While intrepidly exploring rec.food.drink.tea, Jaime rolled
initiative and posted the following:

>
> I have taken to drinking Red Rose Green Tea. I bought a box of
> it a few months ago, transferred the tea bags to a canister but
> it sat in my kitchen cupboards untouched. I just brewed a cup
> of it and it seems good.
>
> I was wondering (since I tossed the box all those months ago)
> how long should I let it steep for and is brewing green tea
> do-able in a teapot. I use a brown betty type pot.

Loose leaf green teas typically steep for twice the time of blacks,
e.g. 3 minutes is typical for a black tea, while 6 to 7 minutes is
typical of greens. Green tea is also steeped at a lower
temperature.

I steep greens in a teapot frequently for my wife and I to consume.
The thing is, blacks and oolongs leave behind a little in your
teapot unless you are really scrubbing it out after each use. So I
have a second teapot that I use just for green and white teas.


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