why the f is there an iso norm for brewing tea?

@puniko Tea brewing machines?

@monkee but its part of the fun to brew it yourself, no?

@puniko so that you have a known way to brew tea when comparing different teas in scientific contexts

there's a tom scott video about this

@ivesen @puniko remind me of, uh, what was called the US institution that have like preserved peanut butter "for reference" ?

@Miaourt @ivesen w00t?

@ivesen the scope says something about testing sensories, so i expected as much. but still, its kinda silly that there is an iso for that

@puniko @ivesen Just there is a DIN for the smallest stuffs. Norm and standards are very important

@stefan @ivesen no, because it takes out all the fun of trying out stuff yourself

@stefan @ivesen aua, why am i getting bonked over this?

@puniko @stefan trying shit yourself is how you get 15 competing standards

@puniko @ivesen you know why

@ivesen @stefan @puniko 14? ridiculous! we need to lobby the eu to make the one standard that I would profit the most from mandatory. that covers everyone's use cases.

@ivesen @stefan no i reaply dont

@stefan @ivesen we are talking about brewing tea…

@eal @stefan @puniko at least the EU was smart enough to not actually force everyone onto micro-usb :v

@puniko @stefan if everyone brews tea the same way in scientific papers you suddenly have a lot more data to pull from. If you're just brewing for yourself the ISO standard isn't exactly optimal in any way

@ivesen @stefan i’m not talking about brewing tea for scientific papers but for yourself…

@puniko @stefan @ivesen @puniko @ivesen @stefan it’s just for professional tea testers. like, an industry norm for tea merchants or manufacturers so they can have a common ground, so it doesn’t end up like:
“i think it’s too bitter”
“you sure you didn’t use too little water?”
“i use as much as i always use”