In rec.food.drink.tea Alex Chaihorsky wrote:

> The only way to raise the boiling point in a household
> conditions is to use pressure cooker which will make your tea
> very astringent, bitter and smelling like a rotten hay.

LOL. Thanks, Sasha. I guess 212 is the magic number, though why I
have no idea. Perhaps nature adapts to limits such as that.

Ian
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