Tea brewing

[catnapper]

Fun thread!

Hot tea: microwave my cup for 1 min 45 sec (horrors! )
Place English Bereakfast teabag in mug for like ten seconds... enough to give flavor but not strong. Bitter is not my thing! No milk, no cream, no sugar.

Iced Tea: I don't know what I'd do without Lipton's Cold Brew teabags. I fill pitcher with cold water. Add one Cold Brew teabag, place in 'fridge. Pour wonderful glass of tea an hour or so later. For some reason, I do not remove these tea bags until the pitcher is done. I think its because I don't leave it in the fridge long enough to become bitter! Again, no sugar. I'll occasionally add sugar if its sat in the fridge long enough to become slightly bitter, or I'll add a little more more to dilute it.

PS: NO LEMON! EVER! I stopped using lemon after my mom showed me how using lemon in a styrofoam cup has a chemical reaction with the hot tea and foam.... now it seems like posion no matter what container no matter hot or cold. LOL

[Jessika]

I don't like lemon in my tea to begin with... but that description you gave sounds violent LOL

I love sun tea because its slower brewed... and I've heard of putting milk in your tea but I think that's more of a British thing as nobody does it here. Sweet tea is BIG in the south, and since I'm in southern Missouri its a hit or miss as to whether or not I'll find it out at restaurants and such. I LOVE sweet tea, but it has to be perfectly sweetened, not too much, and not too little.