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Zojirushi questions

by deadfingers » Dec 4th, '06, 07:52

Well I just got my Zojirushi and I love it, but I have a few questions about it. Alright I noticed they have 3 temp sets but is there a way to get different temps besides that? I heard you can add in cold water and adjust it accordingly. So is there a way to get water less than 175 degrees? and for the Zojirushi have it stay at that temp? I guess I was expecting more of it, I mean it has 3 preset temps that the thing can have set at. Which isn't bad since most tea's will work with that but I also plan on doing it with other things as well. I know green tea's use 180 degree water for the most part so if I have it set at 175 is there a way to exactly make it 180? or is this more of a "add cold water" and experiment kind of deal?

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by TeaFanatic » Dec 4th, '06, 13:38

I don't personally own a zorijirushi, but I do know a friend that has one. Basically what I would say is that most green teas are going to be completely fine with using 175 instead of 180, it really shouldn't cause that big of a problem.

If you are trying to get 180 exactly (remember that making tea is not an exact science, nor should you try to make it an exact science), then I would have it heat up to boiling, and keep an eye on the digital read out, and when it hits 180, put some in a thermos or something like that.

If you're trying to get colder water, then I would reccomend that same thing. But like I said, for most purpose, 175 should be fine.
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by deadfingers » Dec 4th, '06, 16:08

Alright thanks for the info, I will keep that in mind.

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by karia » Dec 4th, '06, 16:11

if you keep adding cold water you can get it a low as 150-155 and still have that be reliable. less than that 140 you just dont know.

yes most green teas will be fine at 175, indeed in my exprience for lighter bodied greens it is actually far better at 175. the best way to get 180 if you must leave it at 195 and when you are ready reset it to 175 and add cold water till you get to 180. setting it at 175 when you are ready will keep it from reboiling when you add the cold water.

the other way, this way i do NOT like, is to keep the water at 175 and just click reboil when you want green tea. wait the 30-200 seconds for it to get to 180.

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by deadfingers » Dec 4th, '06, 19:49

Last night I was playing around with it and put it up for 195 for a few seconds and let it sit. After about a minute I set it back to like 175 then it seemed to go down to 180 for a good minute or so. I'm not saying that I need to have it that hot but I just want to know. So I guess I can ask this also, does anyone usually drink tea that hot? I mean I drank hot chocolate yesterday with 180 degree water and wow I could barely lick it. I had to wait like 10-15 minutes before I could actually take sips of it.

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by Al » Dec 20th, '06, 23:24

karia wrote:if you keep adding cold water you can get it a low as 150-155 and still have that be reliable. less than that 140 you just dont know.

yes most green teas will be fine at 175, indeed in my exprience for lighter bodied greens it is actually far better at 175. the best way to get 180 if you must leave it at 195 and when you are ready reset it to 175 and add cold water till you get to 180. setting it at 175 when you are ready will keep it from reboiling when you add the cold water.

the other way, this way i do NOT like, is to keep the water at 175 and just click reboil when you want green tea. wait the 30-200 seconds for it to get to 180.
I use the 175 for green as well and am perfectly happy with the results. In fact, if I'm brewing dragonwell, I dispense the water and let it cool for a minute or two to get it to 160ish, or I throw and ice cube in. The same holds for the 195 setting. If you want to get closer to 180, you can just let it cool off fir 2 minutes or so, or you can be impatient like me and put a in a little ice.

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by deadfingers » Jan 2nd, '07, 22:13

Yeah I've been just adding cold water to the zojirushi if I really want to get the precise measurement. Other than that I usually just use 175 for greens and if I need anything lower I just add water.

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