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It's true that boiling water reduces dissolved oxygen, but cooling water takes on dissolved oxygen. So I don't think the science backs this up.

• mrguyorama 3y ago
  Nearly all tea advice is ideology and superstition, explicitly because most people like different things about tea. There cannot be a right answer for such a personal preference. Make tea such that you enjoy it. Same as coffee.
  • markdown 3y ago
    Agreed. You can't beat good old Nescafe instant coffee. Starbucks just can't compare.
    • eep_social 3y ago
      Hmm, I don’t seem to be able to go back and delete this comment.
  • midoridensha 3y ago
    >Nearly all tea advice is ideology and superstition, explicitly because most people like different things about tea. That's BS. It's true: people do have different tastes and preferences, so opinions are just that. But it's not "superstition": different brands/blends of tea really do taste different, many times remarkably so. It's just like a McDonald's burger vs. a burger from a high-end restaurant. One of course isn't objectively better than the other (from a taste standpoint; I'm ignoring nutrition here), since it's a matter of opinion, but you will find that significant groups of people who like a particular food enough to have tried different varieties will usually form similar opinions, or at least sort themselves into different camps. "Superstition" implies that the differences people taste are not real, and this is quite simply false. The differences are real; it's up to you which one you like better. More expensive doesn't always mean better-tasting.