Not strictly true; many teas are perfectly infused at temperatures of
175degF; it's just 'normal sea-level' dwellers that use a kettle to produce 'boiling water' [212degF] to infuse tea. During my service career I was stationed at altitude >5,000 ft, and although water boiled way before it reached 100DegC we didn't have problems brewing up our cuppas. BTW, normal cabin altitude for aircraft is 8,000 ft - most ailines serve decent cuppas at this altitude.(cabin pressure).
BW2 - we couldn't use a washing machine on 'White Wash'; the water boiled and turned to steam _before_ the temperature reached 95degC!
Yes, they always do a run-down at the end of all the costs involved, and not once have I ever seen anything included for the top-of-the-range furniture which they always have in the house at the end. On the Propert Ladder microsite at Channel 4's site, they always provide full details of all the suppliers, and I remember once checking out a furniture rental company mentioned on there for 'staging' purposes - can't recall the costs but remember it was hugely expensive, with a wacking great minimum fee to cover removals/transport.
Everything you see on TV is a lie. Sometimes it's a little lie (noddies, Queens storming in instead of out, cat's names) and sometimes it's a big lie (whenever a politician opens their gob, anything at all written, said or filmed by Michael Moore). But it's never the unvarnished truth.
A neighbour is a painter / decorator, he mentioned a colleague who was called to a house where a couple of old age pensioners were supposed to be doing a make-over of the entire house.
The production company wanted the decorator to do just one corner of each room where the OAP's were to stand.
But how does it work? My quick calculations suggest that with a 2800W power consumption in the 3 seconds stated it will only heat 25ml of water. Or, to heat the 220ml that they talk about will take 26 seconds. This is assuming an incoming water temperature of 20C and a final temperature of boiling.
So not really going to save much energy then if it has to keep said container constantly heated even if it is well insulated. For home use it might be twelve hours between one cuppa and the next. I have also always been told that tea should be made with fresh boiling water - wouldn't fancy making it from water that has been sitting around for half a day.
Might be OK in an office but this seems to be targeted at home use.
Over on Amazon people seem either to love or hate it.
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user manual is available on-line, and includes the strange instruction:
I suspect this is not actually what they meant to say, but it does suggest that there is a degree of pre-heating necessary to achieve the initial 3 second delivery.
So your original axiom "4. You don't make tea at 190degF (still less 140) (again probably US). Good old 212 required" _might _ just be False? Do I detect a slight withdrawal?
Please cite your exact 'service' experience of operating at altitudes >
5,000 ft. Although a 'NATO std' brew will include milk and sugar - to provide instant energy- there are actually a number of sites, messes, and aircraft operating at altitudes where water boilis _way_ below 212defF/100degC. I suspect your opinion is based not on experience but pre-judgement. I've imbibed many cups of tea brewed 'at altitude'; indeed it was a specific point I researched prior to being 'posted' to such a station.
Tell it to the tea buyers and brewers from the airlines.
Just another hazard experienced while serving 'The Queen'! I did contact the British Maufacturer and was told that apart from a machine in the resteraunt on top of Mt Snowdon ... they hadn't experienced any other complaint.
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