Menu Options
The following section describes the menu options that are available in KTeaTime.

Select Your Tea
At the top of the menu are four options. Here, you can select what kind of tea you are preparing to drink. Three of the options are: Black Tea, Earl Grey, and Fruit Tea. These teas are preconfigured with a default time. Many people have complained that the times are not correct. Please be aware that the amount of time it takes to steep a cup of tea is based on personal preference. The times chosen are approximations. If you read on, you will learn how to set your own time. Once a custom time is defined, Other Tea can be used to select it.

Start
This option will start the tea timer. As confirmation that you have indeed selected Start, the panel icon will change into a mug with a teabag in it.

Configure
This option opens up the configuration dialog box. A screenshot is shown below:
The configuration dialog box.
The configuration dialog box.
As shown in the picture, you may enter a customized tea time in the first text box. This is useful if you are brewing a cup of tea that is not on the list, or if you do not agree with the default times.
The second text box is the Action field. This contains an action that will be executed when the time is up. Any valid system command can be entered into this box. Probably, you will want to leave it blank.
The two checkboxes at the bottom are built-in actions that will be executed when the time is up. If Beep is selected, the system alarm will sound. If Popup is selected, a popup dialog box will appear alerting you to the fact that your tea is now ready.