I would reuse if not so lazy. It really isnât as good tasting but itâs fine if you just want to have another hot drink.
I tend to use generic instant coffee for no waste
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LowExperience2368@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
Ok on the discussion of tea, what do we think of reusing the teabag?
I happily will reuse it if I havenât steeped it enough. But the flavour does tend to die and youâre left with a mug of hot water.
Also thoughts on drinking tea from a glass? Had a relative visit who moved to the UK some years ago and she would drink tea in a double-walled glass mug. I have never seen anyone do such a thing.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
I buy moccona and use the jars
but itâs $37.50 a big jar now!!! I bought 5 jars when it was around $18 and am still using it
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
I saw the jars at the op-shop for $5 each, yeah nah.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
I buy the big jars of Vittoria, I prefer the lids on their jars. They are on special quite frequently so I always buy a jar when they are on special.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
Damn thatâs a lot. I just get the generic decaf granules from whatever shop has them. $5 per 100g
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
just reuse once
I steep tea for about 1 minute
tone212_@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
Iâve never even thought of reusing a teabag, but I only really drink black tea like Lipton etc, not a fancy tea drinker at all. I wouldnât re-use Lipton.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
No
Handles were invented so you donât burn your fingers.
Catfish@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
I mostly donât drink Tea tea, but will happily reuse the bags for herbal concoctions, and drink them out of glass. Red Zinger is especially pretty so itâs nice to see it.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
drinking tea from a glass
At this stage itâs not tea itâs wine.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
Her tea was black tea with evaporated milk. So might as well be wine
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
Evaporated? My word, I think my Brittish DNA is getting irritated.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
Yep. đ
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
Evap milk is REQUIRED for rice pudding. Or you donât get that glorious brown crunchy crust on the top without it.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
Reusing the teabag is a crime against Nature. Also, the tannins have developed out on the first soaking, and all the theine and caffeine has been extracted. All you get on the second soak is colour and tannin. This applies to real tea, not herbal for which I prefer to use the term âtisaneâ.
On a side note (for the barf factor) a couple I was friendly with some years ago went to Korea as Christian missionaries. They were supported by a few congregations in the south of the USA. One congregation sent them a packet of tea bags which had been used only on the left hand side (they explained in a letter that accompanied the teabags). They did this as an exercise in Christian self denial and sharing with the less fortunate. The fact that the tea bags had gone thoroughly mouldy by the time they reached Korea was not an issue that mattered to them. In spite of the postage. As an example of utterly useless performative self abnegation, this just canât be beat imo. They hurt themselves, and the end result was utterly useless to anyone else.
Yes, I use a double walled glass mug for tea. Holds the tea at the right temperature for the whole mugful and I thoroughly approve of such tea mugs. You can buy them in Kmart.
Force_majeure112@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
Thatâs wild. Why would they send that overseas
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
I donât even like tea and I agree with your first statement.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
gees people are weird
I suppose they thought they were sharing and liked to imagine the sharing