Steeping tea in milk
> wrote:
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>Does anyone know if steeping your tea directly in heated milk (i.e. no
>water involved in the process) will affect it's infusion? Will using
>milk only decrease the amount of "goodstuffs" (for lack of a better
>word... and knowledge) that's extracted from the tea leaves?
Yes, it changes the way the tea tastes considerably, because you are now
doing an oil extraction as well. I think the result is rather unpleasant
but some folks like it for spiced masala teas.
--scott
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