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This morning I doubled up on the leaf (two “scoops”) and dropped my steeping time to only a minute to do kind of a semi-gongfu brewing. It’s more vegetal but also a little more floral maybe… it’s hard to pin down the difference, but it does taste different in a way that I like. But then that vegetal flavor gets too much for me, in a way that I don’t like. The second steep (same parameters) is sweeter but also kind of overly vegetal in almost a bitter way, which is definitely conflicting. Maybe I’ll try a scoop and a half of leaf next time to see if I can find a happy medium.

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Tina S.

Totally off topic but your two scoops reference now has the two scoops of raisins song in my head! :D

nomadinjeopardy

Now it’s in mine! Ahhh.

Tina S.

SORRY JESSIE! And anyone else!

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Tina S.

Totally off topic but your two scoops reference now has the two scoops of raisins song in my head! :D

nomadinjeopardy

Now it’s in mine! Ahhh.

Tina S.

SORRY JESSIE! And anyone else!

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