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Vessel masses are considered, but room temperature is not, which makes steeping and cooling times meaningless. When winter and summer room temperatures vary by

Vessel masses are considered, but room temperature is not, which makes steeping and cooling times meaningless. When winter and summer room temperatures vary by over 15 degrees Celcius, techniques must vary.

Laforet 6y ago
For those who are brewing ISO standard tea, it's safe to assume they are doing so inside a QC lab with climate control set to 20 degrees Celsius, and without a leaky roof or hurricane force wind over their heads.
pie420 6y ago
Pool where the fuck are your room temperatures varying that much? You know a thermostat is usually set to about 68 degrees F. Maybe +/- 5 degrees. Any more variance than that and you're crazy.
- beAbU 6y ago
  You realize that not all homes have thermostats, right? Where I live our summers are cool enough and our winters warm enough that there is no need for climate controlled homes. This has the concequence of widely fluctuating internal temperatures, especially in homes that are poorly insulated which is usually the case for older homes.
  - Aloha 6y ago
    Indeed! I lived in Seattle for 12 years, no air conditioning, it'd be lucky to break 70f in winter, and may be 75f+ during summer morning tea brewing period.
    - bagacrap 6y ago
      So 5 degrees F, which is about a sixth of the variance described by gp
      - Aloha 6y ago
        5 is a minimum swing, The swing could be as much as 20-25 degrees, during summer, I would regularly wake up to an apartment in the low 60's and it would be 85 by the afternoon.
- readflaggedcomm 6y ago
  That is too cold a temperature for a hot and humid climate. If you don't believe the flesh saying this, then consider that it invites condensation and costs far more to maintain that temperature than it's worth.
- scaladev 6y ago
  It's almost as if there are other countries besides US. We have -40°C winters and +40°C summers here, and if you don't have central heating (which most homes don't have), you can easily get a daily temperature difference of 20°C or so.
  - readflaggedcomm 6y ago
    It's almost like the US has hot and humid climates, too.
- numpad0 6y ago
  Ask a chemist about how one must interpret "room temperature" should the paper be suspected to be submitted from Russia or former USSR nations

Laforet 6y ago

For those who are brewing ISO standard tea, it's safe to assume they are doing so inside a QC lab with climate control set to 20 degrees Celsius, and without a leaky roof or hurricane force wind over their heads.

pie420 6y ago

Pool where the fuck are your room temperatures varying that much? You know a thermostat is usually set to about 68 degrees F. Maybe +/- 5 degrees. Any more variance than that and you're crazy.

beAbU 6y ago
You realize that not all homes have thermostats, right? Where I live our summers are cool enough and our winters warm enough that there is no need for climate controlled homes. This has the concequence of widely fluctuating internal temperatures, especially in homes that are poorly insulated which is usually the case for older homes.
- Aloha 6y ago
  Indeed! I lived in Seattle for 12 years, no air conditioning, it'd be lucky to break 70f in winter, and may be 75f+ during summer morning tea brewing period.
  - bagacrap 6y ago
    So 5 degrees F, which is about a sixth of the variance described by gp
    - Aloha 6y ago
      5 is a minimum swing, The swing could be as much as 20-25 degrees, during summer, I would regularly wake up to an apartment in the low 60's and it would be 85 by the afternoon.
readflaggedcomm 6y ago
That is too cold a temperature for a hot and humid climate. If you don't believe the flesh saying this, then consider that it invites condensation and costs far more to maintain that temperature than it's worth.
scaladev 6y ago
It's almost as if there are other countries besides US. We have -40°C winters and +40°C summers here, and if you don't have central heating (which most homes don't have), you can easily get a daily temperature difference of 20°C or so.
- readflaggedcomm 6y ago
  It's almost like the US has hot and humid climates, too.
numpad0 6y ago
Ask a chemist about how one must interpret "room temperature" should the paper be suspected to be submitted from Russia or former USSR nations