From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxm!houxa!houxi!hou5d!houxz!ihnp4!ihuxp!tfilm
Newsgroups: net.physics
Title: Tea Bags
Article-I.D.: ihuxp.322
Posted: Tue Jan 11 08:07:17 1983
Received: Wed Jan 12 05:32:56 1983
Reply-To: tfilm@ihuxp.UUCP (M. E. Lindenmeyer)

It may be of some interest that superheated water will boil
in the absence of an external heat source and the 
presence of nucleation sites. Tea leaves are an excellent source of
nucleation sites for the boiling to take place.
	Having brewed my own tea for over 20 years,
I am quite familiar with this phenomena of nucleate boiling which
would add additional flavor to the tea bag controversy.

			A tea lover and material scientist.