Caroline Giacomin

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Caroline Giacomin

Caroline Giacomin

@CEGiacomin

PhD Student in Food Process Engineering at ETH Zurich. Tea. Mucus (salmon, snails, hagfish).

Zurich, Switzerland Katılım Eylül 2021
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Caroline Giacomin
Caroline Giacomin@CEGiacomin·
Note: I don't actually tell people how to make tea, I measure physical properties of some tea films.
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Sorcha Nic Ón Rí
Sorcha Nic Ón Rí@sarahkingnadal·
@guardian Filtered water. This is the biggest change I noticed when I got my Brita, no more scum on tea. In the article at the very end they comment on hard/soft water but somehow forgot that there are easier (and less "funny") ways to get soft water than moving to northern Britain.
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The Guardian
The Guardian@guardian·
Tired of tea scum? How to banish it for ever – and make the perfect cuppa #Echobox=1631131238" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theguardian.com/food/shortcuts…
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_Al3X
_Al3X@Alexand14280897·
@guardian That floating scum on tea is the fat from creamer or milk used. Don't add milk to your tea. Problem solved.
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Caroline Giacomin
Caroline Giacomin@CEGiacomin·
@R_J_Parker Thanks! It’s fun to see how everyone’s already got a technique to remove the film! Meanwhile I was trying to form the strongest film, then using many of those same techniques to see which was the most effective at weakening.
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Robin Parker
Robin Parker@R_J_Parker·
@CEGiacomin And congrats on the paper! It's caused quite a stir! (Or maybe a stop, observe the interfacial film, and then stir! 🤣)
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Caroline Giacomin
Caroline Giacomin@CEGiacomin·
@R_J_Parker Yep, softer water has less visible film, though if measured there’s still a physically perceptible film you’re down to using lab-grade filtered super-pure water. But then we know from earlier research, that tea would taste bitter! (This is all for the non-milk tea).
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Robin Parker
Robin Parker@R_J_Parker·
@CEGiacomin We are very proud of our tap water in Scotland and think it is the best in the world. If people move here just for the tap water, to be honest, they'll fit right in! (It also happens to be soft water here, so if I've understood correctly... Which I'm not sure I have!)
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PeatWorrier
PeatWorrier@PeatWorrier·
Seems just a *tad* dramatic.
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Caroline Giacomin
Caroline Giacomin@CEGiacomin·
The @guardian has got people really really fired up based on their choice of stock photo. 😅 No tea bags were used, most of the work was milk free, and I think the scum is a phenomenon worth observing! You can read the research here! doi.org/10.1063/5.0059…
The Guardian@guardian

Tired of tea scum? How to banish it for ever – and make the perfect cuppa #Echobox=1631131238" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theguardian.com/food/shortcuts…

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Caroline Giacomin
Caroline Giacomin@CEGiacomin·
@newsnerdsneed 😅🤣😂 I'm very much a tea enthusiast, but perhaps the press's spin on my research was written by a coffee enthusiast.
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