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Starbucks currently boils their tea, maybe this ignorant act will stop now??? It is why I try and not go to Starbucks for tea.
by TechNewb 14y ago
Starbucks currently boils their tea, maybe this ignorant act will stop now??? It is why I try and not go to Starbucks for tea.
- dreamdu5t 14y agoAmericans in general boil and over-steep their teas. It's common for people to let tea steep indefinitely. It's sad.
- jseliger 14y ago>It's sad. It's also the result of ignorance. I did this for a long time because a) nobody around me knew differently and b) I never thought to ask if it should be done differently. So I simply thought I didn't like tea. Only after reading "A Hacker's Guide to Tea": http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1934051 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1934051 did I realize what I was doing wrong.
- knightni 14y agoWhen I went to a starbucks in NY recently (I'm British), I ordered a medium-sized tea, and got given a tent-sized teabag sufficient for a very large teapot. It made the tea extremely nasty, presumably in aid of a quantity=quality impression.
- graue 14y agoWhether that's ignorant depends what type of tea you're drinking. Steeping at 212°F (boiling) is the recommendation I've always heard for nearly all black teas and herbal teas. You are correct that lower temperatures are better for most green, white and oolong teas.
- TechNewb 14y agoTrue, I should have clarified I was talking about green tea, as it's the only tea I drink.