On Aug 23, 10:54 pm, Jazzy > wrote:
> 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. 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. This is one particular incident with
> BLC green tea. Other version of BLCs i had bought did not have this
> issue.
>
> I heard that preparing gong fu cha is really a skill!
> Other kind of tough to brew tea is wu yi rock tea especially some Da
> Hong Pao.

I'm with Lew on this one. If you use water that's too hot, it will
sear the leaves and any flavor out of the tea resulting in some oddly
flavored water. Also be careful about what kind of water you use.
Try to use some kind of mineral water.