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It's just called "getting a decent tea bag" and works pretty well. The flip side is of course brewing with real quality leaves, but it's more expensive and is

It's just called "getting a decent tea bag" and works pretty well. The flip side is of course brewing with real quality leaves, but it's more expensive and is more effort. They both have their places, unlike this machine.

goldenkey 9y ago
To make good tea you have to control temperature, pressure, steeping time, and water volume. The teforia microbrewer does what a teabag won't, let alone an inefficient kettle. I purchased 2 Teforia's at the discounted rate. The machine has its place.
- arkades 9y ago
  You know, if I weren’t a tea enthusiast myself, all that smoke you’re blowing might obfuscate something. Here’s how I manage to control all those variables without a thousand dollar tea keurig: 1) one time, just once, I measure the volume of my tea cup. This is good for, you know, the life of the cup. 2) I throw an infuser on a scale, and throw teaspoons of tea in until I’ve hit the the right grams/100 ml. I now know how many tap of loose leaf are right for that cup. 3) I enjoy black tea, so boiling is fine. If it’s a day I’m feeling like a green or an oolong, I’ll dump a food thermometer probe into my kettle - it’ll beep at my desired temp. 4) I pour the water in the cup, stick in the infuser, and throw 5 minutes on the timer that comes with every iPhone. Just so we are clear, the everyday cup of tea looks like this: throw 2 tsp leaves into infuser, boil water, rinse leaves, stick infuser in cup, let sit five minutes. Oddly, with all the magic of “a timer on my phone,” my daily cup is controlled for temp, pressure (I’m not changing altitudes here), steep time, and water volume. And All it cost was an 8$ infuser. But, sure, buy up all the 1000$ kettles you can grab.
  - fleitz 9y ago
    I have a machine that does all this it was $200 Canadian, which I assume means it’s $160 US. It was still kinda over priced.
    - JeanMarcS 9y ago
      I have a Special-T machine I paid 69€ and order tea at 0.30cts each that are very good. Only available in some European countries alas. (Not affiliated, just happy customer !) www.special-t.com
  - bosie 9y ago
    What scale are you using for weighing your tea leaves?
    - arkades 9y ago
      Jennings CJ4000 4000g x 0.5g Digital Scale https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004C3CAB8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_gAi9zbTMBYSWR https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004C3CAB8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_gAi9...
- kazinator 9y ago
  I hate to break this to you, but tea is brewed at standard atmospheric pressure: ~ 101.3 kPa. Plus whatever is contributed by the depth of the water column above the tea bag or loose leaves.

goldenkey 9y ago

To make good tea you have to control temperature, pressure, steeping time, and water volume. The teforia microbrewer does what a teabag won't, let alone an inefficient kettle. I purchased 2 Teforia's at the discounted rate. The machine has its place.

arkades 9y ago
You know, if I weren’t a tea enthusiast myself, all that smoke you’re blowing might obfuscate something. Here’s how I manage to control all those variables without a thousand dollar tea keurig: 1) one time, just once, I measure the volume of my tea cup. This is good for, you know, the life of the cup. 2) I throw an infuser on a scale, and throw teaspoons of tea in until I’ve hit the the right grams/100 ml. I now know how many tap of loose leaf are right for that cup. 3) I enjoy black tea, so boiling is fine. If it’s a day I’m feeling like a green or an oolong, I’ll dump a food thermometer probe into my kettle - it’ll beep at my desired temp. 4) I pour the water in the cup, stick in the infuser, and throw 5 minutes on the timer that comes with every iPhone. Just so we are clear, the everyday cup of tea looks like this: throw 2 tsp leaves into infuser, boil water, rinse leaves, stick infuser in cup, let sit five minutes. Oddly, with all the magic of “a timer on my phone,” my daily cup is controlled for temp, pressure (I’m not changing altitudes here), steep time, and water volume. And All it cost was an 8$ infuser. But, sure, buy up all the 1000$ kettles you can grab.
- fleitz 9y ago
  I have a machine that does all this it was $200 Canadian, which I assume means it’s $160 US. It was still kinda over priced.
  - JeanMarcS 9y ago
    I have a Special-T machine I paid 69€ and order tea at 0.30cts each that are very good. Only available in some European countries alas. (Not affiliated, just happy customer !) www.special-t.com
- bosie 9y ago
  What scale are you using for weighing your tea leaves?
  - arkades 9y ago
    Jennings CJ4000 4000g x 0.5g Digital Scale https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004C3CAB8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_gAi9zbTMBYSWR https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004C3CAB8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_gAi9...
kazinator 9y ago
I hate to break this to you, but tea is brewed at standard atmospheric pressure: ~ 101.3 kPa. Plus whatever is contributed by the depth of the water column above the tea bag or loose leaves.