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True Dough

(26,194 posts) Mon Dec 22, 2025, 08:40 PM Dec 22

How long do you steep your tea?

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	All day!
	2 (14%)
	I don't drink tea, I drink coffee, joker.
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How long do you steep your tea? (Original Post) True Dough Dec 22 OP

How dare you? BOSSHOG Dec 22 #1

I dare non-stop, BOSSHOG! True Dough Dec 22 #3

Anywhere from 5 seconds to 5 minutes... Harker Dec 22 #2

Sounds like True Dough Dec 22 #4

I've sussed out what I like pretty well. Harker Dec 22 #7

Depends on the type of tea... (green, black, herbal, white, oolong?) hlthe2b Dec 22 #5

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Like a chicken with his head chopped off, you are running around on nonsense. It was a damned typo. hlthe2b Dec 22 #13

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Be as rude as you wish. Others here have your number as well. i.e., 3 posts in total. Gee, wonder what THAT means. hlthe2b Dec 22 #15

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....... KS Toronado Dec 22 #17

Enjoy your very short time here. You really ought to learn to be a bit more subtle. hlthe2b Dec 22 #18

sun tea, baby! Kali Dec 22 #6

Is that same jar True Dough Dec 22 #9

I never time my tea steeping Niagara Dec 22 #8

Oh, True Dough Dec 22 #10

... Niagara Dec 22 #11

A solid five minutes or so, maybe longer - for a single cup. Morbius Dec 22 #19

You know what the most civilized beverage is, don't you? True Dough Dec 22 #20

BOSSHOG

(44,738 posts)

1. How dare you?

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Mon Dec 22, 2025, 08:43 PM

Dec 22

True Dough

(26,194 posts)

3. I dare non-stop, BOSSHOG!

Reply to BOSSHOG (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 22, 2025, 08:50 PM

Dec 22

Actually, I stop and dare. I have a flair for dare. Some say I move like Fred A-dare. The French tell me my dare is necessaire.

Harker

(17,611 posts)

2. Anywhere from 5 seconds to 5 minutes...

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Mon Dec 22, 2025, 08:47 PM

Dec 22

depending on the sort of tea, the tea ware, and the water temperature.

True Dough

(26,194 posts)

4. Sounds like

Reply to Harker (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 22, 2025, 08:50 PM

Dec 22

a science experiment at your place, Harker.

Harker

(17,611 posts)

7. I've sussed out what I like pretty well.

Reply to True Dough (Reply #4)

Mon Dec 22, 2025, 08:59 PM

Dec 22

I'm drinking an eight year old Liu Bao right now.

hlthe2b

(113,329 posts)

5. Depends on the type of tea... (green, black, herbal, white, oolong?)

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Mon Dec 22, 2025, 08:51 PM

Dec 22

Temperature? Sea level or altitude where I live? Really, though, it does make a difference...

Coffee pour-overs are also a craft if you ask any barista. LOL

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hlthe2b

(113,329 posts)

13. Like a chicken with his head chopped off, you are running around on nonsense. It was a damned typo.

Reply to Name removed (Reply #12)

Mon Dec 22, 2025, 09:19 PM

Dec 22

I'm sure you never have those now, do you? And yes, that is a question and a GD question mark.

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hlthe2b

(113,329 posts)

15. Be as rude as you wish. Others here have your number as well. i.e., 3 posts in total. Gee, wonder what THAT means.

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Mon Dec 22, 2025, 09:28 PM

Dec 22

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KS Toronado

(23,474 posts)

17. .......

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Mon Dec 22, 2025, 09:32 PM

Dec 22

hlthe2b

(113,329 posts)

18. Enjoy your very short time here. You really ought to learn to be a bit more subtle.

Reply to Name removed (Reply #16)

Mon Dec 22, 2025, 09:32 PM

Dec 22

Trolling is an art if done well...

Kali

(56,726 posts)

6. sun tea, baby!

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Mon Dec 22, 2025, 08:57 PM

Dec 22

True Dough

(26,194 posts)

9. Is that same jar

Reply to Kali (Reply #6)

Mon Dec 22, 2025, 09:02 PM

Dec 22

still sitting out there steeping, Kali?

Niagara

(11,640 posts)

8. I never time my tea steeping

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Mon Dec 22, 2025, 09:00 PM

Dec 22

I drink Earl Gray and Oolong.

My addiction is straight coffee however.

True Dough

(26,194 posts)

10. Oh,

Reply to Niagara (Reply #8)

Mon Dec 22, 2025, 09:03 PM

Dec 22

so you're an Oolong steeper!

Niagara

(11,640 posts)

11. ...

Reply to True Dough (Reply #10)

Mon Dec 22, 2025, 09:07 PM

Dec 22

Morbius

(946 posts)

19. A solid five minutes or so, maybe longer - for a single cup.

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Mon Dec 22, 2025, 10:30 PM

Dec 22

When I make iced tea I make five cups of water and four tea bags, and steep it for about 20 minutes. Then I fill a 1/2 gallon bottle almost halfway with ice, and pour the tea over that. It's fairly strong but not bitter. I like doing this because I can mix different varieties of tea.

I don't drink coffee. Tea has a history going back millennia, a much more civilized beverage IMHO.

True Dough

(26,194 posts)

20. You know what the most civilized beverage is, don't you?

Reply to Morbius (Reply #19)

Mon Dec 22, 2025, 11:01 PM

Dec 22

Dr. Pepper.

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