Ireland loves tea. It’s what every Irish person is made of. Tea flows through our veins.
With the average Irish person having four to six cups a day, we consume the second-largest amount just under Turkey.
A cup of tea is an essential part of daily activities.
Rows have started over how much milk is supposed to join your brew and who makes the better cup, Lyons or Barrys?
Tea is part of the social ritual of a visitor popping by and sometimes a whole pot is consumed in one sitting.
But you’ve apparently been making your cuppa wrong.
An expert has claimed that using the boiling water out of your kettle is making your tea taste “no better than cabbage water”.
We are a nation of Mrs Doyles, but supposedly we have been making a mistake in our brewing process.
Mark Isark, a professional food, and drink taster, has revealed the most common mistake we’re making - and it’s so easily fixed.
He explained to the Daily Mail that boiling water was originally used for tea when it was necessary to make sure that the water was safe to drink: “It’s time to debunk the myth that you should use boiling water.”
“Having the water too hot will kill the desirable nuances of tea and all you are left with is a strong flavour of dry, astringent tannins.
“Overboiling your water and dunking tea bags too long leaves the tea tasting no better than cabbage water.”
Instead, you should let the water cool down to 80 degrees Celsius.
That's us told then.
