Too Much Tea Causes Unusual Bone Disease

Re:Too Much Tea Causes Unusual Bone Disease by eru on Monday March 25, 2013 @03:15AM (#5435846)

> Agreed. At the most, tea should be left to infuse for 1 minute (loose tea less than that), especially for Black tea blends. Any more and it just kills the flavor.

Depends. I can leave my Pu-Erh in overnight, and the flavour is still fine. (But Pu-Erh is well known for that.)

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Re:Too Much Tea Causes Unusual Bone Disease by eksith on Monday March 25, 2013 @04:35PM (#5439538)

Pu-erh is not like ordinary loose tea so it's quite safe to do that. Without stirring or pressing, you don't get too much of the flavor into the water and it's much more coarse. You'll find a lot of the green teas also don't over-flavor the water because of this.

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Re:Too Much Tea Causes Unusual Bone Disease by eru on Monday March 25, 2013 @10:41PM (#5441079)

Yes. I guess your 1-minute rule is more appropriate for black teas than anything else. I like my teas more overbrewed in any case.

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