This week was not so much a tea week as a lack-of-tea week, but I felt like posting something for my grumpy tea brethren. Continue for grumblings of a grumpy tea addict. Topic: scarcity of hot water.
I traveled a bit for the holidays this year, and it made me realize how inconvenient my addiction to tea is. Decent tea is certainly not ubiquitous in the US, but neither is solidly hot water. I always bring along my little tea thermos, but I was staying in a hotel for a few days without a stove or kettle. When in desperation I eventually turned to the microwave, I found the leaves didn't appreciate microwave boiled water at all. It's not easy having a strange and highly specific addiction. But it feels so damn good!
I think I may start carrying a simple stove, fuel and kettle with me. A good way to complete the crazed, tea addicted alchemist aesthetic.
NOAH
I remember growing up in Russia and traveling by train. All the trains over there are equipped with a hot (actually boiling) water container, always full & always hot, shows how much it is part of the culture there. For traveling not by train we had a portable resistance to boil water in a tea cup, maybe you can get it on amazon. Google "Portable Immersion Heater"
ReplyDeleteWe USA babes are showing our infancy by not having hot water anywhere. Sounds like everybody else is on top of it! I'll check out the immersion heater, thanks for the tip!
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