Tea

[Sundrop]

Patricia A

I found these, and thought you might like them

 

[Patricia A]

Patricia A

I found these, and thought you might like them

You were right. I love those! I am a bit of a cup freak.

 

[imaginary friend]

Does anyone else squeeze their teabag? And before y'all start with the dirty stuff, I'm seriously asking. I was making green tea and on the box it had 'directions' and it said not to squeeze the bag.
I always squeeze the bag. (Yes, I know, TWSS)

at work i never remove the bag when the cup is finished, just boil more water then add a second or third tea bag as i go along, always squeeze the bag(s). my preference is japanese style green tea, nothing expensive as i drink industrial quantities of the stuff.

for home use i purchase sencha loose leaf tea, add a spoonful to a mug then fill with boiling water straining the tea with my teeth. picked up this habit 20 years ago working for a japanese owned company, their engineers took their tea in this fashion. japanese engineers at my present job know they can score authentic green tea when they tire of coffee. now that i think of it, my last 4 positions have been with japanese companies, and no i don't speak japanese (unless i've drank a bit beyond my threshold limit of red wine). chewing then swallowing the leaves while enjoying my tea is the best part........

 

[Neesy]

I'm a teabag squeezer and I cannot lie. Spidey is right though, squeezing the bag may make tea bitter.

 

[Neesy]

at work i never remove the bag when the cup is finished, just boil more water then add a second or third tea bag as i go along, always squeeze the bag(s). my preference is japanese style green tea, nothing expensive as i drink industrial quantities of the stuff.

for home use i purchase sencha loose leaf tea, add a spoonful to a mug then fill with boiling water straining the tea with my teeth. picked up this habit 20 years ago working for a japanese owned company, their engineers took their tea in this fashion. japanese engineers at my present job know they can score authentic green tea when they tire of coffee. now that i think of it, my last 4 positions have been with japanese companies, and no i don't speak japanese (unless i've drank a bit beyond my threshold limit of red wine). chewing then swallowing the leaves while enjoying my tea is the best part........

I heard that if you brew green tea and then let it cool down to room temperature it is good for your plants!

 

[Patricia A]

I heard that if you brew green tea and then let it cool down to room temperature it is good for your plants!

I've heard that too, but it has to be one part tea to ten parts water, and only occasionally. Tea is acidic and can burn the roots, especially in potted plants. The same is true of coffee. Spent tea leaves and coffee grounds make most excellent composting material though. The tricky part of composting tea in bags, are the bags. If the bags are made of biodegradable material, they are good to go. Bags made out of... I don't know, some kind of polyester madness, they won't break down so you have to cut the bags open and scrape them out into your compost. The box the tea comes in should say what the bags are made of.
The water you boil your boiled your eggs in are good for your plants. Of course you have to wait for it to cool to room temperature if you love your plants and don't wish to murder them.
I do have to say though, that Mason Jar full 'o tea sure does look good to me. It's making me thirsty looking at it.

 

[Neesy]

I've heard that too, but it has to be one part tea to ten parts water, and only occasionally. Tea is acidic and can burn the roots, especially in potted plants. The same is true of coffee. Spent tea leaves and coffee grounds make most excellent composting material though. The tricky part of composting tea in bags, are the bags. If the bags are made of biodegradable material, they are good to go. Bags made out of... I don't know, some kind of polyester madness, they won't break down so you have to cut the bags open and scrape them out into your compost. The box the tea comes in should say what the bags are made of.
The water you boil your boiled your eggs in are good for your plants. Of course you have to wait for it to cool to room temperature if you love your plants and don't wish to murder them.
I do have to say though, that Mason Jar full 'o tea sure does look good to me. It's making me thirsty looking at it.

Thanks for all that interesting information! That makes sense to dilute the tea with 10 parts water to one part tea.

We have a couple of composters and I need to get them going again soon - they are full but frozen at the moment. Our weather prediction is to go down to minus 12 with 70 km an hour winds!

I guess March came in like a lamb and is going out like a lion.

 

[Patricia A]

Thanks for all that interesting information! That makes sense to dilute the tea with 10 parts water to one part tea.

We have a couple of composters and I need to get them going again soon - they are full but frozen at the moment. Our weather prediction is to go down to minus 12 with 70 km an hour winds!

I guess March came in like a lamb and is going out like a lion.

Golly! Where do you live? The Arctic circle! Didn't anyone tell your climate that it's spring now? Stay warm and batten yer hatches! ♥

 

[17021jude]

I've heard that too, but it has to be one part tea to ten parts water, and only occasionally. Tea is acidic and can burn the roots, especially in potted plants. The same is true of coffee. Spent tea leaves and coffee grounds make most excellent composting material though. The tricky part of composting tea in bags, are the bags. If the bags are made of biodegradable material, they are good to go. Bags made out of... I don't know, some kind of polyester madness, they won't break down so you have to cut the bags open and scrape them out into your compost. The box the tea comes in should say what the bags are made of.
The water you boil your boiled your eggs in are good for your plants. Of course you have to wait for it to cool to room temperature if you love your plants and don't wish to murder them.
I do have to say though, that Mason Jar full 'o tea sure does look good to me. It's making me thirsty looking at it.

I also use coffee grounds in my garden, works great for soil conditioning, where we live the soil is sometimes referred to as "gumbo", we have a lot of clay and limestone here and the soil tends to set hard after watering, using coffee grounds helps keep the soil from turning so "hard pan".

 

[Neesy]

I also use coffee grounds in my garden, works great for soil conditioning, where we live the soil is sometimes referred to as "gumbo", we have a lot of clay and limestone here and the soil tends to set hard after watering, using coffee grounds helps keep the soil from turning so "hard pan".

Our soil is also like that - they call it the Manitoba gumbo - great if you want to make clay pots, not so good for gardening without having to add special soil loosening agents.