Comment on 3-bean soup

uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Fedizen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I thought technically its only tea if it comes from a tea plant (otherwise its just a different hot water extract) but people will call everything prepared the same way (tea kettle and some kind of filter) a “tea” similar to how some people will call any kind of cola a “coke”

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  • uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It’s technically an infusion though I don’t know if that changes between hot or cold water. But I think teas are arbitrarily determined: We decided that the black tea plants are teas and the weeds next to them are not based entirely on choice.

    Coke is a specific trademark connected to specific recipes. But colas are all based on the cola bean, and some decent ones that get close to Coca-cola and Pepsi-cola.

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    • pebbles@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Black, green, oolong, white tea all come from the same plant. Its just processed differently. Everything that isnt from camellia sinensis isn’t a “true tea”.

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      • uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        See I didn’t know that, what with tons of herbal teas, but yeah the ones I look up seem to all be black tea + extras blended into a concoction.

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• FrederikNJS@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Wouldn’t tea imply it’s some kind of plant leaves being steeped in water?

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