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My first thought was to think that the standard was ridiculous. Obsessive formalization of the mundane. But that's a hasty conclusion. Why does this standard e
by puzzledobserver 6y ago
My first thought was to think that the standard was ridiculous. Obsessive formalization of the mundane. But that's a hasty conclusion.
Why does this standard even exist? The Wikipedia article mentions something about maintaining consistency of blends and harvests, but can somebody elaborate? If I was managing a tea plantation, I might certainly be interested in something like this, but why would I use the ISO recipe, rather than some plantation-specific technique?
- detaro 6y agoYou're a tea plantation. You get visited by a tea buyer. She wants to compare your tea with the teas she has tasted at the other places, and thus expects you to prepare it exactly the same as everyone else.
- Symbiote 6y agoA relative had a job brewing tea with this method. I think the purpose was quality control and consistency checks for a supermarket. It doesn't matter if it tastes good or bad. It just needs to be consistent, so the professional taster can analyse it.