magicleaf > wrote:
>I am running some experiments in flavoring some sencha teas and feel
>that the moisture content in the leaf is a little high . Is there a
>way to remove moisture from the leaf by drying ,or heating to make the
>leaf a bit drier without ruining it.

You could store it for a week in a tin with a dessicant pack. That would
dry it out pretty radically.

>Will this take out some its
>astringency.

I don't think so.

>Are there any other ways to take out the bitterness from
>low grade leaf.

VERY careful control of water temperature. I am convinced that the only
good way to get a good cup from the cheap gunpowder greens is to be
spot on with temperature and steeping time.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."