article_snippet: If milk is added first and the teabag is dropped into milk before the teabag has infused with the water, then the steeping process is affected.
article_snippet: the steeping process doesn't affect the steeping process, but the steeping process will cool down the liquid which will directly impact the effectiveness of the steeping.
article_snippet: Changes in brewing temperature affect extraction of colour-
article_snippet: Dr. Stanley Segall at Drexel University explained that reaction rates generally double for every rise in temperature of 18°F, and decrease by the same factor when the temperature is lowered.