Thread: Resteeping?
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elgoog
 
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Michael Plant wrote:
<<snip>>
> To resteep greens, remember that the initial steep opens the leaves

rather
> quickly and can be fairly quick. But, for the second steep, the

leaves are
> already open and ready to release their stuff, so a nearly

instantaneous
> steep would yield fine results without bitterness. (I use half as

many grams
> of tea as there will be ounces of water for starters.)
>
> Michael


What? Remember, I'm still learning and new to this. You are saying that
the subsequent infusions should be shorter than the first? If anything,
I've been doing just the opposite usually exending subsequent steep
times slightly. Am I doing this wrong? Will I get better results by
shortening my subsequent infusions.

BTW: I have been testing for bitterness and learned the breaking point
for my teas. I don't have a problem with bitterness on multiple
infusions - or if I do, I don't use that tea for multiple infusions.