Teatime

[marnanel]

How long do various kinds of tea take to brew?

I'm working on a port of kteatime to Maemo as a demo for something.  The idea of this program is that it times you making a cup of tea and alerts you when the tea is ready.

You get to choose what kind of tea you're making, so it knows how long to time for.  The current set I have, based largely on the data in kteatime, is:

• black tea brews for 3 minutes
• Earl Grey brews for 5 minutes
• fruit tea brews for 8 minutes
• rooibos brews for 3 minutes

Do any of you know whether these are particularly wrong, and can any of you contribute a few new figures?

Comments

[highlander_ii]

http://www.adagio.com/ has lots of different tea varieties and each tin/container lists not only the brewing time, but also the appropriate water temperature for each variety. <3 adagio. =)



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[bohemianmoon]

Hm, I had thought black tea was brewed for five minutes. I am not an expert, however.