@frosch@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 3 days agoWhat do you put in first: Teabag or hot water?message-square129fedilinkarrow-up189file-text
arrow-up189message-squareWhat do you put in first: Teabag or hot water?@frosch@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 3 days agomessage-square129fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@YurkshireLad@lemmy.calinkfedilink64•3 days agoI put the teabag in first so the hot water will hit it and move it around and release the flavour.
minus-square@NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink11•3 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-square@other_cat@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 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!