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Tea leaves causing bubbles, wtf?

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NikolaeVarius said:
Isn't there also something about making the cup warm prior to pouring in the water to spread the flavor more evenly?
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The main reason is to just prewarm the pot. Otherwise, when you pour the water in, the pot robs it of some of its temperature and you can end up brewing at a lower temperature than desired.
 
janas19 said:
This is going to be a really dumb post, but ever since I had the opportunity to study abroad in China, I've really learned to enjoy green tea. So anyways, I was making some tea this morning, and brought it to a rolling boil. After the water stopped bubbling so much I put the tea leaves in, and as soon as they hit the water it starts bubbling alot. It was almost like putting Pop Rocks in the water! Lol... Wtf was that about??
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So what was it like studying in China? I lived there for 4 years as a kid and have been back several times. Quite an adventure would love to go back again a few more times.
 
Locut0s said:
So what was it like studying in China? I lived there for 4 years as a kid and have been back several times. Quite an adventure would love to go back again a few more times.
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Some things I loved and some things I hated. I loved the food, the culture, history, some types of people, the language, the sense of a country that is teeming with opportunity and potential. I hated the awful pollution, congestion, and corruption that was rampant.

I came away from it kind of conflicted about my thoughts on China. I'm glad I went, wouldn't trade it for the world. But I know that I wouldn't want to live there either...

So that probably does not help you at all. Lol.
 
janas19 said:
Some things I loved and some things I hated. I loved the food, the culture, history, some types of people, the language, the sense of a country that is teeming with opportunity and potential. I hated the awful pollution, congestion, and corruption that was rampant.

I came away from it kind of conflicted about my thoughts on China. I'm glad I went, wouldn't trade it for the world. But I know that I wouldn't want to live there either...

So that probably does not help you at all. Lol.
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I miss the food too. 🙁
 
LiuKangBakinPie said:
Sound like you know a lot about chemistry.
Need help.
Meth lab
Will pay handsome
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Not that I'll help you, but it's an easy 1 step, 1 pot reaction provided you can get some pseudoephedrine. I manage a food analysis laboratory and my graduate work was in synthetic organic chemistry. Worked for 4.5 years as a synthetic/analytical chemist before becoming a manager at my current position.
 
bobdole369 said:
God so much fail in this thread. Were you microwaving the water?



Exactly, and the energy added + the nucleation site added by the tea leaves caused the water to boil furiously.

To repeat and see if this is the case, heat the water in the same manner, and take the mug or whatever and rap it on a desk, or add a room temp fork. If it also does the same - definitely the superheated water reaction.
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Yeap, shock waves or sonication work well. I used to take a glass rod and scrap the bottom of a flask to get product to come out of solution. Same nucleation phenomenon, but in this case it is sound waves. If you're fortunate enough to have highly pure substance, you can add a pinch into the flask as a seed crystal to get highly pure product out of supersaturated solutions as well.
 
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