Optimal Brewing Time for a Tea Bag

March 11, 2016

We have a question from a reader: “When making a single cup of tea from a tea bag what is the optimal amount of time to leave the bag in there?” Great question!  I’m so glad you asked. Until it’s the strength you want. (Official smarty pants answer.) Really though, it’s probably about 1 –…

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Warming the pot

March 10, 2014 |

Before brewing tea in your dainty teapot you might want to run hot water through it first.  You just pour some hot water in, swirl it around, you can even let it sit in there for a minute or two and then pour it out.  This is called “warming the pot.” You want to do…

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