What do you do with tea when you pour hot water over tea leaves? You brew it in a small kettle or let it stand in it?
The word is "steep".
In BrE we say "let the tea stand for ten minutes" or "let the tea brew for ten minutes".So you don't brew tea or stand it you only steep it?
In BrE we say "let the tea stand for ten minutes" or "let the tea brew for ten minutes".
I've never heard or used "steep" in connection with making tea.What about "to steep"?
:up: But the verb is OK in general for leaving things for a time in a liquid. And it's also used metaphorically to refer to an intellectual climate - 'steeped in the wisdom of the ancients' - sort of thing.I've never heard or used "steep" in connection with making tea.
On this side of the pond, the noun "brew" in that context has just one meaning, "beer".'This afternoon's going so slowly... Is it time for a brew yet?'
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:cheers:On this side of the pond, the noun "brew" in that context has just one meaning, "beer".
Yes. :-DIs it sometimes "brewsky"?
I very much like the way you put it "on this side of the pond".Yes. :-D
Thanks, but it's a fairly common phrase, neither mine nor American in origin--notice the word "pond".I very much like the way you put it "on this side of the pond".
Thanks, but it's a fairly common phrase, neither mine nor American in origin--notice the word "pond".