TEA AND THE VACUUM FLASK

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 150, 22 December 1922, Page 20

TEA AND THE VACUUM FLASK

Milk should never be added to tea while in a flask, for• this would cause 1 the tea to acquire a most unpleasant taste. Always warm the flask before putting tea into it., A few' drops of warm water will warm, the flask sufficiently, but every drop must be poured out again. Many flask-fillers resemble some tea-makera by not being sufficiently careful upon 'this point, and a little water is left behind to mingle with the tea and to make it taste as though it had been made (as, in. effect, it has) with water that has gone off the boil. The tea^ should be put into the flask as fresh "and as near to boiling point as possible. It should be borne in mind that if tea leaves are allowed to enter the bottle the tea when used wilj' be tea that has stood all night upon leaves, with the result that the wholesomeness and flavour are spoiled.-, Ap excellent way to prevent the tea leaves from entering the bottle is to place a clean piece of muslin over the bottle's mouth, pressing the centre part down .into the neck, so that it forms a thimble-shaped bag. through which tea is poured. The bottle should not be filled abovij the base at the neck. If filled to-.the cork it often hursts — and not -always immpdiatelv. Thn flask should be thoroughly washed in soda ard water when the tea is finished and then with plain hot-water. Ik should not be left corked or closed. .-When , a cork becomes discoloured, soak it for an hour nr . two in ooda and water and dry in the air. '