http://www.bigelowteablog.com/2006/11/22/brewing-delicious-hot-tea/ The official blog of Bigelow Tea Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:04:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.bigelowteablog.com/2006/11/22/brewing-delicious-hot-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-520 Madelene Gibson Sun, 08 Apr 2007 20:36:07 +0000 http://www.bigelowteablog.com/?p=18#comment-520 Hello Elizabeth, Happy tea drinking. I recently posted a comment to a pleasent sounding young man by the name of Kyle about the quality of the water he uses to make tea. Upon reading your instructions on making tea, I see you reccomend using freash tap water. When I saw that, I thought it warranted forwarding my comment to you also. I live in Ohio, in a part of the state that borders a reclaimed swamp. Our water is full of iron, sulphur and who knows what else. I work in a city not far from us that has water that passes EPA criteria but you'd swear you were drinking wash water because of the chlorine smell...it's overwhelming! The way I combat that is to use distilled water to make my tea. The flavors come through great, there's no scum on the top of my drink and I enjoy it to the bottom of the cup. Sometimes, I've heard people complain about the quality of the tea they drink and I ask them if they have ever considered the quality of the water they use. Most people never consider that. I've never found a faucet filter to take out that chemical taste and there's just no help for the water we have in our town. Try distilled water if you ever come across bad taste...you'll be surprised. Blessings, grandmamaddie @ yahoo.com Hello Elizabeth, Happy tea drinking. I recently posted a comment to a pleasent sounding young man by the name of Kyle about the quality of the water he uses to make tea. Upon reading your instructions on making tea, I see you reccomend using freash tap water. When I saw that, I thought it warranted forwarding my comment to you also. I live in Ohio, in a part of the state that borders a reclaimed swamp. Our water is full of iron, sulphur and who knows what else. I work in a city not far from us that has water that passes EPA criteria but you’d swear you were drinking wash water because of the chlorine smell…it’s overwhelming! The way I combat that is to use distilled water to make my tea. The flavors come through great, there’s no scum on the top of my drink and I enjoy it to the bottom of the cup. Sometimes, I’ve heard people complain about the quality of the tea they drink and I ask them if they have ever considered the quality of the water they use. Most people never consider that. I’ve never found a faucet filter to take out that chemical taste and there’s just no help for the water we have in our town. Try distilled water if you ever come across bad taste…you’ll be surprised. Blessings, grandmamaddie @ yahoo.com

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