Thread: Tea anyone ??!!

Today is a small glass of Iced Tea and Chicken Dumpling Soup & Peppermint Iced Cream on the side...

Originally Posted by Nightblade

It does not matter whether it's in a bag or loose,what matters is the color. You're over thinking this. Black tea 2-3 min . Green I would do the same but that is just me...Bela' is the green tea expert. read again what he and I posted. Cheers

I've been getting fine results with my brewing. I'm just confused to when I searched google and came up with many different steeping times according to different people. Let's say for green, one person would say 2-3 minutes and another would say 3-5 minutes.

Originally Posted by PigHog

If I were you, I'd google the steeping time for the exact type of tea that you're drinking. Every tea is different and will have different steeping times and methods depending on whether it's black tea, green tea, oolong or whatever and also depending on what type of tea within those categories.

Don't forget that that's without mentioning people's personal taste—while one person may brew their favourite black tea for 2.5 minutes exactly, you might prefer it stronger and brew it for 3 or 4 minutes.

Search for the recommended steeping time for your tea and then play about with it. Use more leaf...or less...use cooler water or hotter water, steep for a longer or shorter time and see what you like best. I'm told that even the type of water you use will affect the flavour of your tea.

You see, tea can be very simple—stick bag in pot and drink when ready—or it can be verging on a science. It really just depends on how weird you are, I think.

Thanks, I've been doing pretty fine with my brews as I stated above. I'll probably just stick with what I've been doing. I was just confused with some instructions some people have given.

Originally Posted by NoseWarmer

Today is a small glass of Iced Tea and Chicken Dumpling Soup & Peppermint Iced Cream on the side...

I luuuv me some Chickie dumplins and I really luv me some Peppermint Ice cream ...yummers !

MichaelFrancis,
do not worry about anything, you need experimenting, which is the best for you.

Cheers,
Béla

Originally Posted by Nightblade

I luuuv me some Chickie dumplins and I really luv me some Peppermint Ice cream ...yummers !

I'll say this though Phil....I would have to have about twice your portion size ha ha ! Daddy wants some Chickie dumplins Nooooow !

Originally Posted by fonthunter

MichaelFrancis,
do not worry about anything, you need experimenting, which is the best for you.

Cheers,
Béla

As Bela, Steph, Mick and all the others have said... Personal preference...

If I invited everyone here to tea... Not everyone would like how I brew my tea...

Originally Posted by Nightblade

I'll say this though Phil....I would have to have about twice your portion size ha ha ! Daddy wants some Chickie dumplins Nooooow !

I do my portions small for the pictures...

As long as you are not preparing El Buffo or using a dirty sock then I think I'll be okay with your tea.

Originally Posted by fonthunter

Today's tea: Phu Tho green tea from Vietnam - Hanoi



Cheers,
Béla

My friend, your photos are the jewels of this thread.

Thank you for the kind words gentlemen!
B.