"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 11:07:29 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>>On 8/10/2013 10:00 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 08:00:05 -0500, "Pete C." >
>>> wrote:
>>>
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>>>
>>>>
>>>> How much tea do you drink each morning? My microwave heats my coffee
>>>> water in 1:35. Those electric kettles are great if you need a large
>>>> amount of hot water for tea for a group, or for various cooking needs,
>>>> but aren't real efficient for a cup or two.
>>>
>>> Maybe it is just me, but the microwaved water seems to affect the
>>> taste of the tea, but I cannot imagine why it would. Maybe because
>>> the teas is put into the heated water instead of the water poured over
>>> the tea.
>>>
>>Simple solution for that: pour the microwave heated water over the tea.
>
> Microwaved water is heated but rarely (except by pure luck) brought
> exactly to the boil... not unless one futzes with resetting the timer
> and futzes with a thermometer. I don't brew tea often but when I do I
> boil at least twice as much water as will fill the cup(s), the cup(s)
> is/are first filled with boiling water to heat the cup, that water is
> dumped out and freshly boiled water is used to brew tea... any tea
> drinker knows that the cup(s) or teapot is first heated before tea is
> actually brewed. Brewing tea in a cold vessel will not produce a
> proper tea. Naturally those who are satisfied with pish vasser it
> matters not how one prepares tea... at most all restaurants the best
> one can hope for is tepid tea... order tea and they bring a cup of
> tepid water with a cheapo teabag on the side.

Blimey! Someone who knows how to make a proper pot of tea)

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