I use a tea egg if i'm making one cup, or a strainer piece (not sure what it's actually called) in the pot if I'm making a pot. I don't usually worry too much about steeping time because honestly, even if I forget about my green tea for half an hour, it still tastes fine to me. I do use boiling water for black tea and for green or white, I usually try to pour the water before or after it's boiled.
I often forget about my tea, too. Sometimes it's just the act of making the tea that satisfies me, I think. But I love my tea strong, so if it steeps a long time, that's fine with me. I don't like weak tea.
I have a glass pot, which I dislike because it doesn't seem to retain the heat very well. I also have a ceramic one that i haven't used in a while, but it's prettier than the glass one.
Maybe we should all post pics of out teapots next.
I haven't quite figured out why sometimes if I forget my tea, it tastes terrible and other times it tastes fine even after half an hour. I'm not fond of weak tea either, but I prefer the taste soft and not very bitter.
That sounds like a good idea, I'm only afraid of posting too many of mine. Only teapots or all teaware?
All teaware would be fun. Didn't you mention once that you have a tea chest? You could share a pic of that, too. Maybe we can have a teaware photo contest or something. Everyone submits a pic to you and then you make a poll post. Could be fun!
I thought I did post a picture of the tea chest in my journal, I'll have to check. I'm not sure we have enough members for a contest, but posting pics would be great just for the fun of it.
I have a bad habit of forgetting about the tea I'm making all the time The same here. Only that I use no reminder.
I brew a tea in a big mug, storing tea leaves in a small tea-strainer. As for the boiling... The hotter water is, the easier to brew tea - obvious thing is obvious, but I don't think that boiling water is actually needed.
Once I discovered the tea the next day still brewing. XD Sometimes I still manage to make tea too bitter and I wanted to exclude the possibility that it's because I forgot about the tea.
Not really, but it would be nice to be able to actually be able to follow the instructions once in a while.
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I often forget about my tea, too. Sometimes it's just the act of making the tea that satisfies me, I think. But I love my tea strong, so if it steeps a long time, that's fine with me. I don't like weak tea.
I have a glass pot, which I dislike because it doesn't seem to retain the heat very well. I also have a ceramic one that i haven't used in a while, but it's prettier than the glass one.
Maybe we should all post pics of out teapots next.
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That sounds like a good idea, I'm only afraid of posting too many of mine. Only teapots or all teaware?
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The same here. Only that I use no reminder.
I brew a tea in a big mug, storing tea leaves in a small tea-strainer.
As for the boiling... The hotter water is, the easier to brew tea - obvious thing is obvious, but I don't think that boiling water is actually needed.
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Not really, but it would be nice to be able to actually be able to follow the instructions once in a while.
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