Need Help from tea lovers!?!
Answers: I really started to get into green and white tea and I was wondering about these electric tea kettles. Are they just used to heat up the water just for that period of time or can i leave it on for a long time? I would like to have tea always available without waiting to heat the water as if it were on tap as a device could be kept on for hours upon hours to get my hot tea fix.
That's about the only way to have hot water for your tea...a kettle. Having hot water through a tap or faucet may be detrimental to your tea. Why? Green & white tea do not have to have boiling water poured over them to taste good...in fact, water at about 180 degrees for your green & white teas will be sufficient. Boiling water is used for black tea. When you have a kettle, there are 3 distinct boiling "noises" you will hear. The 1st boil sound will be just about right for green & white tea...the 3rd boiling sound will be 212 degrees at full boiling. When you steep your green & white, don't just let the tea sit there forever, but rather take the tea out after about 4 minutes...if not, you could develop some tannic tasting tea. Anyway...that's my 2 cents..take it for what it's worth! Good luck.
I LOVE tea too!!! I don't think I would lv. an electric kettle on all day long. Water evaporates long story short... don't be "willing" to burn your house down for a cup of tea. I have seen in a home a water device that you do "hook" up to your sink and it does get real hot but I think that actually has to get installed professionally.
Do you know what I use to have??? A Poland Spring water cooler w/ a hot and cold nozzle.
Ready whan you are!!!
You can also use a regular coffee maker. I make my ice tea with one every day.
The electric kettles are for instantly heading the water, and then turning off.
You can buy cofaidh or tea dispensers which you fill with, in this case, hot water and it keeps it hot all day long... Just go dispense some more hot water for yuor next cuppa whenever you want. They use these in Japan all the time.
I've actually been thinking of buying an electric kettle also, but I need to research how they work exactly. The way I understand is that they boil water pretty quickly and shut off automatically. Whether they make a sound, I'm not sure.
Now for drinking green and white tea, boiling water is not required. Hot water at 185-190 F is about right. I used to have a regular stovetop kettle and measure the water, but I guess you could let the water cool down for 3-5 minutes to let cool. I think it would be a great idea because of the auto shut off feature. But Timbo is correct, don't use boiling water for green and hot tea, or else it will become bitter.
Most electric kettles shut themselves off after the water has boiled. You'll want to use water that is just shy of boiling, or that has been allowed to cool a little after boiling, for your green and white tea. Good tea is worth waiting for. You wouldn't want to use water that's been sitting around and stewing all day to brew it.
If you want hot water on-demand, at exactly the right temperature for white or green teas, you may want to consider getting a Zojirushi electric boiler. We had one of these in my old office (where a Japanese gentleman was a partner), and it worked like a charm.
Another good rule of thumb - boiling water decreases about 10 degrees (F) every minute after it has boiled. So if you boil water, wait 2-3 minute to get the water temp. down to 182-192.