the coming days..
You must be from USA. In Europe you give tea even to toddlers and they sleep just fine. You mistook tea for coffee lol (Americans...)
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The BBC has come up with an excellent short documentary on how to perform proper tea preparation [1]. Essentially the hot water need to be boiling hot (100 degree celcius) and leave it brewing for a minimum 4 minutes after pouring into a cup of tea. From personal experiences, if you want to make good chai masala (or spicy milk tea) you need to keep it in boiling water for considerable amount of time (like cooking on…
(Jeera == cumin. "Fake cinnamon" I guess comes from species in the genus Cinnamomum other than the Sri Lanka / Ceylon species.)
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It depends on how much you want to sleep in the coming days..
You must be from USA. In Europe you give tea even to toddlers and they sleep just fine. You mistook tea for coffee lol (Americans...)
of possible interest George Orwell's 11 rules of tea making https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwel...
> "First of all, one should use Indian or Ceylonese tea. China tea has virtues which are not to be despised nowadays—it is economical, and one can drink it without milk—but there is not much stimulation in it. One does not feel wiser, braver or more optimistic after drinking it. Anyone who has used that comforting phrase ‘a nice cup of tea’ invariably means Indian tea." These are some of the worst tea-making tip I've…
If I remember correctly, he actually wrote that essay because there was a world event that his compatriots were getting outraged about, and this was his way of being provocative by not covering it. But I may have that wrong.
Worth mentioning that though tea does contain polyphenols and flavinoids which are good for us (and l-theanine and caffeine which we enjoy introducing to our nervous systems), it's had a much bigger impact on health historically because it required us to heat water to boiling (or near boiling, depending on what kind of tea you're making). Also, can't miss a chance to spice things up with the mention of adding salt to…