Category Archives: Tea

Measuring the Cool-off Effect of Water in Different Types of Containers

The question was formed recently due to a conversation with a fellow tea-drinker. Does tea in a large cup cool off quicker – or slower – than in a small cup? I thought previously that the greater area in the larger teacup would cause a quicker cool-off than the small area of a smaller teacup. [...]

Chamomile

Chamomile tea is very good. I started drinking chamomile during a slight Chinese period of mine (it wasn’t anything as extensive as my military period). It’s a pity I don’t drink it more. Tea holds the same properties over coffee, as cats do over dogs. It’s more subtle, quiet, distinguished. It doesn’t make a fuss, [...]