Actually it will not boil off. Ethanol and water form an azeotrop, meaning you can't separate by distillation. Before water boils, all azeotrop will be boilded off first (azeotrop is 95.68% EtOH/4.39% water with a boiling point of 78.2 C) Karl On Sunday, March 13, 2011, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > Not really. It will distill off, but some, fair amount, will still be > in the water when you make tea, unless you boil for a good while. > > > alistair > > > > > On 13-Mar-11, at 3:22 PM, Mark L. Hineline wrote: > > > All the alcohol flashes off when you boil water for coffee/tea, > doesn't it? > > Mark > > > On Mar 13, 2011, at 1:09 PM, TurboWesty wrote: > > > I'm trying to imagine the morning coffee / tea... > > On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com> wrote: > > > A half gallon of vodka comes to mind.... > > Jim > > -- > > Regards, Peter Kraiker > studiofstop.com > '82 Westfalia 1.9TD 5spd (Babe) > > |
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