Tea

[Milz]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Doreen" <nera at r...> wrote:
 Some of us people are even civilized 
enough to
> start with cold water and steep loose tea in a pot and drink it 
without
> lemon or milk.
> 
> Doreen, who still thinks the Chinese have it knocked when it comes 
to great
> tea
> ******************

One of my friends in college was a first generation Chinese American. 
Her family was from the Anhui Region of China, where Keemun tea is 
grown. Anyhow, her family brewed tea by taking maybe a tablespoon of 
loose tea leaves, putting that into about a quart or so of cold water 
and boiling it. Once the tea boiled, it was removed from the heat 
source and allowed to steep for a few minutes. The result is a 
completely non-bitter brew with a nice color and aroma of the tea.
(This will make the Tea Fans really gasp) Brewed this way, the tea 
leaves can be reused until the color in the water fades, then another 
tablespoon is added.

This was how she brewed tea in her electric kettle that so many of us 
had in the dorms. It wasn't bad at all.

:-)Milz