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Phyll Phyll is offline
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Default boil and cool down <-> not boil ..

On May 31, 3:31 pm, Shen > wrote:
> On May 22, 3:01 am, Bernd Pollermann > wrote:
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> > Dear all,

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> > there was recently a discussion about the two methods
> > of making tea with let's say 80 centigrade water.

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> > 1) let the water boil and then let it cool down

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> > 2) heat the water up to 80 centigrade only

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> > Unfortunately I was cut off the news group for a while, and now
> > the discussion has disappeared.

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> > Could anybody give me the result of this discussion? Or wasn't
> > there any definite conclusion?

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> > Thanks in advance,

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> > Bernd

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> BTW, you can even make a very good green by using room temp water and
> letting it steep a bit longer. We did this with a bunch of 2007 greens
> at Imperial Tea Court recently and I must say, "mighty tasty!'.
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Shen, what was the "room temperature" you used for the green teas at
ITC? Interesting!

Phyll