And no, the microwave is not a valid option.

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    First step is to gather sticks under the bushes.

    Start a fire using paper, newspaper, cardboard, then add sticks and make a larger fire.

    Heat up water until boiling.

    Add tea bags to thermos and pour the water inside. Now we have 2 days worth of hot tea.

    Optional delicious step: pop popcorn

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    Take your hatchet and slash some leaves in the misty fields of Kerala. Make sure it’s monsoon flush, so roughly july to september. Then, chop up an old Ginkgo Biloba that looks wise. Leave it to dry in a Kenyan plain for three years, and head for Nepal. There, you will gather the purest glacier water there is. By then, your tea leaves will be dust. Go buy some Lipton and microwave tap water, it’s all you can do at this point. And, uh, teabag first

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      Sounds like that guy who made a sandwich from scratch: growing wheat, raising chicken etc. He said it was „okay“

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    I put the teabag in first so the hot water will hit it and move it around and release the flavour.

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    I’m not sure why the hate for microwaves exist. It’s literally just another method for making water move fast. It has absolutely no impact on the final product, as hot water is hot water no matter the heat source.

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      Water is much more likely to get supersaturated in a microwave, because water heats up in the middle of the container where there are no nucleation points. And supersaturated water heats the tea leaves above 100ºC, which can affect the flavor.

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        I don’t believe this to be true.

        Edit: since the replies aren’t very polite, let me be more clear. This isn’t a concern. Any modern microwave with a turntable doesn’t have this problem

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        It would only be able to heat the tea to above 100C if that point of zero nucleation remained undisturbed, and the tea held directly within it; in other words, it’s not possible.

        Assuming there’s an amount of water within the cup that is above 100C, while the rest is at or below 100C. As soon as you grab the cup out of the microwave, the water will start to slosh around in the cup, equalizing the temperature. If there are any major hot spots remaining, they will be well below 100C, and almost completely equalized when the tea bag is added.

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          It would only be able to heat the tea to above 100C if that point of zero nucleation remained undisturbed, and the tea held directly within it; in other words, it’s not possible.

          To be clear, the liquid water flashes into steam as soon as it contacts the leaves, so technically it isn’t the supersaturated water itself heating the tea over 100º. But the steam it produces is above 100º, and that’s what heats the tea.

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          As someone who recently had their building flooded and lost power for an extended time an electric kettle can be an extremely useful tool that can be run off a more modest power source or be easily carried to a charging room where power is available. I do think it’s important for every household to have one especially if you suffer frequent brownouts or boil water orders.

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      I think the issue is that the teabag has to be shocked with boiling water at 100C, not dampened in increasingly hot water. It may not taste as good.

      I don’t know if you can boil water in a microwave, but it’s not a kettle, it’s a closed container and you can expect loads of vapour from boiling.

      Finally, microwave doesn’t heat stuff evenly, so you may end up with parts of the water superheated, and explode in your face when you take out the cup from the microwave. https://products.geappliances.com/appliance/gea-support-search-content?contentId=18822#%3A~%3Atext=Microwaved+water+and+other+liquids%2Cit%2C+which+can+cause+injury

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        You can still heat the water to your desired temp add the tea bags after. I don’t understand how your first point has relevance between a kettle vs microwaved cup

        Yes you can easily boil water in the microwave.

        The explosion isn’t a real common occurrence, otherwise you’d hear about it much more. Steam from a kettle can harm people as well

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          I think explosions were more common with microwaves that don’t have turnstiles. The movement of the water helps prevent super heating to that point.

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        You should try tea that isn’t shocked… Green tea is especially bitter and unpleasant if the water’s too hot. The recommended temperature is 80°C, if I remember right.

        But even black tea tastes less bitter if you use slightly rested water after boiling (and if you remove the teabag without squeezing it out). You’re probably used to teas being astringent, but they don’t have to be. They can be smooth and “rounded” and rich.

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    Depends what tea I’m making. For green and white teas I will add water first (175-185F) then steep the tea bag for 3-4 minutes.

    If I’m making black tea or some fruity/herbal tea, I will toss the bag in first, then pour in boiling water and steeping for 3-5min depending on preference.

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      Same for me. I like drinking white jasmine tea, but the flavor becomes too bitter if you pour boiling water over the leaves. It’s better to drink at 80 or even 70 degrees (sorry, don’t know the F one).

      I used to make tea for my coworkers back when we had a team room and got way into it. I had my own little kettle, all kinds of tea leaves, a weighing scale spoon and even a thermometer :)
      I learned that pre-heating your kettle was important for black teas because boiling water would drop to 90 degrees or even less if you didn’t.

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    They’re designed to deliver the maximum amount of flavour in ~20 seconds.

    So: bag first, then just-boiled water. Wait/steep for 20-60 seconds, fish out the bag with a teaspoon and squeeze against the cup, and then milk.

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    For me:

    1. Cup.
    2. Reusable metal tea infuser.
    3. Loose leaf tea.
    4. press button on Japanese instant hot water dispenser
      • (^this was probably the best $200 I’ve ever spent, fucking worth every dollar).
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    Hot water in the base chamber of the pot. Coffee in the funnel. Top chamber screwed on. Put on a high heat until the coffee is ready.