Tried doing a big gongfu session with this tea tonight but the result wasn’t satisfying. The tea was very tightly packed into a mini-tuocha and my attempts to break it up meant the leaf was super broken and dusty. The first steep was quite nice, but the next few steeps were unpleasant and bitter. The leaf was also quite small, so a lot of it made it through the filter in my gaiwan.
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That happened to me once! Tao mentioned when I asked, that even though it isn’t common, sometimes you need to make a subsequent infusion shorter than the previous ones. It seemed to have worked, but mine was a different Puerh
i usually rinse and put it on pause. in a few minutes the mini tuo becomes bigger and looser. and 2,3rd steeps are shorter. leaves are already expanded
I have one more mini-tuocha of this left. I may gongfu that one soon with this in mind (and even if it’s still bitter, hey – easy sipdown!)
That happened to me once! Tao mentioned when I asked, that even though it isn’t common, sometimes you need to make a subsequent infusion shorter than the previous ones. It seemed to have worked, but mine was a different Puerh
i usually rinse and put it on pause. in a few minutes the mini tuo becomes bigger and looser. and 2,3rd steeps are shorter. leaves are already expanded
I have one more mini-tuocha of this left. I may gongfu that one soon with this in mind (and even if it’s still bitter, hey – easy sipdown!)