"Dominic T." > writes:

> Lewis Perin wrote:
> > That sounds like an argument against gongfu tea preparation.
> >
> > Disclaimer: not a pod person, have never tried pod tea.
>
> I'm confused, help me out there? Gongfu is a standard brewing process
> taking the proper steps, water temps., brewing methods, and time to
> produce the tea... a pod brewing machine is basically a glorified
> coffee maker and using a small pod that is restrictive and running
> improper water temps through it, and for an improper length of time for
> most tea... and it is not configurable for different tea's needs. They
> are pretty different animals altogether.

Of course they're different, but I was responding to the assertion
that the pod machine was bad because it didn't allow enough steep time
to draw out the leaves' goodness. I plead guilty to provocation, but
still...

/Lew
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