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> “There used to be an old Chinese saying when brewing oolong tea: 'The first brew is for your enemy, the second for the servant, the third for your wife, fourt
by kranner 8y ago
> “There used to be an old Chinese saying when brewing oolong tea: 'The first brew is for your enemy, the second for the servant, the third for your wife, fourth for your mistress, the fifth for your business partner and the last you keep for yourself,” says Lovell.
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- kaffeemitsahne 8y ago"the third for your wife, fourth for your mistress" Cheeky :) Very interesting to learn this, since I had always assumed the first brew to be the best. I wonder, does this make reusing teabags a good idea, as well?
- krylon 8y ago> I wonder, does this make reusing teabags a good idea, as well? For green tea and Oolong, I don't see why that should not work. I have not seen Oolong in bags, though, and green tea in bags is fairly rare in Germany. But it should work, for all I can tell.
- simiones 8y agoIt usually has to be pretty good tea for anything but the second infusion to have any taste left at all, in my experience.
- krylon 8y agoMaybe my standards are just very low, but I have had a fairly consistent experience of getting decent second infusions out of fairly pedestrian teas. Maybe the timing has an impact on this, I rarely let my tea sit for more than 60-90 seconds, unless it's Oolong.