How long can you steep tea for?
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Even though you savages have never understood the merits of a properly brewed cup of tea, you are completely out of order to condemn the practice.
The day that we comport ourselves in a manner that you barbarians find suitable will be the day civilized society vanishes from the earth.
The day that we comport ourselves in a manner that you barbarians find suitable will be the day civilized society vanishes from the earth.
What about tea coming from the civil war?
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Waaaay worse than the tea that was wasted at the start of the revolutionary war.
I hated tea until I was 27. I learned the art, but have transformed it into blending iced teas from fresh brewed. Steamed then iced. I use lipton tea as a base, but include green tea, raspberry, and a local tea shop's special blend. It tastes like BigRed flavored green tea when it's done. Dangerous stuff. Will wake you up and give you purpose.
I recommend getting a iced tea maker from Mr.Coffee. It brews hot tea, too. It has a steeping adjustment that goes from about 2-4 minutes for desired effect. I like mine as steep as possible. Think it tastes better.
I hated tea until I was 27. I learned the art, but have transformed it into blending iced teas from fresh brewed. Steamed then iced. I use lipton tea as a base, but include green tea, raspberry, and a local tea shop's special blend. It tastes like BigRed flavored green tea when it's done. Dangerous stuff. Will wake you up and give you purpose.
I recommend getting a iced tea maker from Mr.Coffee. It brews hot tea, too. It has a steeping adjustment that goes from about 2-4 minutes for desired effect. I like mine as steep as possible. Think it tastes better.
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yeah but I am willing to bet that after the first few minutes you are 90% of the way there. I read the same thing once but it was about reducing the caffeine.
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In summary: Hicks et al measured the caffeine (plus theobromine) content of six different teas (three bagged and three loose-leaf, including black, oolong and green types). They measured caffeine-extraction in boiling water when steeped for 5 minutes, 10 minutes and 15 minutes. They replicated all their extractions three times to eliminate experimental error. Extrapolation of their data gives the following caffeine-extraction percentages below 5 minutes (averaged over all tea types and formats); note that while loose tea extracted marginally more slowly than tea-bag tea, it made only a couple of percentage-points' difference:
30 seconds: 9% caffeine removal
1 minute: 18% caffeine removal
2 minutes: 34% caffeine removal
3 minutes: 48% caffeine removal
4 minutes: 60% caffeine removal
5 minutes: 69% caffeine removal
10 minutes: 92% caffeine removal
15 minutes: 100% caffeine removal
30 seconds: 9% caffeine removal
1 minute: 18% caffeine removal
2 minutes: 34% caffeine removal
3 minutes: 48% caffeine removal
4 minutes: 60% caffeine removal
5 minutes: 69% caffeine removal
10 minutes: 92% caffeine removal
15 minutes: 100% caffeine removal
Last edited by Red X; Mar 29, 2009 at 07:58 AM.
