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For some teas, the strainer does matter. For a particular variety of green tea that I was considering importing years ago, the producer recommended a certain type of fine mesh strainer for best results, as apparently the leaves were just the right shape to clog up the "standard" Kyuusu-style mesh strainer. (Kyuusu is a type of Japanese teapot with the handle ...
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I have used several types of integrated strainers and in my experience nothing is better than a wire mesh. The holes and slits in glass and plastic strainers are too small and too few to allow good water circulation, so you have to move the strainer around to get the tea to brew. Cleaning-wise, slits are the worst as their tapered ends trap leaved which can ...
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There are two factors that matter: the duration of steeping, and to a lesser extent, which portions of the tea plant are used.
In Japan, most people brew Japanese green tea for a matter of seconds, unless they are brewing a tea like gyokuro that has better results with a low-temperature steeping. Oolongs also tend to have a shorter infusion time than black ...
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Rate Tea tells us this is a myth:
Many tea companies, and even some reputable entities such as the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, have made misleading generalizations about
the caffeine content of broad classes of tea. It is a widespread myth
that black tea contains more caffeine than green tea, and another myth
that white tea contains the least ...
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