Since I’m sitting here working on my payroll forms, I figured I’d give myself the welcome distraction of drinking a tea with multiple short steeps. This one is from Heather at the Victoria meetup and swap. I am doing this with a tea cup and a brewing basket, because I am not yet coordinated enough to not burn myself on my wee tiny gongfu setup.
I’m also probably underleafing this, but I wanted to try it both this way and with more of a Western style, to see what I prefer.
So.
- few second rinse
- 8 second steep. This is really floral smelling. And also frankincense smelling. Damn, I scrubbed and scrubbed this cup and the filter basket, and poured so much boiling water over them. :/ I hope this isn’t too contaminated with the Earl of Anxi. Huh. Now that it’s cooled enough to drink, it smells like flowers but tastes like… green bean water. So weird.
- 10 second steep. I washed my cup out a couple more times. It’s really reminiscent of snap pea crisps, only not salty at all. I don’t know that I like drinking veggie tasting tea.
- Ok, I have to take a break from this.
