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Originally Posted by HansTWN
Tea bags, what travesty! Only outside the bag do the leaves have space to "grow" and achieve their full flavor potential. That goes for green tea or Oolong, of course. For black tea bags are no problem, but I hate that stuff, anyway.
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That's 'cuz yer using the wrong bags! You need to use the ones made for teapots, not teacups! I know they sell them in every supermarket in Taiwan, right? They do in Japan and Hong Kong. I buy packets of them, open a bag of loose leaf tea, and measure out a spoonful into the teapot teabags. PLENTY of room for the tea to infuse properly. And look for the tea bags that are made of the same material as disposable underwear. They feel more like silk than like paper, and don't leave a paper taste. I wonder if this is where they got the idea for edible underwear?
Late afternoon "Assam" tea, with thanks to the East India Tea Company, as I try to recover from my ordeal with bureaucracy.
Stitchawl