Ok I have a tea pot that steeps for two cups of tea, so I put a
couple o measured tea spoons of my tea for a few minutes and then
enjoy two cups of tea after of course separating the leaves. Then I
have a few guests come over and I now need to make between four and
five cups, so I use the same tea pot add four or five teaspoons of tea
and after a few minutes separate the leaves and now I have strong brew
so I pour half a cup of strong brewed tea and fill the rest with hot
water.Tea still tatses good but is this a bad habit to develop or can
one do a concentarted brew and then dilute after.
Maurice

Interesting, isn't that basically how samovars work? Anyone familiar
with the Russian tea tradition?

Whats a Samover?

On Mar 20, 10:50 am, "magicleaf" wrote:
Whats a Samover?

«Samovar. A metal urn, commonly of copper, used in the Soviet Union
and elsewhere for heating water» (Webster`s Encyclopedic Unabridged
Dictionary. 1989).

«Samovar. A metal urn with a spigot and internal tube for heating
water in making tea. Used esp. in Russia» (Webster`s New World
Dictionary).

And see http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samowar

Russian tea lovers seldom use samovar on his meetings (
http://teatips.ru/picture.php?dep=53...56&pic=28&app= ).

Tea pot puts on samovar's top, and his temperature not decreases all
brewing time.

Strong brewed tea from tea pot (zavarka) fill to cups and add hot
water from samovar.

Evgeny,
Moscow, Russia.

magicleaf wrote:
Whats a Samover?

Well, I like to drink tea slowly, but samovar friends prefer Russian.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
...
magicleaf wrote:
Whats a Samover?

Well, I like to drink tea slowly, but samovar friends prefer Russian.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

::groannnn...::


Melinda

So what is the answer to my question?*( not refering to the samover)
does this methodof brewing affect the final taste of the tea when
diluted with water . Thanks :-)

"magicleaf" writes:

So what is the answer to my question?*( not refering to the samover)
does this methodof brewing affect the final taste of the tea when
diluted with water . Thanks :-)

All your questions will be answered he

http://home.fazekas.hu/~nagydani/rth...-HOWTO-v2.html

/Lew
---
Lew Perin /
http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html

magicleaf wrote:
So what is the answer to my question?*( not refering to the samover)
does this methodof brewing affect the final taste of the tea when
diluted with water . Thanks :-)

Yes, it totally changes it. Samovar tea bears no resemblance to
conventionally-made tea. All the light floral notes go away, and
the tannins build way up.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Plus put your Dentist's kids through college if the only difference
between your sugar cube and the tea is clinched teeth and a lip.

Jim

On Mar 20, 7:12 pm, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
magicleaf wrote:
So what is the answer to my question?*( not refering to the samover)
does this methodof brewing affect the final taste of the tea when
diluted with water . Thanks :-)

Yes, it totally changes it. Samovar tea bears no resemblance to
conventionally-made tea. All the light floral notes go away, and
the tannins build way up.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Very good, I will change these bad habbits slowly but surely:-/

"magicleaf" wrote in message
oups.com...
Ok I have a tea pot that steeps for two cups of tea, so I put a
couple o measured tea spoons of my tea for a few minutes and then
enjoy two cups of tea after of course separating the leaves. Then I
have a few guests come over and I now need to make between four and
five cups, so I use the same tea pot add four or five teaspoons of tea
and after a few minutes separate the leaves and now I have strong brew
so I pour half a cup of strong brewed tea and fill the rest with hot
water.Tea still tatses good but is this a bad habit to develop or can
one do a concentarted brew and then dilute after.
Maurice

Don't worry about it. You're doing fine.

Basically, you're using the same method used for large parties of 25 people
or more where a concentrate is brewed ahead of time with hot water being
added at the time of serving except you're doing it on a much smaller scale.

The same is done for iced tea for a crowd except using cold water and ice,
of course.

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I am now a little disorientated so the best thing to do is brew two
batches of tea one with concentrate and one normal and give them a
good slurping session and see what happens?:- /

"magicleaf" wrote in message
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I am now a little disorientated so the best thing to do is brew two
batches of tea one with concentrate and one normal and give them a
good slurping session and see what happens?:- /

I've read that the British brew their tea strong and provide a pitcher of
hot water so those who prefer weaker tea may dilute it.

HTH.

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