On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 20:13:00 -0500, "David M. Harris"
> wrote:

>If you use a Chatsford, why don't you use the basket? Then you could
>just lift the leaves out.

I used to use the basket, but the leaves seemed all bunched up. Now
they seem free to float around better. I have a great little strainer
and it is actually a little easier than using the basket.

>Some teas will stand a second steep, some won't. In general, oolongs
>and greens and pu ers will give you a nice second steep, but black teas
>won't. Of course, you may like the way your Earl Grey comes out on a
>second steep where other people wouldn't. But then you come up against
>the one abolute rule about making tea: If you like the results, you're
>doing it right.
>
>dmh
>
>LurfysMa wrote:
>> Is it true that a batch of tea leaves can be reused (re-steeped) at
>> least once?
>>
>> I use a Chatsford teapot. I put the loose leaves in, add boiling
>> water, set the timer, then pour it through a strainer into a cup or
>> thermos.
>>
>> To make a second steep, can I just dump the leaves back into the pot
>> and go again? I just tried that with a batch of Earl Grey. The second
>> steep was slightly weaker than the first, but still fairly good.
>>
>> Is the second steep the same time as the first? Perhaps I should have
>> steeped it a bit longer the second time.
>>
>> Is the second steep likely to be bitter? This one wasn't. It was
>> actually a bit milder on both the taste scale as well as the
>> bitterness scale. Everyone keep saying that steeping too long causes
>> the tea to be bitter. How come two 3-minutes steeps are not bitter but
>> one 6-minute steep is?
>>


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