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Just kidding, we
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22. Hmm, feels like heaven.
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Repeat Step 9 to 12 until flavor of tea runs out. Tea may last 3 rounds
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To
sum it up, we
have:
- The rinse round - just to
rinse tea, no drinking from this round.
- Regular round - hot water
into teapot,
brew for certain time
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pour tea into teacup (or faircup for transitional storage), and
drink.
- Repeat regular round until flavor of tea diminishes - actual
number of rounds varies with tea
type, tea quality, and brewing parameters.
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the fun, you are left with a pot of tea leaves. |
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2) Use the
tea digger from the tea tool set to dig out the tea leaves. If you don't
have a digger, your index finger will work fine. |
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Relax,
you monitor is working,
the teapot is in the shadow ... |
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tea needle to pick the spout. But most teapots have strainers at the
base of the spout so this step may be saved. |
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Rinse
teapot and teacups. Leave them in a cool, shadowed place to dry. |
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Some
tea drinkers prefer to leave brewed tea leaves inside the
teapot to "nurture" the teapot. YiXing teapots do absorb more
flavor and take on a
fuller color after absorbing the essence of tea. But that is in fact not
a good move. Read more on maintaining
YiXing teapots.
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