recent order from Whispering Pines. Leaves are gorgeous long twisted mix of pale green, green and dark,almost black.
my first steep i made according to instructions: 1TBSP 190F 8oz 3min
it produced pale yellow green brew. Very nice,complex flavor. Kinda hard to separate into notes. I’ve noticed that i prefer to drink white tea as it cools. more flavors become noticeable. Also i remember that Lee brews her whites like 165F and long steep. So i decided to try my second steep 165F set my timer for7 min, and completely forgot about it. I’d say it was steeping for good 45min. Gorgeous dark golden brew, flavors are delicious. i got some peach, grape, honey, hay, nuts. no trace of bitterness. i love it this way. it kinda reminded me Oriental Beauty. From now on this is how i’m going to treat my whites. Thank you Lee !
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Now it’s your turn to inspire me to drink a tea…I have some of this as well! Maybe later tonight or tomorrow, sounds wonderful!
Not tonight. It has some caffeine. I was almost asleep then after 2 cups I’m like wide awake
Lol cool :) UR welcome
Boychik, the good part about being an insomniac is that it doesn’t make any difference whether I have caffeine or not, I don’t sleep anyways!
Lee, I will also try your method, sounds too good not to ;-)
Yes I baby white teas. But I do 185 on white peony usually for 3",,,just depends on the tea I have I guess.
Ok Lee, now you have to make a chart for us which temp for which type of white. I’m real dummy when it comes to white tea.
Lol I like them bc if you can burn your mouth,,,you burned the tea. I like green tea too bc of that. But that’s just my own rule,,,I’m no expert for sure.
Now it’s your turn to inspire me to drink a tea…I have some of this as well! Maybe later tonight or tomorrow, sounds wonderful!
Not tonight. It has some caffeine. I was almost asleep then after 2 cups I’m like wide awake
Lol cool :) UR welcome
Boychik, the good part about being an insomniac is that it doesn’t make any difference whether I have caffeine or not, I don’t sleep anyways!
Lee, I will also try your method, sounds too good not to ;-)
Yes I baby white teas. But I do 185 on white peony usually for 3",,,just depends on the tea I have I guess.
Ok Lee, now you have to make a chart for us which temp for which type of white. I’m real dummy when it comes to white tea.
Lol I like them bc if you can burn your mouth,,,you burned the tea. I like green tea too bc of that. But that’s just my own rule,,,I’m no expert for sure.