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76
drank Black Dragon Pearls by Adagio Teas
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Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec
Jillian

Wow you’ve got a lot of balls! ;P

Seriously, I think 3-4 per 8oz of water is plenty strong – which would probably be about 5 per 12oz.

Ricky

What can I say, I like my tea stronger =D

Jillian

I think it’s a mark of how perverted I am that I was waiting for you to make a remark about liking your tea ‘stiff’. XD

Ricky

How bout I like mine `thicker`? That’s what she said? Adagio good decision calling it pearls and not balls.

Jillian

LOL, yes we come up with enough innuendo here on Steepster as it is! XD

Samusb

6 infusions?! ricky you’re crazy. no tea can handle 6 infusions. 3 tops!!

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71
drank Foxtrot by Adagio Teas
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Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 7 min, 0 sec
LENA

I have a love/hate relationship with Foxtrot as well. I’m not a huge fan of chamomile, so I think that is the main factor…and that it tends to taste medicine-like at times.

Ricky

It’s the peppermint for me. I enjoy it with hot chocolate, but not so sure bout tea. I think I’d enjoy it more as a morning tea than an evening one.

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74
drank Assam Melody by Adagio Teas
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Boiling 5 min, 0 sec

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100
drank Dragonwell by Adagio Teas
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Calling it quits at 22. 1 hr 40 min. Liquor is light yellow and the taste is light and sweet, but not weak.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 8 min or more

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100
drank Dragonwell by Adagio Teas
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21st infusion w/ pot sticker lean cuisine. 1 hr 20 min. The most sweet infusion in quite a while. Balances the insane amount of salt nice.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 8 min or more

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100
drank Dragonwell by Adagio Teas
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20th infusion! Steeped for 1 hr. Why won’t this die?

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 8 min or more

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100
drank Dragonwell by Adagio Teas
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Infusion 19… 40 min… DIE LEAVES DIE! Infusion 20 comin up.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 8 min or more

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100
drank Dragonwell by Adagio Teas
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18!!! Steeped for 30 long min but it was well worth the wait.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 8 min or more

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100
drank Dragonwell by Adagio Teas
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INFUSION 17!!! 25 min.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 8 min or more
Rijje

17? That amazing. Still tasting of something?

Rijje

.. I mean “That’s” amazing… lol

TeaEqualsBliss

Way to get your $$$$$’s worth out of it!!!

Cofftea

@Rijje- I’m just as surpised as you are! Light taste, but it’s definitely there- it is a green after all, how strong do you expect it? lol:) It’s the darkness of the liquor that amazes me! I’m drinking 18 now and will do one more. 19 will have to steep for 40 min and I’m just NOT that patient to do any more after that.

Cofftea

@TeaEqualsBliss… actually I’m getting Lena F’s $ out of it LOL. This is one of her tea swaps. I think I paid for her postage w/ just this portion of leaves! hehe.

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100
drank Dragonwell by Adagio Teas
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Infusion 16, 20 min. OK, I’m gonna strengthen my vertue of patience and keep going. It can take it.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 8 min or more

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100
drank Dragonwell by Adagio Teas
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Infusion 15, 16 min. This’ll last at least another infusion.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 8 min or more

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100
drank Dragonwell by Adagio Teas
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infusion 14, 12 min. A little darker than 13, and lighter than I expected since I bumped the steeping time up by 3 min. A lighter peachy tone. Still yummy!

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 8 min or more

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100
drank Dragonwell by Adagio Teas
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Steeped for 9 min, infusion 13 is once again lucky number 13. Much darker than the last infusion even though I only steeped it for an additional min.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 8 min or more

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100
drank Dragonwell by Adagio Teas
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Infusion 12, 8min. Back to being light, but still good.:)

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 8 min or more
Kaiten_Kenbu

12 infusions ! How much tea did you put and what is the capacity of your zhong/teapot ?

Ricky

Once a upon time, cofftea stated 2.25g / 6oz of water.

Cofftea

@Kaiten_Kenbu, I prepare all of my tea 2.25g/6oz of purified water.

Cofftea

HAHA! Yep @ Ricky.

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100
drank Dragonwell by Adagio Teas
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11th infusion, darker than the past 3.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 6 min, 0 sec

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100
drank Dragonwell by Adagio Teas
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10th infusion, very light.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 5 min, 0 sec
Linda

Just wondering but why are you steeping your tea over and over and over again. I will do 2 steeps but never this many. How come?

Cofftea

Why not? The leaves still produce a good cuppa! Not resteeping when the leaves are still good is just a waste of tea and money.

Linda

but so many times and it’s still good? Do you only steep within a 24 hr period? or do you keep it longer and refrig. it.

Cofftea

Yes it’s still good. That’s why I said “Not resteeping when the leaves are still good is just a waste of tea and money”. No it takes me 2 days to get thru a portion of high infusion leaves. I NEVER put them in the frige… gross…

Linda

Well if you leave it out and of course it’s wet you are asking for mold to rear it’s ugly head. This bothers me greatly as I am allergic to mold. Why would refrigerating the wet tea be grosser then mold? Come on Cofftea convince me, please

Cofftea

@Linda, I check my leaves extensively for mold. If there is mold I dump them immediately and wash my steeping vessel EXTREMELY well. Refrigerating the leaves itself wouldn’t be gross, but I think it’d produce a gross cuppa. Leaves are very sensitive to water temperature as they require a very narrow range of temp so chilling them seems to be a HORRIBLE idea. If scalding the leaves w/ too hot of water, what will happen when I expose them to fridged air and the aromas of whatever food you have in there? Not to mention trying to bring the leaves back to room temp. It just seems like an all around inconvenient, bad idea.

Linda

I might just give it a try. Problem is, though, if I am too frugal with the tea, then I won’t use it up fast enough and have an excuse to buy more. lol

Cofftea

@Linda, since you are much more sensitive to mold I’d start w/ 6. Why spend money on more tea when the tea you have will last you? I’d rather use the money I’d be saving for higher quality/more expensive tea. This financially allow that treat.

Linda

you know, you is one smart cookie, or should I say, cup of tea

Cofftea

@Linda, no- just economical when it comes to tea:) And greedy, I have LOTS of teas and teaware on my wish list. lol

Linda

I hope you get everyone you want (I hope I do too)

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100
drank Dragonwell by Adagio Teas
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9th infusion for my mom.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 4 min, 0 sec

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100
drank Dragonwell by Adagio Teas
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8th infusion

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 3 min, 0 sec

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100
drank Dragonwell by Adagio Teas
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7th infusion 2 min 40 sec. The liquor really fell off the wagon, but I have a feeling it’ll be back. It’s a light peachy-ish yellow. But the flavor is still very much there. More sweet now that it’s lighter.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 2 min, 30 sec

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100
drank Dragonwell by Adagio Teas
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6th infusion. The liquor is a tarnished yellow w/ kind of a peachy tint. Nice and clean taste.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 2 min, 0 sec

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100
drank Dragonwell by Adagio Teas
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5th infusion, 1 min 20 sec.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 1 min, 30 sec

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100
drank Dragonwell by Adagio Teas
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4th infusion. Fairly dark liquor. No longer very sweet, but not bitter either. Nice and clean.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 1 min, 0 sec

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100
drank Dragonwell by Adagio Teas
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Back logging a 3rd infusion from last nite. Steeped for 50 sec.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 0 min, 45 sec

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100
drank Dragonwell by Adagio Teas
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2nd infusion. I expected the liquor to be darker than the 1st infusion (which it definitely is), but WOW… as soon as I opened the top of my ingenuiTEA (which you should ALWAYS do so your leaves don’t mold) I was smacked in the face w/ the aroma which I don’t remember ever happening, especially when flash steeping. It definitely smelled grassy. It tasted almost exactly like it smelled except there was a sweetness that my tongue detected that my nose didn’t.

Preparation
185 °F / 85 °C 0 min, 45 sec

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