Does it involve one of those lids that snaps? You could put in the lid with the snapper up, and when it snaps down then you know you have to undo the lid. I suppose you could also forget you were brewing tea, so the snapper sound won't be enough to remind you. But perhaps the lid snapper is enough to keep the strong vacuum from forming in the first place. Filling the jar completely has the problem that the jar will very likely spill while closing as well as opening, and it sounds like that's something you want to avoid. So, almost fill it, and use a snapping lid. On 4/26/19 15:54 , Bill Gosper wrote:
I BCCed a lot of people and got a lot of nontrivial suggestions. (Restaurateur) Mike Wang's rubber band suggestion was probably best. Just encircle the lid with a big one from a broccoli bunch. It's amazing if you've never tried it. But that's not trivial enough! (I forget where I stashed my rubber band.) Someone suggested that if I have a mountain handy, I could drive up it. Nobody suggested the dicey solution of sticking the jar back in the 𝜇wave. Really hot tapwater should work, but our water heater is set way low. C'mon people—*trivial*!
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On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 8:12 AM Bill Gosper <billgosper@gmail.com> wrote:
I brew it in a 46oz pickle jar that easily tips over, and leaks if the lid isn't snug. But if I forget to momentarily loosen the lid within a few minutes, a powerful vacuum develops that makes it virtually impossible to unscrew. What is the trivial solution? —Bill
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