Ok, today everyone wanted to make tea--their own tea. It was in the upper 90s, so I suggested sun tea and asked, "Do you think you need sun for sun tea?" Kallan's answer was yes; Reece's was no, so we decided to see if we could find out. Unfortunately, I did not have 2 similarly sized jars or enough of any single type of tea to make 2 batches, but we barreled ahead with two black tea varieties. Kallan prepared a jar for full sun exposure; Reece's would go in the refrigerator. The kids decided how many bags to add to their jars and poured in water until the levels were even. Two hours later, we had lots of refreshing tea, a preliminary conclusion, and new questions to consider. Here are our observations:
Result:
Color: Sun: Darker; Frig: Lighter
Temp: Sun: Warm; Frig: Cold
Examination of Experimental Design:
No. Bags: Sun: 4; Frig: 2
Type: Sun: Gypsy Love; Frig: Raspberry Earl Grey
Water: Sun: More; Frig: Less
Conclusions:
Sun is not essential. Sun exposure may or may not help tea brew faster or more completely because the sun treatment might have been darker because it had more bags in relation to the amount of water or was a stronger, darker tea variety. We could improved the experiment by using the same number and type of tea bags in each jar with the same amount of water.
Taste Test:
They both claim their own was better than the other. I personally found Reece's refrigerator variety far more refreshing; it was in the high 90's after all.
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