Time Your Steep
Another reason a green tea might turn bitter is it may have been steeped too long.
Basically steep the tea until it tastes good to you. Here are some very general guidelines (and there are lots of exceptions to this).
| Black teas: 4-6 minutes |
Dark teas: (and Puer) 10 seconds to 10 minutes We realize that’s not |
Oolong tea: 2-4 minutes |
Green Tea: (and Yellow) 1-3 minutes |
White teas: 1-4 minutes |
Herbal teas: 4-10 minutes |
One observation: typically the smaller the tea particles (like Classic Iced Tea) the quicker the tea will infuse and steep. And the larger the leaf particles (like Ceylon Lumbini OPA) the longer the tea will need to steep and infuse.
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