I err on the side of just enough and convenience when it comes too
teabags. I don't try to maximize anything. I should say it seems like
two minutes because I've never timed any tea. There is the dunking
test for individual bags and cups but a pot is the only way to make
any kind of tea. There is no time only taste.

Jim

Blair P. Houghton > wrote in message > ...
> Space Cowboy > wrote:
> >You can make a decent cup of tea using teabags in a pot and not a cup.
> > As usual the mininum is two because there is one for the pot. The
> >comment about tea, water, time and temperature are my rules of thumb.
> >To make my life simple I brew teabags only two minutes no matter if
> >two or the whole box in the pot.
>
> Two minutes? If your teabags contain only dust and no fannings
> then maybe.
>
> --Blair
> "Tea soup."