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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
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 |
Sure they sell them, and they are an improvement over the small bags --- but we still prefer the traditional way. It isn't really difficult to measure the right amount of loose tea leaves depending on how large your pot is?
And there are so many things to consider, the type of material the pot is made of, the temperature of the water (depending on the type of tea), the water itself, the snacks that go with the tea... We are sticklers when it comes to tea and spend quite an ungodly amount per year. But for breakfast I still take coffee, thank you.