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Buying & steeping loose leaf tea instead of bagged garbage. Higher quality, lower price, actually tastes decent with multiple steeps. If I don’t finish the leaves, I fill the teapot with water to have cold brew the next morning. If you get into it, an electric kettle that lets you set the temperature is essential since you can avoid burning leaves much easier & unlocking more delicate leaves that require lower temperatures. Last tip which should be obvious: no milk or sugar & if you think it tastes bad, why do you keep buying black tea instead of something good?
I dated a girl who was militant about the seed end being the RIGHT end and anyone opening it from the bunch end was wrong. Her reasoning is that in cartoons the banana peel that characters slip on is ALWAYS opened by the seed end.
Never tried banana peel tea, but I would be willing to try it
Open a banana from the seed end and not the bunch end. It's much easier.
I still prefer the bunch end; the seed end has this odd taste
Wondering why somebody would downvote this.
I also thought it was strange. Sounds like the much easier part?
Maybe there is some big banana that wants to make our banana opening lives impractical?
I’ve always suspected there’s a big banana
I do it that way for my kid as she prefers it, and the "normal" way for me, and it is identically easy.
I cannot understand the claim that it's easier the seed end, it's just not true.
It's definitely cleaner doing it the normal way from the bunch end as you never get bits of banana on you if it's a particularly squishy one.
Bunch end wins for me. Just as easy if not easier and no mess.
Depends on the state of the banana I suppose. I used to do the bunch end but it'd always end up mushing it a bit. I find just apply some pressure with a thumbnail and peeling it had better results. I remember being taught that way years back and it's worked sense. The bunch end might easily come off if it's ripened a bit I suppose.