"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?

As others have noted, yes, they remain but amounts diminish with
subsequent brewings. I also would not be comfortable with brewing
leaf left over from the previous day, but I drink Sencha daily and
I always make a second infusion about 90 minutes after the first.
The first two steepings are both excellent, but a little different in
flavor. Occasionally I make a third an hour or two after that, but
this third steeping is clearly not as good as the first two.

I'm surprised that if you drink Gyokuro, you aren't normally steeping
the same leaf at least twice. If not, you're missing some good tea.


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Randy