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

> Derek > writes:
>
>> While intrepidly exploring rec.food.drink.tea, Michael Plant
>> rolled initiative and posted the following:
>> > [...6-7 minutes to steep greens..]
>> > Derek, I steep greens seldom more than 2 minutes, even at
>> > temperatures as low as 130 degrees (in the case of best Long
>> > Jins and Gyokuros). Once the leaves open, even less time is
>> > required. Perhaps I'm putting in far more leaf than you. My
>> > formula is simple enough and usually works: Half the number
>> > of grams of dry tea as there will be ounces of wet water.
>> > More often I brew at between 160 and 175. Most good green
>> > teas seem happy at this range. Six or seven minutes sounds
>> > like a pretty long steep to me.
>>
>> You're using much more green tea than I am. I use about 1/3 or
>> even 1/4 as much as you do.
>
> I'm with Michael.

I'm with they guy at my local tea shop. He hasn't steered me wrong
yet.

>> I could be doing it "wrong", but it's always worked for me and
>> produced quite tasty results.
>
> If you're steeping a small amount of leaf for a long time, then
> maybe you're brewing a cup akin to the average of the multiple
> shorter steeps some of us get from green leaves.

Probably. It's still tasty and since I don't normally go for
multiple steeps of green in the same evening, it's a better use of
my tea than using a lot that I only steep once.

Is this a versatile beverage or what?
--
Derek

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Here I am, stuck in the middle with Pooh.