Recently, as I've been starting cooking dinner, I've seen the tea things by the stove and thought how nice a cup might be. It's not really a good idea, but I have this new can't-pronounce-it, Asian herb tea that is made from the 5-leaf tips. It comes loose and fluffy, and I don't want to squish it into one of my dip style infusers, so I've been keeping this mini-stainless colander (which I think was really meant to be a christmas tree ornament but fits just nicely in my favorite mug with its loop handles on the mug's rim) with the tea box, which makes it really easy to just grab a mug and go for it, especially since the induction is way faster than my electric kettle.

So. The other day, I made my tea while I was sauteing, and left it on the corner of the stove (a very induction type thing to do) and when it was steeped, it was pretty well cold!! I was kicking myself, thinking that the hood sucked all the heat out of it, but then I thought I must just have left it there too long. So, today, as I was making the tea while boiling the pasta, I was careful to set my mug to steep by the sink. And forgot all about it, having gotten involved with setting the table, etc. After the very slow to defrost sauce was ready, and everything was all reheated and all, I thought, "My tea!!" It was still warm. Not hot, of course, but warm. Same mug. Same method. Three feet down the counter.

When your hood really sucks it can suck the heat right out of your tea!