Posted: 8/15/2005 6:57:57 PM EDT
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How long do you let your tea steep? I like to let my green tea go about 5 minutes. Any longer and it tends to get bitter. Man I love green tea. |
| Apparantly my family is weird, because we've always let our tea steep for about 2 hours when brewing up a strong quart for making a gallon pitcher of sweet tea. I saw a cooking show that said any more than 5 minutes would make the tea bitter. Maybe the sugar just masks it, but I tried their suggestion and only let it steep for five minutes. It was like drinking dark-colored water. Almost no flavor. My wife did the same thing before we met, though, so maybe it's a Southern thing. |
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I don't believe there's a right or wrong way. Just whatever way tastes the "best" to you. I grew up in Tx and Fla and iced tea always had a couple of pounds of sugar in it. I always thought it tasted like shit so I never drank it as I got older. It wasn't until I was stationed in Korea that I tried unsweetened tea and discovered it was a complete different animal compared to sweetened... |
I AM ALL THAT IS MAN!!! But yes, I do enjoy a spot of tea and a good romantic comedy. |