Have you ever wanted to make tea but you just don't have enough time? That's where my project comes in.  My project is basically tea concentrate in ice cube form. All you have to do is boil some water, plop the TeaCube in, and voila! in about a minute you have tea thats at a perfect temperature to drink.

First, I timed how long an ice-cube takes to melt in a cup of boiling water, and how many ice cubes are needed to make a good drinking temperature. (one ice cube; 30 seconds) One icecube is about 22 mL of water.

Second, I tested an artificial tea concentrate in hot water, and it worked well, but it tasted like artificial flavors.

Third, I made ice cubes out of the artificial tea concentrate, and tested them to make sure my idea worked, and it did. One TeaCube took about 1 minute to go from 180 °F to 133 °F (see timplapse). It was the perfect amount of tea. However, it did taste very artificial, and tea is good for you because of its natural ingredients, so I am working on creating a concentrate just from tea bags, water, and a little bit of honey.

Fourth, I made regular tea and timed it (see timelapse).  It took about 4 minutes to steep, 1 minute to add honey and throw away the tea bag, and it took about 9 minutes to cool down from  156 °F to 136 °F, which is a total of about 14 minutes compared to the 1 minute the TeaCube took.

Fifth, I made my own tea concentrate from Black Tea bags and honey.  I found that for one cup of boiling water, needs 5 tsp of my tea concentrate—which is about a standard size ice cube.

Vision for project moving forward: To make a package to hold the TeaCube, so it is easier to handle in your hands.