crymad writes:

Rona Yuthasastrakosol wrote:

[...kukicha is usually rinsed...]

This just simply isn't the case. While rinsing kukicha wouldn't strike
me as odd -- it is just twigs, after all -- doing so is by no means the
norm.

Sorry, but it isn't necessarily just twigs. I've certainly seen
kukicha that's just twigs, but I've also seen (and enjoyed) kukicha
that's twigs plus good leaves. Either there are (at least) two styles
of kukicha or I've been hallucinating.

/Lew
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