Remind me never to resteep a black tea again!
The Yunnan wasn’t quite jiggin’ today. I had this earlier in the day, after I came home pretty exhausted and freezing from the cold weather outside. My feet were hurting from being in heels all day, and I just wanted something hot and uncomplicated.
I don’t know what happened today, but this wasn’t as flavorful as I remembered. I steeped it the same time, same water temperature, etc., but it just wasn’t hitting the spot for me. It was a teensy bit astringent, and I think there was some sort of fiery quality to it that I felt in my throat today. I don’t know if that counts as “peppery,” but I’ll take it.
Feeling a bit brave, I decided to do a second steep of this, and BLECH. Ugh. It looked around the same as the first cup, but it smelled entirely differently. I steeped it for 6 minutes, with the same amount of boiling water. It tasted like a green tea done like a black. Grassy but black, and altogether unpleasant. The flavor was watery and shot. The tea lost all of its subtleties and became a mess in my mouth. I really couldn’t finish the second steep, and I tossed it down the drain.
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Noooo why would you waste tea! I over steeped two cups of darjeeling by accident today and just drank it bitter.
Blech! Because it tasted like something the Monster from the Black Lagoon belched up for dinner. :( No thanks!
I’ve resteeped yunnan jig before. I don’t recall it being that bad. Must be my weird taste palettes. Maybe I have the "Monster from the Black Lagoon’s taste palette. Ahhhhhh!
i have wanted to resteep this but was hesitant because i tend to dislike the way a black resteeps so i now know to steer clear :)
Oh yeah, I’ve found that blacks just don’t measure up on a second steep through many different black tea trials. So now I make all my blacks in a 16 oz mug and relish them once. The other teas I make as 6 ouncers and they definitely all steep 3 x usually without losing flavor. :)
@kat, glad to know I’m not the only one who thinks blacks don’t hold up to reinfusions. Although I normally get 2.
Yeah, blacks aren’t supposed to be resteeped. All of their flavor really comes out in the first infusion. :)
Noooo why would you waste tea! I over steeped two cups of darjeeling by accident today and just drank it bitter.
Blech! Because it tasted like something the Monster from the Black Lagoon belched up for dinner. :( No thanks!
I’ve resteeped yunnan jig before. I don’t recall it being that bad. Must be my weird taste palettes. Maybe I have the "Monster from the Black Lagoon’s taste palette. Ahhhhhh!
i have wanted to resteep this but was hesitant because i tend to dislike the way a black resteeps so i now know to steer clear :)
Oh yeah, I’ve found that blacks just don’t measure up on a second steep through many different black tea trials. So now I make all my blacks in a 16 oz mug and relish them once. The other teas I make as 6 ouncers and they definitely all steep 3 x usually without losing flavor. :)
@kat, glad to know I’m not the only one who thinks blacks don’t hold up to reinfusions. Although I normally get 2.
Yeah, blacks aren’t supposed to be resteeped. All of their flavor really comes out in the first infusion. :)
I can resteep chais though a time or 2, must be the spices. Good thing blacks aren’t my preferred tea!