Tea Making Software
As a Brit, tea is mother’s milk to me. I drink it all day, every day. No morning is so bleak as a morning without a wake-up cuppa.
So you’d think Cuppa, a mini software app for timing the perfect cup of tea, would be just my, well, cup of tea.
But I already know how to make the perfect cup of tea. I can do it in my sleep, and often do — well, half asleep.
This software is for clueless Americans, who can’t brew tea to save their lives. Americans never heat the water hot enough to properly steep the brew. (Quick tip: if you want a decent cup of tea in America, head for the nearest Chinese bakery. It’s the only place that actually boils the water).
Leander Kahney is the editor and publisher of Cult of Mac, and author of three books about technology culture: 
