Did you know... (It's about tea and caffeine)

(tea ! )

Builders for me

I make a large pot of Assam . When it's right remove tea bags and it's perfect for at least four cups/ mugs even. If I use leaf then I have to strain into a fresh pot which is a faff.

Earl Grey anyone?

You can't go wrong with Darjeeling. It doesn't do strong.

I like tea fairly strong but when I first went to DH's house his DM used to make tea that coated the sides of the cup.
Strong Builders' Tea wasn't a strong enough description of it

Which is why I only drank milk till I left home.

I learned that after I left home cos my mum only makes tea like boot polish.

But what if everyone doesn't want the same strength? I like my tea very weak so, if I'm with people who prefer it stronger, I have the first cup and then they let it brew a bit longer.

I, like my grandmother before me, always, when pouring tea from a teapot (usually when in a caf) pour half cups all round first. Then everyone's cuppa ends up the same strength. #perfection

I like my tea so weak that all I need do is wave a teabag within about two feet of the cup and then it's strong enough.

DH can drink coffee for England. To be honest I can't remember what he did - I do know he took a filter coffee maker in at one time but it was banned

Did he drink coffee Badenkate?

I must say I never heard that one .....

Good grief Cherrytree, DH had nothing to do with that group. He may be a scientist, but he has his principles

This is why I love GN
Lots of scientific facts to pass on
as my own research from GN

Badenkate your DHs' office tea making' would make brilliant sketch. Victoria wood would have loved it !
Or even a David Brent The Office sketch.

Bit of a faff, jingls but at least the tea is decaffeinated without using nasty chemicals.

They were scientists DanniRae. Having been around them almost all my life, it didn't surprise me in the least!

I use leaf tea , and the nicest cup is the first one poured

Badenkate - why were they so mean with their tea bags? Doesn't sound like a fun place to work, eh?

Talking about sharing teabags, when DH was working for a certain company, various offices had their own tea group. One of them was organised in the following way: they used one teabag per session and person A would have the teabag for one minute, person B had the same teabag afterwards for two minutes and then person C would have the teabag for as long as they liked. Then next teabreak they changed roles!

Did you know that comparing serving to serving, expresso coffee has less caffeine than filter coffee? www.coffeechemistry.com/chemistry/alkaloids/caffeine-content-in-espresso-vs-drip-coffee

Or buy decaffeinated?
Easier than trying to explain that to DH if he makes it

Easier just not to drink tea or coffee at bedtime.

That's all very well jingle, but the tea will be horrible. DH sometimes has an economy drive and insists that we use one teabag for two cups. It's dreadful if you have the second cup. As you might have guessed, I have navvies tea!

#ddpreparingsciencelesson