Apparently this really upsets people. It works super well though, because the plunger strains out all of the leaves. I will never stop doing it.
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Americans dislike anything Fr*nch. That is my joke answer. My real-er answer is that it's traditionally used for coffee and it only becomes a life hack once we see an official influencer do it.
I could see coffee residue getting into the tea and making it a little bitter but I don't see any reason to scold somebody if they don't care. Seems like a pretty useful device to steep tea with.
The only thing I can think of is that coffee residue will build up on the mesh assembly and get it pretty filthy. Personally I would run a separate one for tea. It comes pretty clean though if you strip it down and run through the dishwasher
literally never washed my french press. just rinse out the coffee from the day before. I'm gonna try it tomorrow.
I tried washing the one my dad has by hand, and I just couldn't get it clean (he uses espresso ground ultra fine almost daily). I feel like the super high temp water in the dishwasher is probably key
In your honor I am going to make coffee with one of my tea balls, just to spite these joyless scolds.
Tea balls are shit cuz little leaves always get trough the gaps or little holes. French press gang
wouldn't it be, like, egg? balls would be the flowers and stuff. Weed is smoking the plants junk
My parents have been doing this for as long as I can remember. I didn't even know that thing was meant for coffee until I got a bit older lol
I cold brew tea in a French press and then put hot almond milk in it and shake
I am a heretic
anti-dialectical thinking comrade. The milk shakes, but that does not make it a milkshake. You have to appreciate these subtle nuances if you want to be the one true leftist like me
Under the labour theory of value, ice cream is the metabolic product of milk. The presence of milk makes it a milkshake and dialectical reasoning would say that the temperature does not make it a different product any more than the kindness of a slavemaster makes them something other than a slavemaster. The milk-shake dialectic is comprised of the milk and the shake.
A milkshake is not just metabolic product of milk, but a state of being of that milk. It comes into existence upon the right material conditions of temperature, preparation, and corporeal collection in a glass. We must root our analysis in the material forces, not the dogmatic ideology of immortal concepts like 'milkshake' that are somehow independent of the material reality. Yours is a revisionist concept that leads to reactionary thinking. Will we be forced to recognize such reactionary forms of metabolic milk product like foam for latte's as milkshakes? When I serve up a slice of pie with whipped cream, have I in fact served up a slice of pie with milkshake? No, to imply as much is absurd. A milkshake spilled upon the floor becomes mere spilled milk (no tears necessary), a milkshake that sits on the counter long enough becomes merely warm sweet cream. We must be comfortable with the idea of milkshake as a mere representation of the process of milk in a long and ever evolving process.
Shaking is labour affecting the milk. It results in a state of being for milk but milk on its own is milk and shake on its own is parkinson's. It's only in their dialectical relationship that a milkshake is achieved. And yes, that does open it up. Butter is a milkshake. Cheese is a milkshake. Dulce de leche is a milkshake.
You can also cold brew either coffee or tea in your french press too! I love my French press.
Nothing wrong with that, it's a bit like a gravity steeper on a budget.
(Seriously though if you like loose leaf tea then GET A GRAVITY STEEPER. Lifechanging bit of equipment.)
