Do you squeeze the teabag?

17 comments

1. >Squeezing the teabags makes the tea taste worse.

   Squeezing the ever-loving crap out of it makes it tastes better imo 😅

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3. > This has become a controversial issue in my household

   Why?

4. If I’m in a rush then yeah. You can see how dark the tea turns when you squeeze just a few seconds after putting the water in. If I’m going to leave it for 5 minutes to brew anyway, then there’s no point because the tea will have diffused anyway.

5. Don’t mind a squeeze during a tea bag. Not too hard though.

6. I use loose tea and a teapot and tea strainer even for one cup of tea

7. Squeezing a tea bag gives a bitter taste. I just lift the teabag out and let it “drip dry” for a few seconds. Makes a little mess, but anything for good tea!

8. Use a tea pot!!

9. Make it in a pot. All tea problems are solved by pot tea.

10. I squeeze it. No noticeable difference in taste and it’s not messy that way. Makes it a bit stronger too

11. Squeeze every time…Strong flavoursome Tea.

    Don’t Squeeze teabags…Insipid-coloured water.

12. Absolutely not, makes it taste grim.

13. A quick pinch with the fingers then toss it in the food waste to stop the drips. I can’t imagine the splash of tea it contains can influence the flavour one bit.

14. Don’t squeeze, but cover the cup and leave the teabag in for exactly 4 minutes.

15. Squeeze it, but gently. As the Buddha said, “follow the middle way”

16. Of course not. My dad goes one further and saves his teabag for the next cup. Yuck.

17. Stir your tea (only psychopaths leave it to just brew. Don’t be like them) and then remove the bag.

    Squeeze to reduce bin juice and discard.

    If you absolutely must, put the cold tap on for a bit. Otherwise just enjoy the scaldy-squeeze.

    😉