Blackout@feddit.uk to Casual UK@feddit.ukEnglish · 11 months agoHow I (US) make tea when my British friend comes over to visitfeddit.ukimagemessage-square191fedilinkarrow-up1552arrow-down132file-text
arrow-up1520arrow-down1imageHow I (US) make tea when my British friend comes over to visitfeddit.ukBlackout@feddit.uk to Casual UK@feddit.ukEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square191fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoWhat difference does that make?
minus-squareOsprey@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·11 months agoI find it makes the tea slightly weaker. It sometimes gets too strong too quickly when very hot water is poured directly on the tea bag.
minus-squareshneancy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·11 months agomost teas shouldn’t be brewed in freshly boiled 100C water, but in roughly 90C
minus-squareivanafterall@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·11 months agoThat’s roughly 194 degrees if your water is American.
minus-squareCool Beance@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoYou are fucking killing me in this thread
minus-squareshottymcb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoWell, you’ve just got to boil your water at 3000m then, it’ll be perfect.
What difference does that make?
I find it makes the tea slightly weaker. It sometimes gets too strong too quickly when very hot water is poured directly on the tea bag.
most teas shouldn’t be brewed in freshly boiled 100C water, but in roughly 90C
That’s roughly 194 degrees if your water is American.
You are fucking killing me in this thread
Well, you’ve just got to boil your water at 3000m then, it’ll be perfect.