Re: Re: The Cheapest Cup of Tea in Town

Re: The Cheapest Cup of Tea in Town

I've learned this too, and I have a couple of cups designed for the purpose. I do wonder what kind of tea is usually used there, though. Maybe green tea? It doesn't work so well with black tea in my experience, as the taste gets more bitter for each cup the same leaves are used for.

An ordinary tea bag lasts more than one cup, of course! I use a single tea bag for my 0.35 litre thermos cup and that same one could easily be used for one refill without the taste changing too much. The longer tea leaves seep the more caffeine they release, of course. Different parts of the tea tree are used for different teas and as I understand it the parts used for black tea contain the most caffeine.

Rooibos is probably a very good choice for this practice, though. It doesn't contain any caffeine at all and can seep for a very long time without the taste being noticeably distorted. I guess eventually the taste is watered down but I believe a couple of tea spoon of rooibos would last for many refills.

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