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wrote:
> I'm sorry -- you said brew the tea in the pot you heated the
> water in?
>
> Do you mean I should boil the water and then infuse the leaves
> in some sort of pan? I use a kettle, like most people, to
> heat the water.

Not a saute pan, though I guess in a pinch it would work. Yes, I
brew tea in the pot the water is heated in. By "pot", I mean a small
saucepan, 1 liter or less. Heat water in this, toss in leaves,
then strain into some other vessel, be it a cup or a teapot. I
don't use a kettle, because I often use a thermometer to measure
water temperature, and a kettle doesn't allow easy access to the
water with the probe. Even when I don't use a thermometer,
estimating the temperature is easier in a pot, where the bubbles are
visible. I don't always use a pot for brewing -- Japanese greens
I brew in a small teapot. Even then, I heat the water in a pot,
because accurate temperature measurement is crucial.

At someplace without a burner and metal pot, just use a microwave
and a Pyrex liquid measuring cup. Check temperature if necessary,
and stir in dry leaf. Strain into cup, and that's it.

--crymad