> Any one had any toughest experience in brewing tea?

>> I would have to say Bi Luo Chun green tea. I tasted the same tea in the
>> store brew with the seller and it tasted really good, with mild nutty
>> flavor and lingering sweet undertones. Back at home i tried brewing it
>> various methods here and there I couldn't get the best out of it.

> Are you *sure* it's the same tea the shop brewed for you?

[Michael]
Lew, it could be the water. Bi Lo Chun is delicate enough to be quite water sensitive in my experience and might account for the difference. It *is* a tricky tea, again in my opinion.

>> Sometimes it taste really stale, i tried with more leaves, shorter
>> brewing time, hotter water, etc but I still couldn't get like how it
>> should taste at the store.

> Have you tried it with cooler water? With BLC, I often find 140F, or even
> cooler, is best.

[Michael]
Truer words, never spoken. Also, BLC is delicate to the point of losing so much of its loveliness so very quickly, I think. Perhaps it did get stale.