Lewis Perin wrote:

> Even though it's only a question of the liquor, there is vagueness in
> lots of published numbers when it comes to steep times and
> temperatures, as well as multiple steeps. (Multiple steeps are
> important with regard to caffeine when the temperature is relatively
> low and the first steep is fairly swift, which is the way most people
> who like green teas do it.)

It also stands to reason that substances other than caffeine are
affected by multiple steeps. For example, I simply cannot believe
that the anti-oxidants in a cup of liquor from the 3rd steep are
close to the same that they were for the 1st steep.


Randy