To stir or not to stir?

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Nov 15th, '05, 00:55

To stir or not to stir?

by love4God » Nov 15th, '05, 00:55

I just got my first inegnuiTEA and black tea sampler yesterday and have been really enjoying it very much.

Quick question. When I add my tea, should I be stirring it a lot or at all? Or just letting it sit and steep?

Nov 15th, '05, 07:40

by Teatime » Nov 15th, '05, 07:40

I just let it steep and then pour. I've been drinking the black flavored teas.

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Re: To stir or not to stir?

by Ric » Nov 16th, '05, 19:48

love4God wrote:I just got my first inegnuiTEA and black tea sampler yesterday and have been really enjoying it very much.

Quick question. When I add my tea, should I be stirring it a lot or at all? Or just letting it sit and steep?
Sit and steep. :)
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Nov 17th, '05, 10:10

by love4God » Nov 17th, '05, 10:10

That's what I've started doing, just leaving it alone.

I stirred a lot once and my tea tasted a tiny bit bitter. I don't know if it was the stirring or if I steeped too long.

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by Bergamot » Nov 18th, '05, 17:04

Most of what does not naturally come out of the tea in the recommended steeping time is stuff you don't want anyway. Stirring probably doesn't release significant abounts of these chemicals, but there is no need to help it along.

The only exception I can think of is if the tea leaves are sitting in a pile on the water, and the ones at the top are still dry.

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by Ric » Nov 18th, '05, 21:32

Bergamot wrote:The only exception I can think of is if the tea leaves are sitting in a pile on the water, and the ones at the top are still dry.
That's why I add water to the tea leaves and not the tea leaves to the water. :wink:
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Re: To stir or not to stir?

by Sarai » Aug 6th, '14, 04:19

Stirring the tea while it's brewing?! Lol! This reminds me of when I was much younger and I would obsessively stir the tea bag around in the hot mug of water with a spoon until the 3-5 minutes were up thinking that the full flavor from the tea bag would not be released unless I did this!

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by bonescwa » Aug 7th, '14, 10:23

This reminds me of when I would obsessively check teachat because it used to have knowledgeable people talking about tea

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by Sarai » Aug 7th, '14, 18:32

bonescwa wrote:This reminds me of when I would obsessively check teachat because it used to have knowledgeable people talking about tea
This reminds me of when I would join new forums and people who aren't so veteran themselves would throw out snarky comments. :wink:

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Re: To stir or not to stir?

by Mary » Nov 16th, '14, 05:16

Sarai wrote:Stirring the tea while it's brewing?! Lol! This reminds me of when I was much younger and I would obsessively stir the tea bag around in the hot mug of water with a spoon until the 3-5 minutes were up thinking that the full flavor from the tea bag would not be released unless I did this!
I do stir the teabags too :D

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Re: To stir or not to stir?

by ole » Nov 16th, '14, 16:14

I normally just let it steep in peace, only exeption is I sometime use the lid of the gaiwan to move the leaves around a little if they're a bit "stuck".

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Re: To stir or not to stir?

by kyarazen » Nov 17th, '14, 21:18

its not uncommon to use the gaiwan lid to "stir" or "flip" the pile of leaves, some even "compress" the leaves a little with the lid whilst steeping in the gaiwan. all in all just to push out more flavours/aromatics. many vendors do that.

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Re: To stir or not to stir?

by jayinhk » Nov 18th, '14, 08:07

I stir with the lid in later infusions. I pour water on fast to get things moving around with every infusion :)

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