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I am a tea worm, I use to consume several kg of tea annually. I have often saw recommendation to not overheat tea over some degree of Celsius but when I try thi

I am a tea worm, I use to consume several kg of tea annually. I have often saw recommendation to not overheat tea over some degree of Celsius but when I try this I found the tea not ready. In fact I use to do opposite: I preheat the cup or teapot before throw some tea in it for making the tea even hotter.

hinkley 4y ago
When I’ve had loose leaf tea poured for me, the first steep went down the drain. That achieves much the same thing, also gets rid of the little bits that can get stuck in your teeth.
- masklinn 4y ago
  Japanese green teas are not usually steeped multiple times (though most will allow for a few steepings, and a few are designed for that). This sounds a lot more like chinese teas, which are designed for multiple short steepings (gongfu ceremony) and more or less require a rinsing first steep.
  - hinkley 4y ago
    You know it’s the same plant right? There’s only so many ways you can prepare and handle wine. The real variety comes from using other plants for the fermentation.
    - masklinn 4y ago
      > You know it’s the same plant right? Yes, exactly like "potato" or "apple" is always the same plant, and they don't each have literally thousands of different cultivars bred for different purposes and use cases. Oh wait. > There’s only so many ways you can prepare and handle wine. The real variety comes from using other plants for the fermentation. Ignoring that neither of these is true, you have hardly given any hint at any sort of knowledge and understanding of the "only so many ways" of preparing and handling anything, be it wine, potatoes, or tea.
masklinn 4y ago
> I am a tea worm, I use to consume several kg of tea annually. Is it japanese green tea? Because that's what the article is about, if you're drinking black tea, or chinese teas, that is utterly irrelevant: they are different cultivars, selected and grown differently, with different harvesting and processing, and different brewing methods and temperatures. You might well be Spiff and still have no useful input.

hinkley 4y ago

When I’ve had loose leaf tea poured for me, the first steep went down the drain. That achieves much the same thing, also gets rid of the little bits that can get stuck in your teeth.

masklinn 4y ago
Japanese green teas are not usually steeped multiple times (though most will allow for a few steepings, and a few are designed for that). This sounds a lot more like chinese teas, which are designed for multiple short steepings (gongfu ceremony) and more or less require a rinsing first steep.
- hinkley 4y ago
  You know it’s the same plant right? There’s only so many ways you can prepare and handle wine. The real variety comes from using other plants for the fermentation.
  - masklinn 4y ago
    > You know it’s the same plant right? Yes, exactly like "potato" or "apple" is always the same plant, and they don't each have literally thousands of different cultivars bred for different purposes and use cases. Oh wait. > There’s only so many ways you can prepare and handle wine. The real variety comes from using other plants for the fermentation. Ignoring that neither of these is true, you have hardly given any hint at any sort of knowledge and understanding of the "only so many ways" of preparing and handling anything, be it wine, potatoes, or tea.

masklinn 4y ago

> I am a tea worm, I use to consume several kg of tea annually. Is it japanese green tea? Because that's what the article is about, if you're drinking black tea, or chinese teas, that is utterly irrelevant: they are different cultivars, selected and grown differently, with different harvesting and processing, and different brewing methods and temperatures. You might well be Spiff and still have no useful input.