Day: October 15, 2026

Temperature Rules Are Overblown: The Real Brewing Variable Nobody Mentions

October 15, 2026

I used to think making tea required a thermometer. Not literally, perhaps, but almost. Every tea seemed to have a number attached to it. Green tea at this temperature. Oolong at another. Black tea a little hotter. Too hot and you had apparently ruined everything. For a while, I took these rules quite seriously. Then…