by Kilby

Anyone for a Tea Party?

It’s difficult to say which caffeinated drink is more popular; it depends on who and where you are (in America the answer would probably be “cola”).

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I was once offered (hot) tea at a friend’s house (in high school); he dropped a tea bag into a mug of cold water, and put it all into the microwave for a minute or two. Just like Calvin’s attempt, it was a complete failure.

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For several years a German brand of hair care products called “Alpecin” advertised its overloaded caffeine content as “doping for the hair“. This caused a fair amount of controversy, especially when the company later started sponsoring a bicycle racing team.

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  2. Unknown's avatar

    A couple of notes:

    1. His name wasn’t “Earl Grey”, rather that was a title. The person credited with popularizing the tea blend was Charles Grey, the 2nd Earl Grey. There seems to be a lot of conjecture about the whole thing.

    2. While green tea has some caffeine, it’s less than black tea. The amount added to a shampoo would be insignificant.

  3. Unknown's avatar

    I was once offered (hot) tea at a friend’s house (in high school); he dropped a tea bag into a mug of cold water, and put it all into the microwave for a minute or two. Just like Calvin’s attempt, it was a complete failure.

    Tea bags in the microwave don’t work well. They expand rapidly and explode.

    I make two cups per day, so it’s not worthwhile for me to have a kettle of any sort. I also didn’t like the results too well of boiling a cup of water in the microwave and putting a bag in. So I came up with this somewhat complicated procedure:

    Fill the cup 1/4 with water and a measuring cup with about 1-1/4 cup water. Put both in the MW and heat for around 3.5 minutes. Remove the tea cup and continue heating the rest. For green tea, about 30 seconds more, for regular until boiling. Dump the water from the cup, which will now be nicely warmed. Put in the bag, pour over the water. Steep. Remove bag. Sweeten and consume.

    Speaking of bags, I have frequently noted comic strip and TV shows with people drinking tea with the bag in the cup. That seemed silly to me and I figured it was a way to indicate to an audience that tea was in the cup. When I mentioned that in comments, people proclaimed that they drink it that way. Makes no sense to me. The bag would be in your way while drinking, and the tea would change flavor. How do you put in milk or sweetener?

  5. Unknown's avatar

    And I thought that Charles Gray was an actor who plays Blofeld in some James Bond movies. :-)

    I have a mug of tea every night. I forget which of my medical conditions it is suppose to help. But I have not had any changes in my meds in decades – so maybe it does help.

    (Yes, I realize Grey and Gray are not the same.)

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