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Old 25-03-2008, 04:10 PM posted to rec.food.drink.tea
MarshalN[_1_]
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Default water temp for Anxi oolong?

On Mar 25, 10:24*am, Alex wrote:
Hi everyone. *I'm getting into a major Anxi / tieguanyin phase, and
I've been having some issues with weird grassy tastes. *It might be
that I've bought crappy tea, but I want to make sure. *So, I was
wondering: what temperature water does everyone use for greenish
tieguanyin?

Thanks in advance.

Alex


Sounds like it's the tea.

You can brew it with hot water -- very hot water in fact -- and still
not get grassy notes if the tea's good. How long do you infuse your
teas for?

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