Your favorite sencha, how many steeps?

[Chip]

How many times do you steep your favorite sencha? Please share who, what, when, where, why!

[Shelob]

My Fave....O-Cha's Fukamushi! I use cooler temps to brew 130-140 and take it all the way to 5 steeps. Altho' steeps 1 and 2 are definately my favorites, the subtleties, yum!

[kymidwife]

Not sure if I have a fav yet, although I really loved O-Cha's Fuka Supreme Shincha and Yutaka Midori. They've been all gone for a while, but if I remember correctly, I got at least 4 infusions per session, and probably usually did a 5th or more. Those 2 had lots of mileage.

Sarah

[Cinnamon Kitty]

I am not too sure what the SLTS is but I tend to get at least 5 steeps out of my current favorite sencha. Sometimes I forget what steep I am on and end up with more than 5 steeps though that doesn't happen too often. Either way, it is delicious.

[Chip]

I am not too sure what the SLTS is ...

"Soggy Leaf Tea Society." Very exclusive society. Congrats on your membership.

Yutaka Midori, 5 and sometimes 6 steeps if I need a virtual caffeine free tea later in the evening.

The 5th steep is not for everyone. When done well, it is merely sweet tea water, but it is nice. All the other flavors have been peeled away revealing a nice gentle sweet nectar, very basic, not complex at all.

[Salsero]

5

[UncleIroh]

i usually push it all the way to five, if only to feel like i'm getting my money's worth out of pricey leaves. that last steep is often a little faint, but never unpleasant to drink.

[Pentox]

I only go for two. I tend to stop using the same leaf once the flavor starts to drop down.

[olivierco]

I get most of the time three steeps, sometimes up to five.

[devites]

Yutaka Midori is by far my favorite green and probably my favorite tea that I have ever had. I usually get 3 great brews and a fourth that is not as great.

[TaiPing Hou Kui]

For me it depends on several things....how much of it I have.....if it is new.....For example....If I get a sencha with a couple other teas all at the same time I am more likely to only steep it 2-3 times becuase I am excited to start trying the others I just got.....also, if I have a lot of sencha I am more likely not to push it so hard since I know I am not going to run out.

-Nick (TaiPing)

[Jack_teachat]

I go for 5 with a fukamushi like Yutaka Midori and around 3 with an asamushi.

[kongni]

I never get past two unless I'm fasting. Then I'll drink a third steep because I would like a hot, mild beverage with little to no caffeine.

[Shelob]

I never get past two unless I'm fasting. Then I'll drink a third steep because I would like a hot, mild beverage with little to no caffeine.

Hi kongni, I am curious why you would only go to 3 while fasting??? No offense please, but if you would imbibe then, why not always instead of wasting it by throwing down the drain? I really prefer not to throw things away that are still usable.
does that make sense? guess I just like my tea too much and I will take to the last 'steep' possible. Of course, that is just my opinion, just as you are entitled to yours. I was just wondering.

[Oni]

The best sencha I had was the Shuppin sencha HG from horaido, it is classic old fashioned Uji sencha, first infusion in a houhin 1 minute, one and a half table spoon for 120 ml water, second infusion 20 sec, third 40 - 50 sec, it is intesnsive and with instant aftertaste, bitter + peaches, with leghtsteamed sencha the bitterness shoul be the underlining, and it should have sweet aroma and aftertaste.
In fukamushi category the Yutaka Midori breed is my favourite.