 Water temperature question
On Nov 15, 2:13 pm, eisenherz <no.s...@fake.com> wrote:
> What about Oolong tea, what temperature would you recommend? My local
> tea shop suggested using a near-boiling temperature (90 degrees C, about
> 200 degrees F). Also, is it better to have the water boiling or not for
> herbal tea, or does it depend what sort of herbal tea?
>
Wow this was an old thread you dredged up :) but to answer yes their
guidance on oolongs would be a good starting point, obviously it can
be as strict or relaxed as you want and depending on the exact tea in
question. As for herbal/tisanes you want full boiling water and as
long as a steep as you'd like (I generally do like 3-5 minutes) to
extract all you can from them. They are generally not suited to
multiple steeps so you want to get it all the first time, and unlike
tea there is really no reason for it to turn bitter or off with a long
steep... it may get too strongly flavored for your taste but not
bitter and the stronger it tastes the more successful you were
extracting whatever it was you were trying for. HTH.
- Dominic | 
