Oh, I was just trying to be silly by taking you too literally :)

I shudder at the thought of freeze dried coffee being even more fuckef up than it already is.

It gets bitter if you use water that’s too hot. For black tea you’ll want to bring it to a boil, then take it off the heat and you can pretty much immediately add the tea then. For green tea you want it quite a bit cooler than that, and so forth.

You’re definitely making tea wrong if you’re putting the tea in boiling water.