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To my tea drinking friends

Abrowneyegirl — Sat, 28 Nov 2015 15:55:49 GMT

Have you ever tried brewing your tea using different types of water?

I heard this some where recently and tried it.....

I used different brands of bottled water, and spring waters for my trials. I am shocked at the difference in the taste and color of my tea!

For me the spring water made the best cup of tea.

Something to experiment with!

Re: To my tea drinking friends

vabreeze — Sat, 28 Nov 2015 16:05:26 GMT

Interesting....I'll have to try that. Thanks!!

Re: To my tea drinking friends

Mz iMac — Sat, 28 Nov 2015 16:06:46 GMT

I am a tea drinker. However, never in my life have I PAID FOR water. What comes out the spicket is good enough for me & my tea bag.

To spice my tea up, I use either lemon or Rock & Rye.

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Sooner — Sat, 28 Nov 2015 16:36:42 GMT

@Mz iMac wrote:
I am a tea drinker. However, never in my life have I PAID FOR water. What comes out the spicket is good enough for me & my tea bag.

To spice my tea up, I use either lemon or Rock & Rye.

You have a well? If not, I don't know where you come from, but we get a water bill every month.

Re: To my tea drinking friends

Q4u — Sat, 28 Nov 2015 16:41:47 GMT

I agree, the water makes all the difference in brewing tea (and coffee).... but tea has such a delicate flavor that you can really tell. We have well water but I warn you to not run it through any kind of brewer because of the denseness of the minerals.... (unless you have a water softener).

Re: To my tea drinking friends

Mz iMac — Sat, 28 Nov 2015 17:15:45 GMT

@Sooner wrote:
@Mz iMac wrote:
I am a tea drinker. However, never in my life have I PAID FOR water. What comes out the spicket is good enough for me & my tea bag.

To spice my tea up, I use either lemon or Rock & Rye.
You have a well? If not, I don't know where you come from, but we get a water bill every month.

Maybe there is a huge well under the counties I"ve lived in. Never had a water bill.

Re: To my tea drinking friends

SCHULTZI — Sun, 29 Nov 2015 11:23:25 GMT

This is the way I make my tea, I call it 50/50/R\. Even my

insurance loves it and ask for it when he comes by.

I use a large empty prune juice jar for this that I have saved,

Heat up 8 tea bags. Let steep for 16 minutes.

In jar I add 4 Trivia envelopes along with 3 Tablespoons of

Sugar Free Raspberry Syrup that I get at Sams. Then add

a little water and shake to dissolve the Trivia. When tea has

finished brewing remove tea bags and add some ice cubes to

cool it down. Then pour in jar and add enough water to fill the

jar.

Next take another large and empty prune juice jar and take

a envelope of Crystal Lite Lemonade and make a jar of it.

Now you need a pitcher and measure half of the tea with

half of the lemonade togother and put it a pitcher and store in the

refrigerator.

I saved the pitcher that my Tropicana orange juice came in to use

as a pitcher for this tea. That pitcher works wonderful for the

50/50/R

Oh I call it by that name because it is half tea ~ half lemonade and

the R is for the Raspberry syrup.

Enjoy!

Schultzi

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SCHULTZI — Sun, 29 Nov 2015 11:25:16 GMT

Oh and I also use water from our RO system as there is a

difference in that water and the tap water.

Maybe it's just the Florida water. Who knows.

Schultzi

Re: To my tea drinking friends

Tigriss — Sun, 27 Dec 2015 16:11:48 GMT

I have well water, so mine is perfect for making tea, but if you have city water/treated water, you will have a significant taste difference in your tea and coffee and any drink you make with that water. Many people have a reverse osmosis system for the best drinking water purifier. You might consider installing one on your kitchen sink to have better water all the time. They are initially somewhat expensive compared to the filter pitchers, but they are cheaper in the long run and produce much better water because of the extensive filtering process.

Edited for spelling.