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(Joseph Kubera) writes:

> Hello, and welcome to the group, Dave. Your views from across the
> pond will be appreciated.
>
> >I am horrified to
> >hear of the practice of using "Hot Water" to make tea.
>
> But I wish to point out that "hot water" is usually better for green
> tea, if that's what you're making, than boiling water, especially if
> a good whole-leaf green. Much of the teabagged green we get over
> here is awful with hot water and awful & bitter with boiling water.

Right, if it's anywhere near boiling. But often it isn't, and there
are some places where you can guarantee that "hot" will be OK for
greens. I recently brewed some very nice tea on a plane from some
white tea I smuggled onto the aircraft and what they called hot water.

/Lew
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