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Anyone drink tea? Have suggestions for a simple recipe? (lm.paradisus.day)

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I love coffee, but have a surplus of tea bags that I want to experiment with. Does anyone have suggestions for how to get started with tea? Or a simple recipe to use as a baseline? I'm only working with tea bags at this time, which appear to be 2g. I would also love to know how much agitation you are supposed to do with the tea bag itself.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How long you steep and what temperature depends on the type of tea you're brewing.

Generally the darker the tea the hotter and longer you brew for. What type of tea are you using?

And agitation isn't necessary; just do not squeeze the teabag into your drink, it will make it bitter.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Today, I was trying oolong. But I have black tea as well. No herbals or greens (I think those are the main families, right?)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I usually do black tea right off the boil for 4 minutes, and oolong I'll throw a (smallish) ice cube in the cup after the boil till it's melted and do a 3 minute steep.