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Maybe a little honey? I enjoy both.Black tea, no milk, no sugar please. Keep the change.
I like that - what kind of wood is it?Not really a tea drinker, I prefer coffee.....but It has it's uses.....
For years when I started drinking tea, I would squeeze the bag when I removed it. And for years, my hygenist yelled at me for stains on my teeth. When I learned to stop squeezing the bag, my tea stopped being so bitter and I could actually taste it, AND the staining on my teeth stopped.
I actually didn't NEED the tea, it just helps adding tannins. For what I was doing, oak probably had enough tannins on it's own already. but another wood species definitely would benefit with the tea wash.
Those of us who do squeeze the tea bag, I think it comes from being told to eat everything on your plate as a kid. There were six kids in my family, so you ate everything. So no wasting the tea bag as some more tea could be squeezed out. My mom actually used a single tea bag twice, then squeezed it by wrapping the string around it and a spoon to wring out the last black tea goodness. So I have to ask, does it really taste different if you do not squeeze the bag? It was black tea, so can you tell a difference?
I can’t say that I was taught to squeeze the bag, but it’s what my Mom always did so I followed suit without giving it a second thought - also by wrapping the string around the spoon.Those of us who do squeeze the tea bag, I think it comes from being told to eat everything on your plate as a kid. There were six kids in my family, so you ate everything. So no wasting the tea bag as some more tea could be squeezed out. My mom actually used a single tea bag twice, then squeezed it by wrapping the string around it and a spoon to wring out the last black tea goodness. So I have to ask, does it really taste different if you do not squeeze the bag? It was black tea, so can you tell a difference?
