Is it every acceptable to microwave tea.

[AnnO'Neemus]

From the wiki entry on tra bags
'Typically, tea bags use fannings, the left-overs ".
Nuff said.

Fascinating. Thanks for sharing that link.

 

[hash tag]

I have just been given a box of ceylon tea brought directly from a tea plantation is Sri Lanka.
I was expecting good things; alas it is little better than a fine black powder.
This is what ceylon tea should look like, a decent leaf.

 

[Chz]

I wouldn't brew it using the microwave. That's insanity. But I've never noticed any decline in quality nuking a cold cuppa - if it's gone cold, it's almost certainly already stewed to the point that a spoon will stand in it. Microwaving it isn't any worse. The notion that a fully prepared cup of tea sitting next to me would go cold is nonsense. It's only when I leave it brewing too long that it goes cold.

 

[marty21]

I have never microwaved tea (or any other hot drink) partly because I've never owned a microwave - there was a period in the 80s when I flat shared with someone who owned one - never did it then either.

 

[Sasaferrato]

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...

Absolutely bang on!

 

[JimW]

If I have a cup of tea or coffee gone cold, I add a bit of hot water rather than warming the whole thing.

 

[High Voltage]

Just had second cup from a pot of tea made around 8:00am this morning. As long as no milk had been added then it's fine for my solvent addled* sense of smell and subsequently impaired taste buds

*too many years working in flexographic plate makers with below par fume extraction systems

 

[WouldBe]

You could boil some water in a saucepan then chuck the teabag in and continue to boil for 5-10 minutes. Should extract most of the flavour.

 

[two sheds]

I've had "is it every acceptable to use every instead of ever?" going round in my head and I couldn't work out why

 

[Jimmy Don't]

Not to be confused with...
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danny la rouge "Watch the swinging watch. You are a real boy, who drinks tea and eats cake....."

 

[Spymaster]

I've never microwaved tea or coffee when it cools because I'm happy to drink it cold.

 

[Riklet]

I only voted yes because I thought it meant to reheat it once the tea is already made. gently on low medium power of course.

I feel sick

 

[Chz]

I've never microwaved tea or coffee when it cools because I'm happy to drink it cold.

To be fair, I only nuke it when it's stone cold. Lukewarm tea is absolutely fine by be.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

To be fair, I only nuke it when it's stone cold. Lukewarm tea is absolutely fine by be.

Do you have it without milk? I find the milk changes flavour when heated, which is fine in coffee, but not great in tea.

 

[Chz]

Do you have it without milk? I find the milk changes flavour when heated, which is fine in coffee, but not great in tea.

With milk. But I don't heat it to steaming hot, either. Just warm enough to drink, so maybe 50 degrees?

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

I would drink tea if you paid me

 

[Artaxerxes]

Not if you've put sugar in, unless you like caramel flavoured tea.

This might be the only plus point to it

 

[Artaxerxes]

Spotted a new guy microwaving his tea at work.

Monster.

 

[Aladdin]

I've often reheated my mug of tea in thr microwave. Its grand.

But I have never made tea in the microwave.

 

[Artaxerxes]

He’d just brewed it then nuked it to heat it up

I’m fuming

 

[UrbaneFox]

You're a mug amateur. Just boil a little extra water next time, then preheat your mug by filling it halfway with boiling water as soon as the kettle boils. Swish it around in the mug for 10 seconds, then discard the water. Your mug is no longer cold. Immediately chuck in your teabag, sugar to taste and a mugfull of hot water. Agitate with spoon. PROTIP: cover the mug with a coaster while it brews to reduce cooling.

That should go on the Urban tea towel, or Bag For Life.

What happened to the badges? I thought we were having new ones at some point.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

He’d just brewed it then nuked it to heat it up

I’m fuming

Makes perfect sense provided the milk is added after.

 

[Ax^]

I've often reheated my mug of tea in thr microwave. Its grand.

But I have never made tea in the microwave.

oh Aladdin

 

[pbsmooth]

You're a mug amateur. Just boil a little extra water next time, then preheat your mug by filling it halfway with boiling water as soon as the kettle boils. Swish it around in the mug for 10 seconds, then discard the water. Your mug is no longer cold. Immediately chuck in your teabag, sugar to taste and a mugfull of hot water. Agitate with spoon. PROTIP: cover the mug with a coaster while it brews to reduce cooling.

sugar on top of the tea bag, before you've added the water? not sure about that.

 

[hash tag]

You do not use a microwave a drink anymore. The answer is in today's paper...

Ember Mug 2

Use at your home or at your desk, the Ember Mug² keeps your beverages at the perfect temperature from the first sip to the last drop. Shop Ember.com today!

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[UrbaneFox]

I didn't know about this:

https://www.waterstones.com/book/innovations-catalogue/9780747573463

 

[DaveCinzano]

To quote well-known tea expert Ian Paisler, NEVERY, NEVERY, NEVERY

 

[Chilli.s]

If a cuppa goes cold then the microwave is just right for reheating

 

[Sasaferrato]

You do not use a microwave a drink anymore. The answer is in today's paper...

Ember Mug 2

Use at your home or at your desk, the Ember Mug² keeps your beverages at the perfect temperature from the first sip to the last drop. Shop Ember.com today!

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£150.00 for a mug?

 

[UnderOpenSky]

You do not use a microwave a drink anymore. The answer is in today's paper...

Ember Mug 2

Use at your home or at your desk, the Ember Mug² keeps your beverages at the perfect temperature from the first sip to the last drop. Shop Ember.com today!

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I want one. Or at least the cheap knock of that will inevitably follow.