Wednesday, 14 December 2011

Scientific proof of my TEA MAKING RITUALS

There is no doubt I have perfected tea making but it is always good to see scientific validation of my rituals........I found these experimental results about perfecting tea making....reported in the London Daily Mail
yes!! its official tea is best drunk 6 minutes after being made
We all thought it was art but NO scientists have discovered or developed a formula for perfect tea
  • Tea is best drunk 'six minutes after it has been made'
  • The optimum brewing time is two minutes and the ideal amount of milk is 10ml.
The perfect drinking temperature of 60c is achieved six minutes later – but after 17 minutes and 30 seconds the tea will be past its best as it falls below 45c.
Or, as the scientists at the University of Northumbria put it in their formula:
TB + (H2O at 100 degrees centigrade) 2mins BT + M (10ml) 6mins BT = PC (at OT 60 degrees centigrade).
TB is tea bag
BT is brewing time
M is milk
PC means perfect cuppa
OT stands for optimum temperature.
For the research, commissioned by a milk company, the team spent 180 hours in the lab testing brewing methods, and a panel of volunteers consumed 285 cups of tea.
I'm going to put the kettle on.......

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