Tea, in a vacuum flask.

[Tommy Saxondale]

I take a flask to work every day like many people, i fill it with coffee as sadly every time i fill it with tea it ends up tasting, well, odd?

can anyone honestly say they have success with getting a half decent brew out of a flask?

or maybe one of the clever boffins on here could shed some light on why such a normally tasty beverage tastes so rank when kept in a flask???

many thanks!

[madbadger]

Take water in flask. Add to tea bag in the lid when you are ready for a brew..

HTH.

[jmorgan]

Tis the only way. Never got it to taste OK pre made.

[fid]

I love tea from a vacuum flask...must just be me!

[Huntsman]

I take a flask of tea down to the boat yard sometimes, works ok for me, but you can't mix flasks that have been used for tea or coffee.

[jas xjr]

The all metal flasks seem to be better on the taste front

[Tommy Saxondale]

madbadger said:

Take water in flask. Add to tea bag in the lid when you are ready for a brew..

HTH.

sadly this would be somewhat impractical as im a HGV driver. currently i get away with pouring out a brew at traffic lights or at any other opportunity so long as its safe!

[Tommy Saxondale]

Huntsman said:

you can't mix flasks that have been used for tea or coffee.

Fiddle sticks!

[Mobile Chicane]

I'd bet the flavour molecules of tea evaporate at a lower temperature than those of coffee.

'Instant' tea is theoretically possible, but has never been commercially developed.

I wonder if this is because the flavour molecules don't survive the drying process, or can't be artificially replicated (in instant coffee the 'aroma' is sprayed on).

[jas xjr]

Mobile Chicane said:

I'd bet the flavour molecules of tea evaporate at a lower temperature than those of coffee.

'Instant' tea is theoretically possible, but has never been commercially developed.

I wonder if this is because the flavour molecules don't survive the drying process, or can't be artificially replicated (in instant coffee the 'aroma' is sprayed on).

instant tea was marketed in the 1980's and it did not catch on . there were two ntypes , one with milk and one without. both were terrible

[Mobile Chicane]

jas xjr said:

Mobile Chicane said:

I'd bet the flavour molecules of tea evaporate at a lower temperature than those of coffee.

'Instant' tea is theoretically possible, but has never been commercially developed.

I wonder if this is because the flavour molecules don't survive the drying process, or can't be artificially replicated (in instant coffee the 'aroma' is sprayed on).

instant tea was marketed in the 1980's and it did not catch on . there were two ntypes , one with milk and one without. both were terrible

I dimly remember it. Must have tasted awful.

There's 'Lift' of course, but that's all sugar and flavourings. More exist in the Middle East, but they're all sugar and flavourings too.

Iced tea might work. That's hanging on as a commercial product so I'm assuming it's good.

[jas xjr]

i think it was typhoo , might have been called qt , the other product coud possibly have been pg but not so sure

[miniman]

jas xjr said:

i think it was typhoo , might have been called qt , the other product coud possibly have been pg but not so sure

It was indeed called QT, you can still buy it, and it tastes like st.

[tenex]

I have tea in a flask a lot.
My 'recipe'. 1 litre flask with 2 teabags in it and sugar.
FFS take the milk separately.
Usually brewed about 7am and still ok at 1pm.

[alfa pint]

I did a whole winter in Norway with the Marines. You have to use flasks because of the temperature and the amount of caffeine in pussers' issue coffee would keep you awake for a week.

I like my tea with a bit of milk and strong. Unfortunately, issue tea is powdered with dried milk. It tastes fairly rank in flasks, but was tolerable made a little weaker and with a ton of sugar, a sort of kiddy tea.

Some experimentation with various powdered juices or 'screech' as we called it proved just a bit too bitter. The hot chocolate powder worked ok, but was rumoured to contain laxative (you've got to be at the touching cloth stage when it's -20 degrees to drop your pants and squeeze one out). Stock cubes worked quite well.

Best thing I did get into was when we were embarked on one of the aircraft carriers - I nicked a whole load of the fruity girly tea bags and used those in my flask. The stronger blackcurrent / cranberry type teas worked really really well.

[Cotty]

miniman said:

It was indeed called QT, you can still buy it, and it tastes like st.

Yep. Great idea, poor execution.

[Dr G]

jas xjr said:

instant tea was marketed in the 1980's and it did not catch on . there were two ntypes , one with milk and one without. both were terrible

Yup, even remember my Grandma writing the manufacturer a letter of complaint she thought it was so bad.

[Tommy Saxondale]

left the house at 3.30 AM having made a flask full of tea just to try it again, arrived at my first job at approx 5AM and miraculously my brew was indeed palatable, however, once i was tipped at 0700 AM the taste had somewhat deteriorated sadly.

maybe Tea, Flasks, and lorry driving just are'nt compatible!

[jmorgan]

miniman said:

jas xjr said:

i think it was typhoo , might have been called qt , the other product coud possibly have been pg but not so sure

It was indeed called QT, you can still buy it, and it tastes like st.

I liked it.....

[Baryonyx]

Tommy Saxondale said:

sadly this would be somewhat impractical as im a HGV driver. currently i get away with pouring out a brew at traffic lights or at any other opportunity so long as its safe!

Inbetween looking a porn on the laptop and reading the paper?