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Tea people: I want to love tea. But trying to drink a cup of ginger tea right now and it tastes like someone blended potpourri into water. What am I missing

minton.bsky.social

@minton.bsky.social

28 Apr

If it is too strong the water may have been too hot and/or it was steeped too long. Usually herbal teas need to be steeped at a lower temperature and for a shorter amount of time than other teas.

John T. Bonaccorsi

@johnbon.dev

28 Apr

Good tip good tip! I did use boiling water and left it in for a while

minton.bsky.social

@minton.bsky.social

28 Apr

Basically the lighter the tea or the more seasoned (Think cinnamon or ginger) it is, the lower the temperature and the less steeping time it needs.

John T. Bonaccorsi

@johnbon.dev

Do you usually just boil water and then let it sit for a bit to cool off then?

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minton.bsky.social

@minton.bsky.social

29 Apr

We have an electric tea kettle that can be set to a few temperatures. Before that, I use to microwave the water and I had a sense of how long the water needed to be microwaved. For black tea it needs to be just below the boiling temperature of water. Herbal tea needs to be lower. ~190 for 3 minutes