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Default Sweet gunpowder?

Dario Niedermann > writes:

>I'm seriously starting to think that gunpowder tea only makes sense
>with sugar: 2' in less-than-boiling water yields a nice smoky brew,
>that I can only appreciate sweetened.
>
>Previous experiments with shorter infusions, rinseing, cooler water,
>and no sugar, never produced anything I'd like to drink. Then
>again, I'm not really used to unsweetened tea, or even green tea
>itself. Although I kind of like unsweetened jasmin tea.


Maybe you should try better quality green tea? Of course, its possible
that you simply have a very low tolerance for bitterness - some people
are €świred€ť that way.

/Lew
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