iA PRESSURE COOKER FOR TEA	null	(FALSE)	0
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i2024-07-09	null	(FALSE)	0
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iI'm not a tea-drinker (I probably ought to be careful confessing to that or	null	(FALSE)	0
ithey'll strip my British citizenship.). But while making a cuppa for Ruth this	null	(FALSE)	0
imorning, a thought occurred to me and I can't for a moment believe that I'm	null	(FALSE)	0
ithe first person to think of it:	null	(FALSE)	0
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iWhat about a pressure-cooker, but for tea? (Don't worry, I know better than to	null	(FALSE)	0
isuggest air-frying a cup of ta. What kind of nutter would do that?)	null	(FALSE)	0
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iHear me out.	null	(FALSE)	0
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IA pressure cooker whose digital display reads 'tea'.	/2024/07/pressure-cooker-in-tea-mode.png	danq.me	70
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iIt's been stressed how important it is that the water used to brew the tea is	null	(FALSE)	0
i100℃, or close to it possible. That's the boiling point of water at sea level,	null	(FALSE)	0
iso you can't really boil your kettle hotter than that or else the water runs	null	(FALSE)	0
iaway to pursue a new life as a cloud.	null	(FALSE)	0
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iThat temperature is needed to extract the flavours, apparently (Again, please	null	(FALSE)	0
inot that I'm not a tea-drinker so I'm not really qualified to comment on the	null	(FALSE)	0
iflavour of tea at all, let alone tea that's been brewed at too-low a	null	(FALSE)	0
itemperature.). And that's why you can't get a good cup of tea at high	null	(FALSE)	0
ialtitudes, I'm told: by the time you're 3000 metres above sea level, water	null	(FALSE)	0
iboils at around 90℃ and most British people wilt at their inability to make a	null	(FALSE)	0
idecent cuppa (Some high-altitude tea drinkers swear by switching from black	null	(FALSE)	0
itea to green tea, white tea, or oolong, which apparently release their	null	(FALSE)	0
iaromatics at lower temperatures. But it feels like science, not compromise,	null	(FALSE)	0
iought to be the solution to this problem.).	null	(FALSE)	0
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iIt's a question of pressure, right? Increase the pressure, and you increase	null	(FALSE)	0
ithe boiling point, allowing water to reach a higher temperature before it	null	(FALSE)	0
istops being a liquid and starts being a gas. Sooo... let's invent something!	null	(FALSE)	0
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IIllustration showing key components of a pressure-tea maker.	/2024/07/pressure-cooker-for-making-tea-schematic.png	danq.me	70
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iI'm thinking a container about the size of a medium-sized Thermos flask or a	null	(FALSE)	0
ilarge keep-cup - you need thick walls to hold pressure, obviously - with a	null	(FALSE)	0
isafety valve and a heating element, like a tiny version of a modern pressure	null	(FALSE)	0
icooker. The top half acts as the lid, and contains a compartment into which	null	(FALSE)	0
iyou put your teabag or loose leaves (optionally in an infuser). After being	null	(FALSE)	0
iconfigured from the front panel, the water gets heated to a specified	null	(FALSE)	0
itemperature - which can be above the ambient boiling point of water owing to	null	(FALSE)	0
ithe pressurisation - at which point the tea is released from the upper half.	null	(FALSE)	0
iThe temperature is maintained for a specified amount of time and then the user	null	(FALSE)	0
iis notified so they can release the pressure, open the top, lift out the inner	null	(FALSE)	0
icup, remove the teabag, and enjoy their beverage.	null	(FALSE)	0
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iThis isn't just about filling the niche market of "dissatisfied high-altitude	null	(FALSE)	0
itea drinkers". Such a device would also be suitable for other folks who want a	null	(FALSE)	0
icontrolled tea experience. You could have it run on a timer and make you tea	null	(FALSE)	0
iat a particular time, like a teasmade. You can set the temperature lower for a	null	(FALSE)	0
icontrolled brew of e.g. green tea at 70℃. But there's one other question that	null	(FALSE)	0
ia device like this might have the capacity to answer:	null	(FALSE)	0
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iWhat is the ideal temperature for making black tea?	null	(FALSE)	0
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iWe're told that it's 100℃, but that's probably an assumption based on the fact	null	(FALSE)	0
ithat that's as hot as your kettle can get water to go, on account of physics.	null	(FALSE)	0
iBut if tea is bad when it's brewed at 90℃ and good when it's brewed at 100℃...	null	(FALSE)	0
imaybe it's even better when it's brewed at 110℃!	null	(FALSE)	0
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iA modern pressure cooker can easily maintain a liquid water temperature of	null	(FALSE)	0
i120℃, enabling excellent extraction of flavour into water (this is why a	null	(FALSE)	0
ipressure cooker makes such excellent stock).	null	(FALSE)	0
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IA mug of tea held by the handle.	/2024/07/Tea_cup_Unsplash1-scaled.jpg	danq.me	70
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iI'm not the person to answer this question, because, as I said: I'm not a tea	null	(FALSE)	0
idrinker. But surely somebody's tried this (I can't find the person who's	null	(FALSE)	0
ialready tried this, if they exist, but maybe they're out there somewhere?)? It	null	(FALSE)	0
ishouldn't be too hard to retrofit a pressure cooker lid with a sealed	null	(FALSE)	0
icompartment that releases, even if it's just on a timer, to deposit some tea	null	(FALSE)	0
iinto some superheated water?	null	(FALSE)	0
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iBecause maybe, just maybe, superheated water makes better tea. And if so,	null	(FALSE)	0
ithere's a possible market for my proposed device.	null	(FALSE)	0
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hRuth	URL:https://fleeblewidget.co.uk/	(FALSE)	0
h@garron_music on TikTok makes a cup of tea in an air fryer.	URL:https://www.tiktok.com/@garron_music/video/7338149298321870112	(FALSE)	0
hTeasmade	URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teasmade	(FALSE)	0
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