I needed a plain tea after all those flavoured once earlier today. I made this one somewhat stronger than I normally do in the hopes that it might give the flavour, and particularly the aftertaste a bit more punch.
It didn’t really work.
All I got out of it was a whole lot of astringency and that kind of hay-like, flowery, prickly sort of flavour that you get when something is severely oversteeped or too strong.
This also spares me trying out that uber-long steeping, or stewing rather, of oolongs. I sincerely doubt it would be something I would like.
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How long did you steep this Oolong, and did you try multiple steepings?
Oooooh I can’t remember. I was using a cup that wasn’t big enough that I could drain my little pot completely, so the last cup out of two-ish was definitely steeped for longer than I normally would have. The first cup was steeped ‘normally’, which is about 7 minutes or so. I don’t time it so I just guess, but that’s just about what I aim for. It was late enough that I didn’t have time for re-steeps, so I haven’t tried that. I have sometimes when I’ve resteeped stuff, added a pinch of fresh leaves if I think it was getting a bit weak, so I guess if I’d resteeped this a couple of times, it would have been more tolerable. At any rate, I’ve learned that the amount of leaves I’ve used previously was definitely the right amount. :)
How long did you steep this Oolong, and did you try multiple steepings?
Oooooh I can’t remember. I was using a cup that wasn’t big enough that I could drain my little pot completely, so the last cup out of two-ish was definitely steeped for longer than I normally would have. The first cup was steeped ‘normally’, which is about 7 minutes or so. I don’t time it so I just guess, but that’s just about what I aim for. It was late enough that I didn’t have time for re-steeps, so I haven’t tried that. I have sometimes when I’ve resteeped stuff, added a pinch of fresh leaves if I think it was getting a bit weak, so I guess if I’d resteeped this a couple of times, it would have been more tolerable. At any rate, I’ve learned that the amount of leaves I’ve used previously was definitely the right amount. :)