To Milk or Not with Black Tea
Watch as I discuss how milk and tea react chemically while brewing a cup of Qimen (aka Keemun) Black Tea.
Brewing specifications in this video are: 1 teaspoon of tea for 150ml of water, water temperature 200F.
Learn more about the 150 year history of Qimen Black Tea.
See photos of the tea fields of where this Qimen is grown in Qimen, Anhui.
The sources mentioned in this video are:
"Liquid Intelligence" by Dave Arnold
The wonderful website Compound Interest by Andy Brunning, a chemistry educator based in Cambridge, UK. If you want to see molecular structure of polyphenols and more there are great illustrations and infographics.
My longtime friend since high school summer nerdcamp, the one and only Don Lee.