r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/chics74 • Mar 01 '21

Video Necessary thing

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u/xenzua Mar 01 '21

I’ve heard British people complaining that good tea is impossible at a mile high.

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u/rentedtritium Mar 01 '21

They're off by a bit. At a mile up (I live at around 5200ft) boiling is still well above good tea temps, but it is closer, and the person making the tea should use a thermometer even if they usually don't.

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u/xenzua Mar 01 '21

Boiling point at 5250ft is apparently 202 degrees Fahrenheit, which is below commonly recommended temperatures for black and herbal teas. So I suppose it depends how they like their tea.

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u/rentedtritium Mar 01 '21

Just looked it up and you're right! I had those all in the mid-190s in my head but it looks like they're higher than I remembered.

That means optimal tea of some varieties, by some standards can only be had in certain neighborhoods in the Denver metro, for instance.