Lewis Perin wrote:


That brings up an issue that gets ventilated here from time to time.
If Teochew (Chaozhou) style lets the pot lie around for extended
periods between steeps, and if the pot is crammed with a heavy, wet
mass of previously steeped leaves, the temperature inside the pot will
be far below boiling from the second steep onward.

/Lew
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I thought that was the point of pouring the boiling water over the
outside of the pot once the steep had started. I guess it would be
exactly as if the pot has stayed very hot but it would be close wouldn't
it? The pot doesn't heat up instantly of course. but if I'm doing tea
outside I have to do this because it's in the 50's F, if that, where I
am during the day.

Melinda