Great Thread!
I'm not a conniseur (coffee's my thing) but the bf is ... and I'm the one who does everythign but drink the tea.
Don't feel like writing a long post right now .... but I might change my mind ...
One thing I've not seen mentioned in my quick look thru the thread, is Storage of The Tea?
We have a small collection of loose teas (black teas + a rooibos) and I need a storage solution.
I would like to store in clear glass jars (since I have lots of those) and I don't have cupboard space, my best location for the collection is on a countertop ... not in direct sun at all, rather dark in sort of a corner really...
anyways - exposure to light, is it OK if the tea is consumed within X amount of time? (I would likely label the jars, which would block some light as well).
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and just a comment re: equipment - I make the tea by heating the water in my water cooker (tefal vitesse) and the teapot is a .5 liter porcellain (thick) pot, the tea goes in a gold-plated filter thingy .. after brew, the pot has a little teastove w/tea light that it sits on.
oh, and I wash it all in the dishwasher
