pu-erh maiden help

[insanitylater]

i followed the 5-6 minute 1 tablespoon instructions on the tin and liked what i ended up with. i seem to be reading that it's better to do short infusions of 10-15 seconds each. how many infusions do you guys do and how many seconds each ? until i get my gaiwan i am just using the paper filters adaigo sells and my ceramic teapot

[Wesli]

Gongfu-style in my gaiwan. Boiling water, 1-2 five-second rinses, then about eight or so 5-second steeps.

[insanitylater]

5 second steeps seem kind of short. how much leaf are we talking ?

[insanitylater]

well 5 seconds was tasty

[Wesli]

Heh, 5 seconds is usually the time it takes for me to put the lid back on and pour the steep.

[insanitylater]

so it's like a flash infusion

[Wesli]

That's exactly it. First 2-3 are like that, then 5...10...20..40....60....

[Wesli]

Just posted my review of the maiden. It should be interesting for you to check out and compare.

http://thegreenteareview.blogspot.com/2 ... aiden.html

[insanitylater]

how much leaf did you end up using. i couldn't tell !

[Wesli]

Sorry, I just threw in the entire sample. I'm thinking 1-2 tsp.

[insanitylater]

how can i confirm whether my puerh was really handpicked by virgin girls ?

i wonder how they can tell