Oregonian Haruspex > wrote:
>On 2014-09-12 17:09:12 +0000, Scott Dorsey said:
>
>> I tried two steeps of each of four fully-withered second flush darjeelings.
>> None of these have the strong grassy odor that has become typical of modern
>> first flush darjeeling teas, they were all selected for being dark and mellow.
>>
>> I took 30g of each with 250mL of boiling water, steeped for 2.5 minutes.
>> I then followed the same procedure again for a second steep. Almost
>> certainly the second steep should have been for at least a minute longer.
>> This was performed single-blind.
>
>I think you'd have much better luck if your water was around 190ºF or
>so instead of boiling.

The thing is, these are all fully-withered teas, very dark and much more
like an assam in processing than the modern almost-green darjeelings, so
traditionally they are done with boiling water. I suppose I could try
them with a slightly cooler water just to see, though. But they're not
oolongs like most modern darjeeling is.
--scott
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