Le_Forgeron wrote:

> Exposure to oxygen, metals, light, or heat destroys ascorbic acid,
> 
> Putting it in hot tea is therefore a non-event.

I was wondering about that, actually. I guess I assumed that since it 
still tastes of orange skins there must still be some in there...

BTW, did you know that apparently most organisms can synthesize ascorbic 
acid? Humans actually have the entire synthesis pathway intact, except 
for one faulty enzyme right at the end. But because what humans 
naturally eat contains ascorbic acid anyway, it wasn't a 
life-threatening mutation...

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