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Leafy taste in a cup

My recent GuangDong black tea wont infuse properly till after several infusions ie the leaves float in the cup and you have to use your lips as a sieve till they become water logged and settle on the bottom of the cup. Even a loose Yunnan black tea infuses from the bottom also like compressed shu. As a work around to produce the same leafy taste I infuse the GuangDong in another pot at much higher concentration and decant. I cant reproduce the taste of infused leaves drank from a cup. As a curiosity I tried several other teas this way and cant reproduce the taste of leaves in a cup. You would think the leaves produce a steady concentration but still why the taste isnt the same as a decant from a pot with various adjusted variables. The leafy taste cant be reproduced from a decanted pot.

Jim

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Space Cowboy
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What do you smell in the pot, after you poured out the tea?

My theory is that the floating leaves, just under your nose, give off that leafy aroma that you desire.

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Peter Roozemaal

Ill go with your theory. At any point if I decant the infusion with the leaves into another cup I cant smell any aroma coming from the leaves. The aroma of the leaves is so strong it does contribute to the taste. Ive been drinking my teas so long with the leaves in the cup I was startled how different the tea tasted when decanted. You would think I could create some decanted brew containing the aroma of the leaves but I cant even come close. It is not as obvious as it seems.

Jim

...lippy sieve...

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Space Cowboy

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