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Default The perfect cup of tea



On Jan 2, 9:48 pm, "BDH" > wrote:

> > I never use boiling water for any good tea. Coffee temperature water is

> too hot if anything.


Then I don't know how you're managing to get a proper infusion. Only
green and oolong teas should be brewed with water beneath the boiling
point. The reason so many tea drinkers complain about the tea served
in restaurants is largely due to their failure to boil the water before
serving the tea.