All of which are fantastic choices
If you're looking for something rather... hearty, try Assam black tea and brew it strong (double the bags, don't brew it longer). Nice malty flavor & aromaAdd milk & honey and it tastes like a warm malt milkshake!
She said it's better to heat the water up on the stove. She also said that microwaved hot water cools down quicker than boiled water. Do these two things sound true to you guys?
The heated molecules rise to the top and since heating is uniform in the microwave oven i.e. the way microwaves agitate molecules which results in a rise in temperature, as opposed to convection currents when heating on a flame, the top layer boils before the rest of the water reaches that temperature. hence stirring and reheating when you zap a liquid makes for better heating up.
If you add a lil bit of sugar, or as much you normally have with tea, when you boil water, the temperature at which it boils goes up and hence when you add the leaves/bag, the brewing starts at a higher temperature. If/when you use leaves, there's also that tricky balance as to when to stop brewing because more than one's preferred amounts of pectin and tannin start to get released, which would make the tea bitter or more bitter than you want it to be.
Belh. I hate microwaving my tea. I do it every class day, because I don't have time to wait for the kettle to boil.
It's the strangest thing, but the tea actually looks, tastes, and feels different when I microwave it. It becomes filmy and the flavor is weak.
It occurs to me though, that up to this point, I've always microwaved it with the bag in the water in cup. Maybe I should try microwaving the water without the bag, and the put the bag in it.
mmm... tea...
ever tried a french press?I bought myself this for Christmas but I haven't used it yet. I just want to brew my tea on the go! You just dump the hot water and the loose tea leaves (or bag) in there and go. No need to wait around for it to brew. When you drink it, the tea leaves stay behind the strainer in the glass, and you get to see the tea brewing through the glass container.
ever try blending.. basically two kinds of tea leaves, a technique that is based in black tea blending
but... with tea... there's no before or after
I used to have an ammunition chest full of tea, but lost it when moving, which was tragic
My default tea is jasmine green tea from the chinese grociery store down the street, though I tend to collect several different types at any given time- there's nothing better than a cup of tea after dinner, or before...
