A few things

[cleolinda]

So. Not feeling much better; spent the weekend in a very grim, self-pitying funk. But I'm going back to work ("work") today because you have to move on with life. I think I'm actually going through kind of a post-partum project-completion slump, what with the first e-book finished. The only problem is, I now have to finish the second one, which

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[off_coloratura]

A general rule of thumb:

Black tea: boiling water, steep 3 minutes. Green tea, white tea and herbal tea: steaming water, five minutes.

[cleolinda]

Uh... I'm not sure what all this is. Hm. Appears to be two black teas and one herbal/fruit.

[mokeyhokey]

Both black and herbal teas need boiling water, except you're supposed to steep them for five minutes. Green tea you steep for three.

[iamshadow]

What you said!

[lexicomane]

Wait, what? Everything I've read says to steep green tea for three minutes and black tea for five minutes. And I did a lot of reading about it when I was just getting into tea.

[lexicomane]

Or certainly that green tea should steep for no more than three minutes, anyway. I think black tea is a little more lenient.