"Barky Bark" > wrote in message
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> sounds like Chinese superstition to me.
>
> I like it but have had to pour out
> plenty of pots because I got the steep time/amount wrong.

Hi. A sweetner doesn't remove astringency, but I find that it masks it
somewhat. I take it that you don't add a bit of sweetener to your brews. Is
that why astringency is unpalatable to you?