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How long did you steep? I’m really curious about this tea, but if it is more grassy green, probably not my style, although grassy greens are better than hay flavored whites.
I steeped close to four minutes at a random temperature. My zojirushi was set at 208F so I mixed in some room temperature water. I think the final result was 160-175F. It’s not super grassy if you hold off on the steeping. I think recommended steeping was 2 minutes.
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For real? I’ve been wanting to try some more darjeeling…
You are amazing! =] PM me your info. Finally I can get rid of all this!
The bubbles sound fun :-)
I’m always ready for some darjeeling. Take a look at my cupboard and see if there is something you want to trade.
Sorry Cynthia, I sent out a mini stash of darjeeling this morning to Tea Bird. If some darjeeling randomly comes my way I shall send it your way in the future =]
The bubbles were definitely cool! I usually put the tea leaves in then the water, but I went with the opposite approach this time and I was like woahhhhhh =]
Not a problem – thanks for thinking of me!
First off, I love this tea too. Second, I too find myself to be super-sensitive to caffeine. Last week I had a chai tea at a coffee shop at 2PM and subsequently stayed awake until around 4AM. I couldn’t figure out why I wasn’t sleeping, and then it hit me. I know they’ve done studies that say caffeine supposedly leaves your body in like 6 hours or something, but that just cannot be true.
The “white teas have less caffeine” myth has actually been debunked; there’s a good description of the study here http://www.elmwoodinn.com/about/caffeine.html It only addresses how much caffeine gets into the cup, not how it’s absorbed by your body, but it’s pretty well done and informative. Erin, I couldn’t find much (that was readable) on metabolizing caffeine (so if you find that study do tell :) but it does seem like it varies a lot from person to person?
I think it leaves after you’ve emptied out all the fluids from your system! It seems only then can I sleep :(
Well from Samovar’s website it stated that this tea was particularly light on caffeine. I mean I know some white teas contain more, but they said it was minimal! Haha, it was probably the mate though.
Damn, three teaspoons in 12 oz and it was still light? I haven’t worked up the courage to open my tin of this yet, but it smells yummy.
Yahuh, it’s definitely very delicious though. There’s so little tea leaves in the tins! I’m hesitant to have them! They are sooooo gooood though!