frosch@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 days agoWhat do you put in first: Teabag or hot water?message-squaremessage-square130fedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up190arrow-down1message-squareWhat do you put in first: Teabag or hot water?frosch@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square130fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareYurkshireLadlinkfedilinkarrow-up67·6 days agoI put the teabag in first so the hot water will hit it and move it around and release the flavour.
minus-squareNoSpotOfGround@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·6 days agoThat’s a great way to make the air inside the teabag expand but not be able to escape through the wet paper, making the teabag float on top of the water like a confused little fish that just escaped a dentist’s aquarium.
minus-squareother_cat@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 days agoThat’s why you dunk it a few times until it sinks!
I put the teabag in first so the hot water will hit it and move it around and release the flavour.
This is the way!
This is the way
That’s a great way to make the air inside the teabag expand but not be able to escape through the wet paper, making the teabag float on top of the water like a confused little fish that just escaped a dentist’s aquarium.
That’s why you dunk it a few times until it sinks!