Two Questions and a Comment

For general/other topics related to tea.


User avatar
Feb 4th, '10, 23:13
Posts: 12
Joined: Jan 31st, '10, 21:04
Location: Oregon
Contact: KillJoy

Two Questions and a Comment

by KillJoy » Feb 4th, '10, 23:13

How is Adagio pronounced. Is the "G" hard or soft? Don't judge me too harshly for asking.

Is the water considered boiling the second the teapot hisses? I stick a thermometer in real quick after it whistles but it tends to be around 176ish each time.. I know that heat escapes once I open the lid.. but that much, that quick? ..does that mean my thermometer is no longer calibrated correctly, or my teapot busted, or both? Or shall I let it whistle longer? Though, I heard it's not good to boil it for too long.

Also.. perhaps I am way behind the times, but I wasn't aware that the "30 second rinse" to remove a lot of the caffeine in tea was a myth, and actually only really succeeds at removing mucho antioxidants: http://artoftea.com/wordpress/2010/01/1 ... e-natural/

Ware 2 mine 4 fishes?! PLX halp!1

User avatar
Feb 4th, '10, 23:53
Posts: 20891
Joined: Apr 22nd, '06, 20:52
Scrolling: scrolling
Location: Back in the TeaCave atop Mt. Fuji
Been thanked: 2 times

Re: Two Questions and a Comment

by Chip » Feb 4th, '10, 23:53

uh dah jee oh! I think the accent is on dah.

Heh, I mispronounced that for well over a year, uh day gee oh ... :oops: :lol:

The water should be realllllly boiling. Not hissing. Let it go to the full boil.

Also, if you need to calibrate, do it at freezing versus boiling since unless you are at sea level, the boiling point will be lower. And allowing some steam to escape through the spout will not cause a decrease in the water temp by anything appreciable.

If I pour boiling water into a cooling vessel, the temp will drop by 20-30 degrees fairly quickly.

User avatar
Feb 5th, '10, 00:30
Posts: 12
Joined: Jan 31st, '10, 21:04
Location: Oregon
Contact: KillJoy

Re: Two Questions and a Comment

by KillJoy » Feb 5th, '10, 00:30

Thanks for the phonetic spelling.

I am so dumb, I didn't consider my elevation, I guess I'm not used to living in the mountains.

User avatar
Feb 5th, '10, 00:42
Posts: 20891
Joined: Apr 22nd, '06, 20:52
Scrolling: scrolling
Location: Back in the TeaCave atop Mt. Fuji
Been thanked: 2 times

Re: Two Questions and a Comment

by Chip » Feb 5th, '10, 00:42

Oh, how high up are you? Yeah, that would affect the boiling point.

Dumb, no ... maybe the air is just a bit thin there. :wink: :mrgreen:

User avatar
Feb 5th, '10, 01:34
Posts: 12
Joined: Jan 31st, '10, 21:04
Location: Oregon
Contact: KillJoy

Re: Two Questions and a Comment

by KillJoy » Feb 5th, '10, 01:34

Around 5 or 6 thousandish. That would only account for about 10-12 degrees less though.. so I figure the other 25 degrees is thermometer error, or not letting it come to full blown whistle.

User avatar
Feb 5th, '10, 09:51
Posts: 578
Joined: Jan 6th, '10, 09:48
Location: SC

Re: Two Questions and a Comment

by LauraW » Feb 5th, '10, 09:51

Don't feel bad about the pronunciation - it's Italian, and a music term at that, so not necessarily something that comes naturally for pronunciation. Chip's right, on both pronunciation and accent. Yay for dialect training actually being useful! :lol:

Feb 5th, '10, 11:03
Posts: 511
Joined: Dec 26th, '08, 18:21
Scrolling: scrolling
Location: Atlanta, GA
Contact: bsteele

Re: Two Questions and a Comment

by bsteele » Feb 5th, '10, 11:03

Hmmm I always pronounced it "Dem dere tea yankee folks"... oh well

User avatar
Feb 6th, '10, 17:35
Posts: 59
Joined: Oct 8th, '09, 23:01
Location: Jersey!, the nice part

Re: Two Questions and a Comment

by beckynoel » Feb 6th, '10, 17:35

That article about the "30 sec. decaf" myth is quite helpful. Even more surprising and helpful is knowing now that every kind of tea, (white, green, oolong and black) has about the same amount of caffeine! No wonder drinking white tea shortly before bedtime kept me just as awake as a cup of black.

Thanks for the article!

User avatar
Feb 6th, '10, 23:14
Posts: 393
Joined: Apr 18th, '09, 22:56
Location: Louisiana Gulf Coast
Contact: Dresden

Re: Two Questions and a Comment

by Dresden » Feb 6th, '10, 23:14

Yup... It's a music term as are many of the tea names that Adagio sells

i.e., Ceylon Sonata, White Symphony, Keemum Concerto, the list goes on and on.

Also, if you haven't noticed, there is a treble clef superimposed on the tea leaf in the Adagio emblem.

User avatar
Feb 7th, '10, 23:23
Posts: 12
Joined: Jan 31st, '10, 21:04
Location: Oregon
Contact: KillJoy

Re: Two Questions and a Comment

by KillJoy » Feb 7th, '10, 23:23

Indeed, how I was saying it in my mind wasn't quite right, hah.

Research seems to always be changing or disproving its' findings, but this article seems to be pretty legit.

+ Post Reply