On 7 Jun 2006 01:41:07 -0700, "SN" > wrote:

>
>DogMa wrote:
>> a cake of my best Pu-erh
>> to anyone who can provide some convincing science to support the
>> oft-cited "fact" that oxygen in water is critical to making good tea.
>
>me first!
>
>ahem,
>
>water = H2O
>
>no O = no water (?--> hydrogen tea infusion... O_O ?)

You are disqualified.

The oxygen he is referring to is dissolved oxygen, not the oxygen that
is part of the water molecule. If you remove the O from H2O, you no
longer have water, it's just H2 (and you better not be smoking). If
you remove the dissolved oxygen (according to some) you get a flat
tasteless water.

But then maybe you knew that are were just playing.

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