I have considered recently, more how to enjoy tea.
you may remember that I have expressed that I dislike green tea, or what i have tried of it.
it makes me choke.
but do you know what?
I did not know, becuase it does not seem to be made at all apparent to us brits, that green tea process is very different from our normal tea process.
I mean, buying green tea, it does not say anywhere on the box that we should use caution to make it properly or be cursed with this disgusting bitter pungent crap.
a bit of a marketing disaster really.
you see, to make tea, all I need to do is boil the water and pour it on hte tea bag and then take it out whenever i feel like it. then i chuck in a load of milk to bind the tannin mollecules so it doesn't turn my mouth into as dry as ash or choke me with bitterness. it's pretty normal.
so when making tea without milk, our expectation is that it will taste terrible. and that is true. because of how we do it. we boil the water. it's second nature. for tea, the water gets boiled. for coffee, it doesn't boil. it's like common knowledge.
now I learned that to make green tea, you must have 70-80 degree water. and steep for THREE minutes!
this is all very unusual for me. i mean, how does one get the temperature to 80 degrees? seriously, are we supposed to have a thermometer or something? I don't even know where i would buy one of those.
but i will keep my eye out for one, because apparently, green tea is supposed to be nice? and good for you too.