MarshalN > writes:

> On Jul 24, 11:21 pm, Kai Hendry > wrote:
> > I want to start a project and company that serves English tea to the
> > masses, without the need of tea bags.
> >
> > http://mistertea.co.uk/
> >
> > I am thinking urns are the way to go, but people have put me off by
> > saying the tea gets stewed and the urns are difficult to maintain.
> >
> > After searching around the Internet, I was wondering if you at
> > rec.food.drink.tea have
> > any pointers in my quest.
> >
> > There must be a machine or method that those big popular Ice Tea
> > canned beverage companies utilise...
> >
> > Kind regards,
>
> What might you be trying to achieve?
>
> What I think I mean is - what aspect of teabag brewing do you wish to
> improve upon?

At the risk of putting words in the original poster's mouth, I think
it's the taste. He does use the word "stale".

> I'd imagine you want this thing to be portable?

Judging by the OP's website, I doubt this: he talks about a "shop" or
"stall".

For the OP's stated goal, making good English "builder's tea", a
samovar might be ideal. At least it affords the excuse to read the
wonderful Russian tea HOWTO:

http://home.fazekas.hu/~nagydani/rth...-HOWTO-v2.html

But why not also take the opportunity to offer Indian railway chai in
the same shop/stall? In London you should get a lot of customers for
that, I'd think.

/Lew
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