Since you, ya know, boiled it?

  • TootSweet@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    If a) you actually got it to a rolling boil for a sufficient time (some teas recommend heating to less than boiling temperature), b) the water boiled in the cup (as in, microwave rather than tea kettle you may have let cool a while before actually pouring it in the cup), and c) you took surgeon-like steps to avoid contamination during and after the steeping process, I’d imagine it’d be just as sterile as any thing properly sterilized by boiling would be.