Barilla Penne Rigate Italian Pasta 500g vs Twinings Pure Green Tea Bags Box of 100
What separates them
Every specification both products publish agrees. The difference is elsewhere — price, warranty or brand. The Twinings Pure Green Tea Bags Box of 100 is ₹245 dearer.
Barilla Penne Rigate Italian Pasta 500g vs Twinings Pure Green Tea Bags Box of 100
Barilla
Barilla Penne Rigate Italian Pasta 500g
₹275
Bronze die against teflon die is the distinction that separates pasta that holds sauce from pasta that does not, and standard Barilla is teflon-die -- smooth, which is why the rigate ridges exist to compensate.
Full details →Twinings
Twinings Pure Green Tea Bags Box of 100
₹520
Almost everyone brews green tea wrong and then concludes they dislike green tea.
Full details →Who the Barilla Penne Rigate Italian Pasta 500g is for
Buy it if: Anyone wanting reliable durum pasta that holds its shape at a low price.
Avoid it if: Anyone chasing maximum sauce adhesion -- that needs bronze-die pasta.
Who the Twinings Pure Green Tea Bags Box of 100 is for
Buy it if: Anyone drinking green tea daily who will brew below boiling.
Avoid it if: Anyone wanting the subtlety of whole-leaf tea -- bags use fannings.
Specifications, side by side
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| Specification | Barilla Penne Rigate Italian Pasta 500g | Twinings Pure Green Tea Bags Box of 100 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹275 | ₹520 |
| Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty |
| Bags | not published | 100 |
| Brewing temperature | not published | 80 degrees C. Boiling water scalds the leaf and extracts excess tannins, which is the bitterness most people think green tea simply has |
| Brewing time | not published | 2 to 3 minutes. Longer increases bitterness rather than strength |
| Caffeine | not published | Roughly 30 to 40 mg per cup |
| Catechins | not published | EGCG is the studied compound. Content varies with leaf grade and brewing, and bagged tea generally has less than loose leaf |
| Cook time | 11 minutes for al dente | not published |
| Die type | Standard Barilla uses teflon dies, giving a smooth surface. Bronze-die pasta has a rougher surface that sauce clings to far better | not published |
| Leaf grade | not published | Bagged tea uses fannings and dust, which brew faster and less subtly than whole leaf |
| Per 100 g dry | About 359 kcal, 12.5 g protein, 3 g fibre | not published |
| Salt the water | About 10 g salt per litre. This is the single biggest determinant of whether pasta tastes of anything | not published |
| Wheat | 100 percent durum wheat semolina, which holds shape when cooked | not published |
| Why rigate | The ridges compensate somewhat for a smooth teflon-die surface | not published |
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