Definitely. I gave her a french press as a gift after reading that GAF tea thread. That's all she uses now. Should've got one for myself too.Fuck coffee.
I haven't started buying bag-less tea myself yet, but a friend always makes some of whatever she has when we go to her house. She always has some amazing flavors.
Shit is on a completely different level right? I recently started brewing bag less and it's incredible. You gotta get one of the smart pots with presets for each tea brand.
South African rooibos :whewLike I was showing wrath I have
Any fans of redbush here?:lenowned
I have an electric kettle. You can set the temp to 140 degrees F or 210 F. Setting it to 150 for green tea makes a perfect cup. While neat, I'm not going to spend 300 dollars on a kettle, especially since I already know how to make a perfect cup with a 70 dollar water boiler.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0013O8J6Y/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?qid=1402145896&sr=8-4
Alternatively:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0011528S0/ref=pd_aw_sbs_1
This method of steeping isn't as good as the tea maker I linked earlier
http://www.amazon.com/Breville-BTM800XL-One-Touch-Tea-Maker/dp/B003LNOPSG
I seem to have a habit of posting on the bottom of the last page, but what the fuck ever.
It's better because if you steep the normal way, you get your water at the right temp, you start steeping, and the temperature starts dropping. Temp needs to stay constant. The drop in temp is lessened by warming up the pot in which you'll brew your glorious tea leaves. But that means I'd have to boil water twice and I'm too lazy for that shit.
Breville Tea Maker, yo. It's the only way.
Or some other thing you use to achieve the same goal. I've been thinking boiling water on the stove and steeping tea that way but it seems too much effort.
I have tried my entire life to enjoy tea and I'm starting to think I'm broken. Every unsweetened tea tastes bitter to me. It gets to the point that I can't drink tea unless it is sugared water that has a hint of tea taste. I started with bags and recently have gotten to the point of some expensive loose leaf with exact temperatures and controlled times - still bitter. I've had it made at a tea house - bitter. One of my vacation goals is to go to the Tea Room in Victoria for afternoon tea and see if one of the premiere tea houses in the world can't cure it.
The :tocry is real.
Yeah I need a new teapot for steeping now that I'm getting my shit together.
Those look like shit though. I need something vastly more attractive. Not quite sure what yet.