I use Lipton decaffeinated tea. I make it in the coffee maker. It
doesn't seem as good as brewed on the stove. I was thinking about
running the tea thru the maker twice.

Good idea?

.... WHAT ?!?!?!

sorry i got all dizzy and blurry after decaffeinated tea ...

what do you mean you make it in the coffee maker?! you put the tea bag
in the filter holder and let water drip on it?

or you have a pod machine? these are designed to extract all the
"flavor" in the first pass, so running a 2nd time would only dilute
your final drink.

Terry Terry writes:

I use Lipton decaffeinated tea. I make it in the coffee maker. It
doesn't seem as good as brewed on the stove. I was thinking about
running the tea thru the maker twice.

Good idea?

I don't think so. A tolerance for caffeine is the main thing that
distinguishes us from the insects.

/Lew
---
Lew Perin /
http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html

On Jan 4, 3:05*pm, Terry Terry wrote:
I use Lipton decaffeinated tea. *I make it in the coffee maker. *It
doesn't seem as good as brewed on the stove. *I was thinking about
running the tea thru the maker twice.

Good idea?

No.. It's best when it's around boiling temperature, I've
heard different temps, but I actually made very good tea
at around 195 degrees at least from one black tea. Coffee
maker is probably lower, maybe a little lower than 180, so
it's not very good for coffee either. Running it 2nd time
will not do anything for the temperature. Drip coffee
makers are unsuitable for making black teas, and in fact
for making good coffee either, because, if i remember
right, good coffee requires around 200 degrees, and
drip coffee makers are lower than that.

Aside from this, it will also make tea smell like coffee..

On Jan 4, 3:05*pm, Terry Terry wrote:
I use Lipton decaffeinated tea. *I make it in the coffee maker. *It
doesn't seem as good as brewed on the stove. *I was thinking about
running the tea thru the maker twice.

Good idea?

No.. It's best when it's around boiling temperature, I've
heard different temps, but I actually made very good tea
at around 195 degrees at least from one black tea. Coffee
maker is probably lower, maybe a little lower than 180, so
it's not very good for coffee either. Running it 2nd time
will not do anything for the temperature. Drip coffee
makers are unsuitable for making black teas, and in fact
for making good coffee either, because, if i remember
right, good coffee requires around 200 degrees, and
drip coffee makers are lower than that.

Aside from this, it will also make tea smell like coffee..

Terry Terry wrote:
I use Lipton decaffeinated tea. I make it in the coffee maker. It
doesn't seem as good as brewed on the stove. I was thinking about
running the tea thru the maker twice.

Good idea?

Sounds great! Don't forget to add the peanut butter, some of the oil
from the sardine tin, and just a LITTLE bit of the syrup from a bottle
of marascino cherries for that extra little something.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

During a commercial break on the Food Netwok, Alton Brown showed how
he can have a hot breakfast in a hotel room by making instant oatmeal
in the coffee maker. He adds honey and jam or jelly, but I'm thinking
it will still have a coffee flavor. Probably tolerable to coffee
drinkers, but I doubt I would like it.

And he only ran it through once. ;-)

Alan