Making tea at Tech Shop is a very important skill, as coffee can sometimes leave you with burnout. Sipping on tea Cold or hot will give you more stamina ( unless your drinking Chamomile).

And more Stamina means more Tech Shop projects completed. In fact I am currently drinking Yerba Mate as I type.

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Which means more stuff done than I thought I was going to do!!!

This Picture was taken as a (Before) Tea Time Photo.

Step 1: Which Tea

First: How awake do you need to be? This determines which tea you need.

Some: Green Tea, Herbal tea(The hot water and smells will excite the senses.)

Lots: Green/White tea mix, Yerba Mate

Many:Black tea, Yerba Mate mixed with Black tea.

WTF was I thinking not sleeping at all: Use 3 Black tea bags. For this choose a flavored black tea as it will be easier to guzzle down.

Step 2: OH, THINE Tree Maketh Me Drink the Water of the Gods.

NOW. you may be sleepy while reading this...so stay with me.

Fetch yourself a cup. If you have a mug great. if not use a good sturdy paper cup.

if your paper cup is not thick enough then you will want a napkin or handmade cup sleeve. Which will be in our next instructable.

PS ( If you get the title's relevance then leave a comment and tell me if you have a twisted sense of humor as well)

Step 3: You Think Its Add Water. HA

So now you have your tea and your cup and you are about to put water in the cup? NO!

You add your tea bag first.

Why?

The water from the source your getting it from is a number of deg F. well by the time you've poured your water and then opened your tea bag and then added water....the temp has dropped many degrees.

The hotter the water, the more stuff it pulls out of the tea in a minimum of time. If your making cold brew tea see: (another instructable.)

Step 4: And Moses Put the Water....

Now you have your tea in the cup and your cup...Locate your source of water. a coffee pot is great as they usually have a hot water spout on top.

Pour the Water over the tea.
Green. White, Yerba Mate (even black yerba mate) I leave in the cup to steep while i drink as it keeps i strong.

Black tea: Steep for an average of 4 min. It depends on how you like it.

As far as sugar and milk and other things like that. We are a Maker crew, a Building crew, A Tech Shop crew. So adding sugar everyday to my tea adds up to a pound of sugar per month, we don't need that, stick with honey if you need something. and let the tea do the rest.

Step 5: Finally

Enjoy!!!

Hopefully you have found this entertaining and that it keeps you zippy

I MADE THIS AT TECHSHOP

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Step 6: BUT WAIT!!?!?!?!?!?!

I Want cold Tea!

Ok then we shall make it. Many will say this is not tea and that it defiles the tea ever so.....Tell them to go....

First: Find Some ICE