not to big it up too much, but this has a few advantages over google that i really like, though they may not matter to anyone else. typing "teatimer.site/5" is faster than going to google for me because i don't use their search engine. it also displays the countdown in the document.title, so i can tab over to another window and still see how much time is left. it also has a convenient way to get predictable minutes and seconds every time. a few test googles revealed inconsistent support for that.

it's also written in a way that you can subtract seconds if you want. "4m-15" gives you 3 and 3/4th minutes. okay, this last one is probably not actually useful :]

if you google 5min timer itll automatically set one for you

This was very good and I am now looking forward to my cup of tea this morning

Wooooah cool!

I used to have hydration concerns as I had an ileostomy for a while so no colon function but that's all hooked up again!

Whether caffeine is a diuretic is dependent on the dose and whether you ingest it regularly. If you're in the habit, you need to drink quite a lot of tea quite fast for the effects to kick in. (Over 5-8 cups of tea.) If you've got a situation where dehydration is a concern (renal disease, diarrhea, working outdoors), then the research might not apply.

NHS happens to have a page on media reports about coffee being just as hydrating as water.

Wait, but it has caffeine in it?

there was a time where I drank more tea than water

it really is the ultimate beverage

It's not more diuretic than water though.

i have both teabags and leaves for black tea, but i like the tea bags more. for green, puerh and oolong tea, i only have loose leaf and bricks. this is considerably less tea than the typical chinese home

i got a tin of loose leaf oolong i brew with a strainer and some rooibos bags for night time. its good

i make chai every morning because it's TRADITION and also delicious

my roommate makes huge batches of green tea or oolong every afternoon, and i help him finish it, because someone has to

i think i have like 8 different teas rn? i see no other solution than drinking lots of tea to solve this difficult situation.

the sidebar is good

it's not super recommended for more delicate teas, but brewing longer or hotter is another way. also, mugicha/roasted barley tea tastes mildly like coffee!

always a fan of oolong !

I have tried and enjoy puerh, especially with a little milk. maybe I will use more teabags since I tend to use more coffee grounds per cup than most already.

i couldn't think up anything clever for the sidebar and was hoping to use the previous one orz

you can brew some teas stronger by using more leaves/tea bags, and puerh/fermented tea is another option you could try?

if you like strong flavors you might try irish breakfast tea, the kind i can get at my grocery store has a very strong flavor

I wish I could get into tea because there are so many varieties, but how do I make it taste at all satisfying? it's so weak in comparison to coffee

i don't know much about tea but i have been drinking ten ren high mountain oolong lately and it's real nice to me

I don't think r tea had any special design or anything, and I think the person who started it is long gone.

But yea thank you for starting this good forum for talkin tea.

tea is great!

I drink chai every morning

I love breakfast tea