Is it every acceptable to microwave tea.

[UnderOpenSky]

I'm lazy and like strong, hot tea, so I add the boiling water to the cup with the teabag in and then microwave it. Yes I could use a tea pot with a tea cosy, but as I said, I'm lazy.

I never do it after milk has been added though, it makes it taste weird (it's fine, if sub-optimal to that to coffee though).

What are your thoughts?

 

[Silas Loom]

That sounds like quite a sensible idea. You should promote it all over the internet as the lifechanging killer tea hack that Wedgewood tried to suppress.

 

[surreybrowncap]

No - take heed...

The science that proves making your tea in the microwave is a truly appalling act

It is — and we can't stress this enough — not the same.

mashable.com

 

[Plumdaff]

I used to do it to reheat cups when my daughter was a tiny baby, but that was out of necessity. I'd never do it as an actual choice. We invariably have a teapot on the go in our house.

 

[Silas Loom]

No - take heed...

The science that proves making your tea in the microwave is a truly appalling act

It is — and we can't stress this enough — not the same.

mashable.com

That’s different, though. UnderOpenSky is using water that has already boiled.

 

[Artaxerxes]

No

 

[Storm Fox]

Of course it is acceptable to microwave; whether or not it is drinkable is a different matter. Plus, you risk superheating the water and scolding you when you take it out of the microwave.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

That’s different, though. UnderOpenSky is using water that has already boiled.

Yeah, I imagine that would taste like someone has added milk before boiling water

 

[emanymton]

I must be missing something basic. Why microwave already boiling water?

Edit - to keep it hot while brewing?

 

[Elpenor]

What about dinner?

 

[UnderOpenSky]

I must be missing something basic. Why microwave already boiling water?

It keeps the water boiling whilst the tea brews. In fact adding water it a cold cup means it isn't boiling anymore, so this way gets you a stronger cup of tea.

 

[Silas Loom]

Of course it is acceptable to microwave; whether or not it is drinkable is a different matter. Plus, you risk superheating the water and scolding you when you take it out of the microwave.

A niche risk only applying to mushroom tisanes.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Genuinely upsetting thread

 

[Storm Fox]

A niche risk only applying to mushroom tisanes.

Fuck you English, with you're stupid spellings; fuck ewe* and the hoarse you road inn on.

*To be clear English not Silas

 

[weepiper]

If you like strong hot tea why don't you just stoosh the teabag with a spoon a bit to speed it up instead of microwaving it like some unforgivable tea barbarian?

 

[hash tag]

You are using a tea bag; it doesn't matter what you do with it.

 

[MickiQ]

Once the tea has gone cold, it's dead. Just let it go and move on.

 

[jontz01]

If you're that bothered about a strong brew then use more bags. I do 2 bags in a shitdirect mug.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Rapidly dipping the tea bag into the water speeds up brewing times without stewing the tea. I recommend 30 dips.

 

[skyscraper101]

Yes.

But not from totally cold. Only if its gone a bit lukewarm. That's my rule.

 

[persimmon]

Only if
kettle is broken
its the last tea bag
or you've run out of milk

 

[ddraig]

Had to do it in work all the time when busy and tea had gone cold

 

[Santino]

Rapidly dipping the tea bag into the water speeds up brewing times without stewing the tea. I recommend 30 dips.

SCIENCE

 

[8ball]

That sounds like quite a sensible idea. You should promote it all over the internet as the lifechanging killer tea hack that Wedgewood tried to suppress.

Wait til I SMASH THE TEA INDUSTRY with my “two cups from one teabag” discovery.

I’m not going into details, you’ll have to check my YouTube channel next week to find out this AMAZING TRICK!!

 

[skyscraper101]

Wait til I SMASH THE TEA INDUSTRY with my “two cups from one teabag” discovery.

I’m not going into details, you’ll have to check my YouTube channel next week to find out this AMAZING TRICK!!

You have a way to go to match ex-England wicketkeeper and all-round odd bloke Jack Russell who managed to get around 100 cups from one bag!

Russell would often get through 20 cups a day. He used to dip the tea bag in once, add plenty of milk, then hang it on a nail ready for subsequent use. In the final Test of the 1989 Ashes series (against Australia) at the Oval, Derek Pringle counted that he used the same bag for all five days, which roughly equates to 100 cups

 

[DotCommunist]

by the end jack was drinking homeopathic tea

 

[8ball]

You have a way to go to match ex-England wicketkeeper and all-round odd bloke Jack Russell who managed to get around 100 cups from one bag!

Don’t make assumptions til you’ve seen the full details of this KILLER HACK!!

<and don’t forget to SMASH that like button!!>

 

[High Voltage]

I use 3-4 spoons of loose leaf tea in an infuser tea pot. The pot is warmed and the kettle reswitched on to ensure the water is at a rolling boil.

The tea pot will then be left to brew for 15-20 minutes. Basically the time it takes to cook and eat my breakfast. I'll then get two cups of hot, sweet# strong tea but with a fair bit of milk. It doesn't look that strong but is, rather than what looks like strong tea but with only the merest of splashes of milk

 

[A380]

No option for : Do what you like tea is the devils piss, a drink made from rotting leaves and it tastes worse than the description...

 

[surreybrowncap]

You have a way to go to match ex-England wicketkeeper and all-round odd bloke Jack Russell who managed to get around 100 cups from one bag!

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