On the Go Tea

When you're on the road or in a hotel room, it can be hard to get any tea at all, let alone the perfect cup a connoisseur craves. So here are my tips for good on-the-go tea:

• Bring your own tea along with you. Don't risk having to stoop to Lipton, even while traveling. (I've just made a cup of Chocolate Mint tea, and I'm out of town.)
• If you're taking a long car ride, try a thermos full of hot water so you can brew whenever it's convenient. Also, pure water stays hotter for longer in a thermos than a beverage containing a bag or leaves. (It's been shown scientifically, in the book How to Fossilize your Hamster.)
• While in a hotel, run the coffeepot with no coffee in it, then make a cup of tea with the hot water. If you use looseleaf tea, strain it into another cup through a towel.
• Above all, do not put tea in the coffee-grounds holder of a coffeepot. Tea needs time to sit in the same water, time to release its full flavoring, so don't attempt to brew tea by trickling water through it the way a coffeepot does.

Now you can enjoy your tea anywhere, no matter where.

Happy Sipping,
CoolCat