
yrdz:
@dendralwhere has this been all my life??
this is how you get tea to not be bitter. I didn’t like green tea until I learned not to brew it with boiling water.my brother is obsessed with tea and gets really mad and lectures you if you dont brew it right … yikes
made me think of youI mostly just drink black tea but this is still very helpful
im just gonna reblog this with celsius conversions for my and anyone else’s convenience;
white: 65 °-70 ° for 1-2 minutes
yellow: 70 °-75 ° for 1-2 minutes
green: 75 °-80 ° for 1-2 minutes
oolong: 80 °-85 ° for 2-3 minutes
black: 100 ° for 2-3 minutes
herbal: 100 ° for 3-6 minutes

HAVE YOU EVER STIRRED THE CREAM IN WITH A LONE TEASPOON
OR ASKED THE STEAMING KETTLE WHY HE STEAMS
CAN YOU DRINK WITH ALL POSHNESS OF THE BRITISH
CAN YOU PAINT WITH ALL THE COLORS OF THE TEA
CAN YOU PAINT WITH ALL THE COLORS OF THE TEEEEEAAAAAAAAA
YOU THINK THE ONLY TEA CUPS WHO ARE TEA CUPS
ARE THE TEA CUPS WHO HOLD A DEEP DARK BREW
BUT IF YOU DRINK LIGHT ORANGE TEA OF STRANGERS
YOU’LL TASTE THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW YOU NEVER KNEW
HOW DARK CAN THE ORANGE PEKOE GROW
IF YOU POUR IT NOW, YOU WILL NEVER KNOW
AND YOU’LL NEVER STIR THE CREAM IN WITH A LONE TEASPOON
FOR WHETHER WE LIKE BLACK, OR HERBAL GREEN
WE MUST DRINK WITH ALL THE POSHNESS OF THE BRITISH
WE MUST PAINT WITH ALL THE COLOURS OF THE TEA
YOU CAN OWN THE LEAVES AND STILL
ALL YOU’LL OWN IS LEAVES UNTIL
YOU CAN PAINT WITH ALL THE COLOURS OF THE TEA
I have just witness the most glorifying post in the history of tumblr.