Joss Wright wrote:
Hello All,

I recently came across, and bought, the tea thermos from this
page: http://www.ymimports.com/Items/FG-TT110-A? I bought it largely based
on remembering that an old office-mate of mine had a similar thermos that
she used throughout the day. I liked the idea.

My question is: how much (green) tea would you advise to put in something
like this for a day's brewings. I normally brew tea
in a teapot or, more recently, a gaiwan for green tea. In those cases I've
always brewed the tea to the "correct" strength and strained away the
leaves. I'm not familiar with the ins and outs of keeping the leaves in
the tea in this way.

It seems obvious that the tea will get stronger as you drink it, so unless
you drink the whole lot very quickly I imagine you have to start with it
slightly "under-brewed" and drink it while it goes through "normal" to "a
bit too strong". I'm just wondering what the optimum amount to put in
would be.

Of course I'll experiment, but any advice to save me the heartbreak
of too much wasted tea would be appreciated!

Joss


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Chinese in general put a generous amount of tea in these things. I'd
imagine something like.... 5-10g? What they do is they put it in, pour
water in, and then drink.... and as the water level gets a little lower
(and the strength a bit too much) they add hot water, diluting the tea,
and repeat. Usually by the second half of the day the tea starts
getting a little thin and tasteless. If you wish, you can add more
leaves to strengthen it again, or just drink tea-water.

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