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2/21/05

> On 2/21/2005 2:25 PM, Ole Kvaal wrote:
>> Hi.
>> Are there any general rules for which teas may benefit (or tolerate)
>> resteeping, and which do not?
>>
>> ole k
>
> I can't get myself to even consider this. Growing up, we had teabags -
> Tetley, Lipton, whatever. How ever many people were having tea - that's
> how many cups you got out of that one teabag. The teabag was put into a
> little covered glass canister, and into the refrigerator, where it would
> stay until it was used again and again. When people would no longer
> consider using it for drinking tea, my grandmother would save it, in
> case she needed to "tea" a stained tablecloth, napkin, etc. Even as a
> child, I would refuse tea unless I was given a new teabag; happy to
> share with everyone, but I wanted a new tea bag! I don't think I could
> ever get past this enough to have multiple infusions!

How about if you paid 100 smackaroos for that teabag? I say dunk dunk dunk.
I'll bet your grandmother used the three dunk rule for the first steep of
the teabag's journey to its second job teaing stains. The really important
question is, did your grandmother squeeze the teabag -- I just mistyped and
produced the word "teabog," but that's a story for another day -- or did she
gingerly place the dripping teabag on the saucer beside the cup? The answer
to this question will help us help you resolve your second steep issue.

Hope this helps.

Michael