Hi all

Yesterday evening I perpared an infusion of a Sencha Kyoto, one of my
favorite green teas. Since I wanted to avoid the consumption of too much
caffeine in the late evening I left the Tea Leaves overnight in their
tea sieve. One hour ago (i.e. 18 hours after the first infusion) I
steeped them for the 2nd time. Water Temperature was 80 °C and steeping
time 2 Minutes (I've always used these values for the second steep with
this tea). Usually the second steep provides good pot, not as delicious
as the first steep, but still enjoyable.

This time I only sipped from the first cup (and again...after i allowed
the tea to cool off a little), found it unacceptable and tipped it away.
It tasted flat, more like hot water than tea...maybe the same as the
second infusion of less good green teas would taste like.

I suspect that this has something to do with the drying out of the tea
leaves....but I am not sure (and i don't want to waste more of my
beloved Sencha for another attempt ;-))

Did anyone ever experience something like this (and has a theory on why
this happens)? And what could i do to prevent this loss of flavour? Put
them in the refridgerator...?

thanks in advance
Patrick

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