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hollyhoppet wrote

Reply to hot tea is so good by oolong

what's ur favorite hot tea

i'm guessing it's oolong so what's your favorite oolong since it seems to be one of the types with quite a bit more variance

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musou OP wrote

Reply to comment by neku in teatimer.site: the site that times your tea by musou

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 :]

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Moonside wrote

Reply to comment by hollyhoppet in how come tea is just so good? by hollyhoppet

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.

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oolong wrote

Reply to i have many teabags in my house by cat

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

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anand wrote

Reply to i have many teabags in my house by cat

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

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oolong OP wrote

Reply to comment by butthole69 in inaugural tea post by oolong

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!

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butthole69 wrote (edited )

Reply to comment by oolong in inaugural tea post by 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.

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