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submitted 9 months ago by Oneeightnine@feddit.uk to c/casualuk@feddit.uk

I'm usually a C2 sort of guy, but through bad luck and (my own) poor performance, I've begun my Sunday morning with a B1. Whilst a bad start to the day, I'm determined not to let it ruin what could be a good Sunday.

Where do you come in on the tea debate?

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[-] 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

That'd be C4 then

A=>D is decreasing milk amount, and 1=>4 is increasing strength, so D1 would essentially be water, A1 would essentially be milk and the B3/B4/C3/C4 would be the square of "not pulling a face when you take the first sip" (although I lie somewhere between B4 & C3 so I may be biased)

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Wait

When people say strong they mean with lots of milk? I thought it was the concentration of the brew. I like a longer steep is what I meant.

[-] Tweak@feddit.uk 3 points 9 months ago

This is the classic problem with coffee, where people think "strong" means less milk, rather than more caffeine.

[-] Slowy@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

No strong usually means a more concentrated brew

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Cheers, yeah. I sometimes put three bags in the teapot 🤫

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

I've found that a longer steep doesn't really make a better cup though. If I want stronger, I add more tea and stay at the 4-5 minute range. Past maybe five minutes, it's getting tannins at such a high level that it's just bitterness. Which, if you like your tea very bitter, that's a good thing! I prefer the more subtle flavors over the tannic bite, though.

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I was raised on very low quality stuff and have since moved on to Yorkshire gold - but I can't quite shake the desire for a bit of roughness.

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

Ahhhh, gotcha. I'm sorta the same way with coffee sometimes. Grew up with basic folgers rotgut, so I get that hankering for the way coffee tasted as a young'n rather than it tasting the way I usually prefer it. So I'll just dump too much into a percolator, keep the heat on it until it's near scorched, and let it eat a hole in my belly lol

[-] 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 9 months ago

I don't think I implied otherwise?

The guy I was responding to said C4 or D1, but strong, implying they were similar

C4 is strong with a splash of milk, D1 is incredibly weak with no milk so it seems as though they preferred C4 and not D1

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