So, I was looking over a website wherein one of the proprietors had a glass of green tea that he had basically been drinking all morning. While he said this, he had his wife add more hot water to the glass.
I'm slightly confused because I usually see the brewing times listed as 1-3 minutes (depending on type) for greens. By the later infusions, do you not have to remove the leaves...? Does this only go for high quality green teas?
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The guy was glass brewing. Basically, you throw a bunch of leaves in a glass and add hot water over and over, drinking all the while. The difference is that you use cooler water than you normally would, which prevents overbrewing (unless you let it sit for a really long time).
Eventually, when the leaves don't have much flavor anymore, you can either change out all the leaf or just add more. It is a more casual brewing method, so the tea may not produce as complex or refined a brew as it would if it were brewed in a more controlled manner. You can do this with pretty much any tea.
Eventually, when the leaves don't have much flavor anymore, you can either change out all the leaf or just add more. It is a more casual brewing method, so the tea may not produce as complex or refined a brew as it would if it were brewed in a more controlled manner. You can do this with pretty much any tea.
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