On May 31, 6:31 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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I do that with pu'er from time to time. I put a couple grams in maybe
8 oz of room temperature water and leave it overnight. Some
interesting flavors that are normally in the background come out in a
more pronounced fashion. Not bitter, very tasty, a good thing to have
around if you are exercising or need to focus. Lew has also been
known to advocate drinking green tea that way.