To make a tea can it be boiled in a pot of water and strained out into a cup to drink? Should I use honey, sugar or nothing at all?
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Yea, that'll work. For flavor, I mix with herbal tea, but honey or something is fine too
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You only put the leaves in after you turn off the heat. Then after 5 to 20 minutes you can strain and add honey. I wouldn't add sugar 'cause it's not good for you. And the whole point is for comfrey to help.
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I let my tea steep a while in the water for the medicinal properties. I think local honey is better than sugar but it depends on personal preference. I learned a lot watching Susun Weed and Rosemary Gladstar on youtube.com and by just doing basic research on the internet. My herb tea has been a great replacement for coffee!
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Yep. I've used it to make iced tea. I would not put a sweetener in the tea pot though.
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Of course you can by using the dried leaves to make a tea. Pour boiling water over your dried leaves until all the leaves are totally underwater with around an 5 inches of water over the top of the leaves guessing here is okay. Let your tea steep for as long as you like really but at least 15 minutes. The longer it steeps the longer the water is infused with the dried leaves. You can not drink or eat all leaves so be sure of what you are infusing. Drain the infused tea into a jar and discard the leaves.
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I put it in a pot or cup #1 add hot water and let it steep. 3 to 5 minutes is good then strain it into another cup. The great thing about this tea is that it doesn't get bitter if you forget about it or leave it longer. Also you can get another brew from the leaves if you are that thrifty kind of person. Any kind of cheap strainer will work..you don't have to buy any special tea brewing filter or holder.
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Do not boil water in this tea pot. U have to clean it with boiling water no soaps ever, but never heat water in it. It's is made to keep the water warm. If u have a trivet with the tea pot u can place a tea light under it to keep the tea warmer. Boil water for tea in separate kettle then transfer water to tea pot.
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The reason you are not supposed to heat it over the stove is because you should not be steeping your tea in boiling water. The pot it for steeping, not cooking, and if you want to make several batches of tea with good leaves (like you should be able to), you don't want to pour water in, boil it and then reheat the leave over and over and over again when they should stay warm. This is not good for the tea.
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I bring about 3 quarts of water to boil, add the tea bag, turn the burner off and cover the pot. I let it steep for about 45 minutes. I then dilute the tea with cold water - adding about 9 quarts of water. These large tea bags make up to 3 gallons of tea. You can make less by letting the tea steep for a shorter time - maybe 10 minutes -- then add water to dilute to strength that you want.
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Hello honeysucklemoon. No. A cup and hot water is all that's required to brew these teas. The unique tea bag is what is so nice about this brand. I am sure you will enjoy all the flavors Tea Forte has to offer.
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Yes you can put a tea bag into the pot (either with or without the strainer). I use the teapot with both loose leaf tea and tea bags. You will get a great cup(s) of tea either way!
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I wouldn't try it. If you just boil water and slowly poor over loose tea you tea pot will work great.
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No. You have to boil the water and then steep the tea. Well worth it though!
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I'm not sure, I've never really tried that. I just boil my water in a tea pot. I will tell you that I have purchased this for three people, as well as myself. That's how much I like it.
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I haven't put really hot liquid in it. I usually want to drink it relatively soon. BTW, you shouldn't use very hot water to brew tea as the heat can kill off the nutrients in tea.
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Yes boil the water and put in. If you want to keep yur tea hot use a cast iron tea warmer with a tea light candle and is available for sales on Amazon also.
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No, it will not boil water. You could make tea/instant whatever with it as it gets plenty hot, but not boiling.
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No. You could microwave the water then pour it in, I just use a tea kettle on the stove. Doesn't even have to be boiling.
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I don't use my kettle to brew tea in, I use it to boil the water and pour onto the teabag in my cup, or tea bags in my teapot. Pretty much the same way one would use a stovetop kettle. Hope this is helpful.