Tea
What is Tea?
A herb which is used by Rabbis to tell us the laws of "easy cooking."
What are Raw Foods?
Because we aren't sure which specific foods are "easy to cook," many are extra careful and avoid putting any of these into a Kli Sheni.
What is the Power to Cook?
Even if the water is hot enough to make your hand jump back, the laws of Shabbat allow tea bags in a Kli Shlishi because the vessel has lost this power.
What is Reheat them?
This "shorthand" rule says that once tea leaves have been fully cooked before Shabbat, you can do this to them as much as you want!
What is Sensitive?
The Mishnah Berurah warns that tea is different from other spices because it is much more sensitive to heat.
What is Tea Essence?
The already made liquid you can put into your cup if you want to skip the tea bag rules on Shabbat.
What is a Cooking Vessel?
A boiler that cooks
What is Pouring?
Even if the water is hot enough to make your hand jump back, the rules say you can still make tea by performing this specific action with the water onto the tea bag.
Are you allowed to use tea bags on Shabbat?
Yes. But you need to follow the Halachic rules.
What is Three?
This is the number of cups you need to reach before the water is legally considered "safe" for a tea bag.
What are Kalei HaBishul (Easily Cooked Foods)?
It's a food that's "cooked" the moment they touch hot water.
What is the Kli Sheni?
The cup that holds food which was poured from a Kli Rishon.
What is Twice (to reach the 3rd container)?
Even if the water is hot enough to make your hand jump back, it is okay to put a tea bag into a cup if the water has been moved this many times.
Is tea permitted to be made on Shabbat? What rules do you need to follow?
Yes. It just depends how you do it. Answers may vary. ex. Kli Rishon, Kli Sheni, and Kli Slishi
What is "Liquid cooks Liquid"? (Or: Because the hot tea is in a Kli Rishon and will cook the cold water).
If you have a cup of water that is cold, but you pour it into a pot of hot tea that is sitting on the kettle, the Mishnah Berurah says you have broken the law of cooking. Why is this true even though the water was cold?
What is a Kli Shlishi?
The third vessel which hot water, tea, or (hot food) is transferred.
What is Heat-Drying?
This is the primary method of processing tea leaves.
What is Hand Recoils (or Yad Soledet Bo)?
This phrase describes water so hot that your hand naturally pulls away from it.
Are you allowed to use tea and cold water on Shabbat or is that a Melacha?
It's allowed because it's not cooking in hot water.
What is Best (or Preferred)?
If you make "tea essence" before Shabbat, you are following the best way to make tea according to the Mishnah Berurah.
What is Bishul (Cooking)?
To change the quality of any type of substance by subjecting it to the heat of fire. (To cook it on a cold stove then turn on the fire.)
In what Kli is the tea not cooking?
Kli Shlishi
What are Tea Leaves?
They are "easily cooked," these dried leaves are considered "done" the very second they hit hot water.
Are you allowed to use a Kettle while making tea on Shabbat?
You cannot turn the Kettle on during Shabbat, but you can pour water from it if you kept it on already.
What is Weak Tea Tempature?
This is the "secret" reason we move water between cups: to make the heat too weak to cook the tea.