Ugh, my computer froze and I lost my note on this one. I have had it before so it’s not too big of a deal, but still annoying.
Mainly I am trying to figure out some of my gongfu brewing issues. No matter what I can’t seem to have a good gongfu session. Maximally I get one good first steep, a decent second steep, and after that it’s all meh, regardless of the tea. I thought maybe I wasn’t using enough leaf so I went crazy with this one. It’s actually less good than the last time I went gongfu on this one and used half the leaf. Still don’t know what I’m doing. I’ve obviously enjoyed the gongfu sessions I had at tastings that other people ran, and I have even successfully gongfu’d tea myself before (a jasmine green), so I don’t know what my problem is here. I think I cannot seem to figure out the optimal leaf amount for my pot. Maybe someday.
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I’m wondering if it’s the water you’re using.
I always do my bigger posts in a word program and transfer it here for that reason.
Frustrating when that happens.
Invader ZIm— I kind of doubt it for a couple of reasons: 1) I use the same water for all of my teas and I don’t run into other problems with them; 2) I did a taste test with bottle water vs. my water and they were almost identical; and 3) I really doubt the Beijing tap water that I used in my hotel, and one of the few places I had some success gongfu-ing, was of better quality than my current water!
That said, I might try gongfu-ing with different water just to see if it makes a difference.
That was the only thing that the problem seemed like it could’ve been. I hope you are able to figure it out and enjoy past your second brew.
I’m wondering if it’s the water you’re using.
I always do my bigger posts in a word program and transfer it here for that reason.
Frustrating when that happens.
Invader ZIm— I kind of doubt it for a couple of reasons: 1) I use the same water for all of my teas and I don’t run into other problems with them; 2) I did a taste test with bottle water vs. my water and they were almost identical; and 3) I really doubt the Beijing tap water that I used in my hotel, and one of the few places I had some success gongfu-ing, was of better quality than my current water!
That said, I might try gongfu-ing with different water just to see if it makes a difference.
That was the only thing that the problem seemed like it could’ve been. I hope you are able to figure it out and enjoy past your second brew.