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Default The steepiest teas

"Indra" > writes:
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> "Lewis Perin дµÀ£º
> "
> > [...why are oolongs and pu'ers so steepy?...]

>
> because they have experienced different manufacture. the decisive
> technical tache is ferment. green teas, since all of them are
> slightly fermented, therefore can't endure a long soakage.


By that logic, black/red teas should do better than oolongs and
Pu'ers, and they don't.

/Lew
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