Blackout to Casual UKEnglish · 1 year agoHow I (US) make tea when my British friend comes over to visitimagemessage-square192fedilinkarrow-up1552arrow-down132file-text
arrow-up1520arrow-down1imageHow I (US) make tea when my British friend comes over to visitBlackout to Casual UKEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square192fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoWhat difference does that make?
minus-squareOsprey@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoI find it makes the tea slightly weaker. It sometimes gets too strong too quickly when very hot water is poured directly on the tea bag.
minus-squareshneancy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agomost teas shouldn’t be brewed in freshly boiled 100C water, but in roughly 90C
minus-squareivanafterall@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·1 year agoThat’s roughly 194 degrees if your water is American.
minus-squareCool Beance@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYou are fucking killing me in this thread
minus-squareshottymcb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoWell, you’ve just got to boil your water at 3000m then, it’ll be perfect.
What difference does that make?
I find it makes the tea slightly weaker. It sometimes gets too strong too quickly when very hot water is poured directly on the tea bag.
most teas shouldn’t be brewed in freshly boiled 100C water, but in roughly 90C
That’s roughly 194 degrees if your water is American.
You are fucking killing me in this thread
Well, you’ve just got to boil your water at 3000m then, it’ll be perfect.