[Lewis Perin]
> > I prefer silver needles brewed at
> > very moderate temperatures. Today at work, for example, I had five
steeps of
> > 101Tea organic Silver Needles starting at 100F (barely warm) and ending
at
> > 120F. All were excellent. Any hotter and the (to me) light citrus notes
> > disappear.
>
> Wow. How much time do you give it at 100 quaint degrees?

About six minutes, probably 3g of tea in 4 oz water. Fifth steep was about a
minute, and was very good but definitely starting to lose the delicate high
notes. I left the wet leaves in the pot overnight, and the next morning, it
all smelled wonderful - all the floral/fruit notes back again. I'd have
brewed it up a few more times, but was hot to try some ITC WuYi. Latter
turned out to be very over-roasted by my standards, though a second steep
was a lot better balanced.

-DM