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"Justin Holmes" > wrote in news:1138641657.997303.321090
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> I'm not sure about the propriety of steeping black tea multiple times,
> but I've done it with assam, keemun, Pu Erh's and darjeelings (Not
> really black I guess) in addition to greens and get pleasing enough
> results for up to 3.



Steeping OT here a little I too steep Pu-erh multiple times -- it's one of
the ways to justify to my petit bourgeois sensibilities the prices charged
for the good grades. :-)

I get fine multiple infusions, though almost never beyond three myself,
of Pu-erh. For what it's worth, some Pu=erh vendors also say words to
the effect that "this tea is capable of many brewings." Besides, what is
the traditional practice of "washing" the Puerh but an ultra-short first
infusion?


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