• Taalen@lemmy.world
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          9 hours ago

          It gets bitter if you use water that’s too hot. For black tea you’ll want to bring it to a boil, then take it off the heat and you can pretty much immediately add the tea then. For green tea you want it quite a bit cooler than that, and so forth.

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            9 hours ago

            That’s basically what I do. I use a water boiler and put the boiling water into a cup or can with tea bag or more often tea strainer. Sorry if I was implying anything other than that

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                8 hours ago

                It was silly of you to think you can “just be silly”. This is a very serious community for all I know

      • ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.world
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        9 hours ago

        Listen, if I’m using years old mass market black tea, scalding it is hardly going to make a difference. It’s like saying your fucking up freeze dried coffee because your water is too hot.