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Okay I can't deny that this completely works

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  • Catseye3C Offline
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    Catseye3
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    #73

    Ruh-Roh.

    #Solidaritea: Yorkshire Tea and PG Tips join brands in backing BLM
    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jun/09/yorkshire-tea-and-pg-tips-respond-to-anti-blm-boycott-with-solidaritea

    Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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    • JollyJ Offline
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      Jolly
      wrote on last edited by
      #74

      Only a hipster would drink from a wide mouth...

      How to make tea (with baking soda):

      https://www.southernliving.com/food/how-to/sweet-tea

      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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      • JollyJ Jolly

        Only a hipster would drink from a wide mouth...

        How to make tea (with baking soda):

        https://www.southernliving.com/food/how-to/sweet-tea

        Aqua LetiferA Offline
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        Aqua Letifer
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        #75

        @Jolly said in Okay I can't deny that this completely works:

        Only a hipster would drink from a wide mouth...

        How to make tea (with baking soda):

        https://www.southernliving.com/food/how-to/sweet-tea

        It's not a wide mouth, it's a gaiwan.

        And you gotta remember where I grew up, man. 😁 My best friend growing up was our neighbor two houses down (read: 2.4 miles.) He was my age and we went to school together. My family worked in town, about an hour away. His mom and dad worked on their farm. I stayed with them after school until my folks got back from their jobs for years.

        Which meant I went through an assload of homemade cornbread and sweet tea. Was awesome. What we liked to do when we got older was to take the trail in the woods to his grandmother's house. Because there, for a few easy chores you could get sweet tea, cornbread and homemade syrup from whatever fruit was around.

        Please love yourself.

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          Jolly
          wrote on last edited by
          #76

          Got to remember where I grew up. We didn't put iced tea in mason jars.😄

          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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          • Aqua LetiferA Offline
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            Aqua Letifer
            wrote on last edited by
            #77

            😄 Neither do, I unless I'm trolling Phibes. Mason jars are for food storage, syrup, honey, and portable leftovers.

            Please love yourself.

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            • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

              @Doctor-Phibes said in Okay I can't deny that this completely works:

              I can't wait until he's old enough to drink beer.

              😄

              LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT HOMEBREW!!!

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              jon-nyc
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              #78

              @Aqua-Letifer said in Okay I can't deny that this completely works:

              @Doctor-Phibes said in Okay I can't deny that this completely works:

              I can't wait until he's old enough to drink beer.

              😄

              LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT HOMEBREW!!!

              lol

              Only non-witches get due process.

              • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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              • kluursK Offline
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                #79

                Ok, I bought Aqua's tea from Amazon and tried brewing it both the normal way (i.e. a 2 minutes) or his short-term strategy with 10 seconds - toss, then another 10 seconds and done. When brewed 2 minutes, it had a strong and bitter flavor. With another batch using 10 seconds, it felt a little too weak. I upped it to 15 seconds for the brewing - and that seemed better. No bitterness - a little stronger flavor. This tea clearly requires a shorter brewing time. It's a decent green tea.

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                • kluursK kluurs

                  Ok, I bought Aqua's tea from Amazon and tried brewing it both the normal way (i.e. a 2 minutes) or his short-term strategy with 10 seconds - toss, then another 10 seconds and done. When brewed 2 minutes, it had a strong and bitter flavor. With another batch using 10 seconds, it felt a little too weak. I upped it to 15 seconds for the brewing - and that seemed better. No bitterness - a little stronger flavor. This tea clearly requires a shorter brewing time. It's a decent green tea.

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                  Aqua Letifer
                  wrote on last edited by Aqua Letifer
                  #80

                  @kluurs said in Okay I can't deny that this completely works:

                  Ok, I bought Aqua's tea from Amazon and tried brewing it both the normal way (i.e. a 2 minutes) or his short-term strategy with 10 seconds - toss, then another 10 seconds and done. When brewed 2 minutes, it had a strong and bitter flavor. With another batch using 10 seconds, it felt a little too weak. I upped it to 15 seconds for the brewing - and that seemed better. No bitterness - a little stronger flavor. This tea clearly requires a shorter brewing time. It's a decent green tea.

                  Right on, Kluurs. Yeah, the three factors to balance are how hot the water is (which I do by letting it sit; I don't use a thermometer because that's just way too anal), how much tea you use (I do 10-12g per 7oz water, roughly), and how long you steep it for. Generally speaking I agree with you, but there's still some personal preference to consider that requires some finagling.

                  Please love yourself.

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                  • Doctor PhibesD Online
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                    Doctor Phibes
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #81

                    I threw out the Red Rose shit, and ordered a big box of Yorkshire tea from Amazon.

                    I shall be brewing it for at least 4 minutes in boiling water, and drinking at least 4 cups a day.

                    I was only joking

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                      Aqua Letifer
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #82

                      Saxons, man. ...Saxons. 😞

                      Please love yourself.

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                      • Doctor PhibesD Online
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                        Doctor Phibes
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                        #83

                        What I find particularly nauseating is that the red rose is the symbol of Lancashire, and these twatbastards named their tea after it.

                        I was only joking

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                        • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                          What I find particularly nauseating is that the red rose is the symbol of Lancashire, and these twatbastards named their tea after it.

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                          Aqua Letifer
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                          #84

                          @Doctor-Phibes said in Okay I can't deny that this completely works:

                          What I find particularly nauseating is that the red rose is the symbol of Lancashire, and these twatbastards named their tea after it.

                          😄 So it's the Outback Steakhouse of tea brands, then?

                          Please love yourself.

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                            Rainman
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                            I assume it's important to use bottled water.

                            When I lived in San Francisco, the tap water was yech. When I lived in Tucson, we had a system installed because the water was so hard and full of minerals -- also tasted yech. Here in Portland (suburb of), the water tastes relatively good, but not as good as the areas that get their water from the Bull Run reservoir.

                            I use tap water for coffee. I suppose if I were to try the tea stuff, I'd be required to use bottled water for purity.

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                            • RainmanR Rainman

                              I assume it's important to use bottled water.

                              When I lived in San Francisco, the tap water was yech. When I lived in Tucson, we had a system installed because the water was so hard and full of minerals -- also tasted yech. Here in Portland (suburb of), the water tastes relatively good, but not as good as the areas that get their water from the Bull Run reservoir.

                              I use tap water for coffee. I suppose if I were to try the tea stuff, I'd be required to use bottled water for purity.

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                              Aqua Letifer
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #86

                              @Rainman said in Okay I can't deny that this completely works:

                              I assume it's important to use bottled water.

                              When I lived in San Francisco, the tap water was yech. When I lived in Tucson, we had a system installed because the water was so hard and full of minerals -- also tasted yech. Here in Portland (suburb of), the water tastes relatively good, but not as good as the areas that get their water from the Bull Run reservoir.

                              I use tap water for coffee. I suppose if I were to try the tea stuff, I'd be required to use bottled water for purity.

                              We have good enough tap here, so that's all I use.

                              Please love yourself.

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                              • RainmanR Rainman

                                I assume it's important to use bottled water.

                                When I lived in San Francisco, the tap water was yech. When I lived in Tucson, we had a system installed because the water was so hard and full of minerals -- also tasted yech. Here in Portland (suburb of), the water tastes relatively good, but not as good as the areas that get their water from the Bull Run reservoir.

                                I use tap water for coffee. I suppose if I were to try the tea stuff, I'd be required to use bottled water for purity.

                                Doctor PhibesD Online
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                                Doctor Phibes
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #87

                                @Rainman said in Okay I can't deny that this completely works:

                                I assume it's important to use bottled water.

                                I have never used bottled water for tea in my life. I suppose if you're going to drink it out of a Mason Jar or sieve it through a Japanese silk purse or something, then you might want to boil it first so that you can be absolutely sure that the revolting taste has nothing to do with the water.

                                Other than that, I wouldn't bother.

                                I was only joking

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