On Apr 7, 3:12*pm, Jenn wrote:
Many notes have been written about the caffeine levels in different
brews but I would like to ask if the good stuff in tea remains in
subsequent brews? I was just thinking that I had brewed a very nice
little cup of Gyokuro last night and then to sleep. This am saw the
little gaiwan with the pretty green leaves and and rebrewed it. It was
mighty fine in taste. I was wondering if all the good poly..
catche..etc things are still there in the brew?
Jenn

There is a tradition in Japan to never drink tea from leaves left over
from the day before. When you ask people why, they say that in the
Edo period (roughly 1600 to 1868), the last "meal" of a condemned
criminal was a cup of tea made from leaves that were left from the day
before! They admit that at night they'll make tea from leaves used
early in the morning, but not stuff that has been waiting
*overnight*. I've met *many* people with this aversion.