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Post by tom π on Feb 15, 2019 21:26:36 GMT -5
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Post by tom π on Mar 13, 2019 12:47:31 GMT -5
I have now been on strongly brewed yaupon tea (not the tea bag stuff but real 'black drink') long enough to have some judgment about it. It changes the sense of taste and causes a persisting sweet aftertaste. That is my experience. I have not found these effects mentioned in the literature. One of the odd, old claims for yaupon tea is that it is a cure for alcoholism. This is plausible: strongly brewed yaupon tea reduces the desire for alcohol. Unlike green tea, I have not found yaupon tea to be a blood thinner. Persons on warfarin are warned against drinking green tea.
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Post by tom π on Aug 24, 2019 14:34:35 GMT -5
Now I find this yaupon thread open -- my mistake maybe for finding it closed -- so will add a note on toasting yaupon tea. The problem is to toast the leaves without filling the kitchen with smoke, as I have done several times. There is internet advice on temperature setting and duration, but this varies with equipment. The key is to use a kitchen timer. As I am doing it, there may be a five-second gap between fully toasted and smoking. The step I take are:
Place toaster oven near stove and turn on exhaust fan. Set oven to 400 on bake and preheat. Lower elements should be cherry red. Insert pan of dried leaves on top rack and immediately start timer for three minutes. When timer sounds, immediately remove pan and sit it outside to cool.
So now I have a smoke-free kitchen when I don't distract myself by trying to do something else while the leaves are toasting.
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Post by lisaann on Aug 27, 2019 17:55:56 GMT -5
I don't distract myself by trying to do something else while the leaves are toasting. So...β¦β¦β¦β¦ Just what were you doing when you seem to be having all these issues? I even hit another of your threads about this. Tell US!
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Post by tom π on Aug 27, 2019 18:18:45 GMT -5
Just what were you doing when you seem to be having all these issues? Last time I smoked up the kitchen, I was cooking rice at the same time as the tea toasted. Sometimes I think of something I need to write down before I forget it. Sometimes I think of something I need to look up on the internet. Then there are those endless kitchen tasks I try to do while toasting tea -- dry dishes, straighten a counter top, bunch dishes in the sink, carry out scraps, .... I'd never make it as a professional tea toaster.
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Post by lisaann on Sept 4, 2019 17:55:03 GMT -5
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Post by tom π on Sept 4, 2019 18:47:35 GMT -5
Thought ya might like this It's interesting and I'm going to look into it further, but I can't have it. Vinegar is a serious blood thinner.
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Post by tom π on Nov 4, 2019 11:24:29 GMT -5
A cup of yaupon tea is comforting on a cold day.
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Post by tom π on Nov 16, 2019 10:42:29 GMT -5
This morning I needed to toast more yaupon leaves and tried 3 minutes at 350 degrees in a preheated toaster oven. I didn't smoke up the kitchen, which is an improvement, but I am not certain I am getting the leaves as toasted as they should be.
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Post by binnylou on Nov 16, 2019 10:45:50 GMT -5
Have you tried toasting in a skillet on the stove?
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Post by tom π on Nov 16, 2019 11:38:32 GMT -5
Have you tried toasting in a skillet on the stove? Yes, I have tried toasting on the stove with a cast iron pot and also with a small cast iron skillet. The toaster oven works better for me because its tray holds more leaves in a thinner layer, thus a more consistent toasting without continual stirring. Toasting is supposed to increase the release of caffeine, but I think it mostly improves flavor, which is probably the reason coffee beans are roasted.
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