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by Zodduska » Oct 13th, '08, 17:51
Hey all~
Recently I've been pretty much set in my favorite tea and teaware. I seem to go longer and longer between each steeping, about 30min to 1hr.. Maybe it's OCD, but I'm pretty sure I can taste the leftover moisture that has been stuck to the tea since the last steeping and it kinda grosses me out. I've started flash rinsing before each one if it's been sitting a little while and the resulting tea tastes much better to me that way..
Oct 13th, '08, 17:55
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by murrius » Oct 13th, '08, 17:55
That makes sense, expecially with large leaf teas like oolong - I'm going to try that as well.
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by shogun89 » Oct 13th, '08, 17:58
If I leave leaves to sit in a pot or gaiwan for anything over 30 minutes I will always do a flash wash to get out all the bitterness formed from a little water just sitting on the leaves and to heat the leaves and pot back up.
Oct 13th, '08, 18:05
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by Zodduska » Oct 13th, '08, 18:05
murrius wrote:That makes sense, expecially with large leaf teas like oolong - I'm going to try that as well.
an especially large leaf oolong that I usually drink, keen observation!
shogun89 wrote:If I leave leaves to sit in a pot or gaiwan for anything over 30 minutes I will always do a flash wash to get out all the bitterness formed from a little water just sitting on the leaves and to heat the leaves and pot back up.
Good to see I'm not the only one.
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by Victoria » Oct 13th, '08, 18:26
I figure the new hot water will kill off any funk -
I fear flash rinsing (except initial) a waste of good tea.
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by Zodduska » Oct 13th, '08, 19:58
Yeah, I agree that rinsing too often is a waste of tea.. but the way I look at it the left over moisture has been "cold brewing" for the duration, which for me kinda spoils the taste of successive steepings. It never used to bother me until I thought about it, no matter how long I wait for that last drop to fall there is still a little water in the pot... stuck to and pooling in the tiny crevices on the leaves.... waughhhh
.. really I think it's just because I get distracted and tend to wait too long in between steepings.
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by Space Samurai » Oct 13th, '08, 20:20
Zodduska wrote: and the resulting tea tastes much better to me that way...
That's all that really matters.
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by Trioxin » Oct 14th, '08, 02:18
After a half hour or so I always do a flash rinse as well. It does seem to taste a bit better, and will also heat the pot for a proper brew.
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by Vulture » Oct 15th, '08, 02:33
Zodduska wrote:Yeah, I agree that rinsing too often is a waste of tea.. but the way I look at it the left over moisture has been "cold brewing" for the duration, which for me kinda spoils the taste of successive steepings. It never used to bother me until I thought about it, no matter how long I wait for that last drop to fall there is still a little water in the pot... stuck to and pooling in the tiny crevices on the leaves.... waughhhh
.. really I think it's just because I get distracted and tend to wait too long in between steepings.
I get easily distracted and leave my black/flavored tea leaves sitting. But in this case I can sometimes get a Better taste out of the second steep than the first. I don't know why really but this only works on the black teas.
