gomper > wrote:
>Bluesea wrote:
>>
>> 1. Pour water.
>> 2. Let steep for 30 - 45 seconds - no stirring required.
>> 3. Pour water out.
>> 4. Using fresh water, steep as usual.
>
>Sorry, one more question: does this steeping time also go for green teas
>(as their steeping time normally is shorter than most blacks)?

Yes. That time is related to the solubility of the caffeine. Now, it will
affect the taste more for green teas since it's now longer in proportion
to the total steeping time, but it still works well and doesn't make much
of a change.

This may not work well for something like a gunpowder tea which is in
balls that need some soaking to open, because you won't have as good an
opportunity to get the caffeine into solution.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."