Agreed; growing very distant from them myself.
I’m still in a phase where I make use of broken leaf loose teas. I find those chill alright overnight. Since they’re relatively inexpensive I’m willing to experiment, so I did this with ok results:
Get 500ml of water to 80C.Drop in large tea-ball with ~5g of leaves. Cover. (I did this in a measuring cup)When steeping is complete, funnel into a metal (or glass, I used metal) bottle.Chill overnight.
I filled a .75L bottle by rebrewing the same leaves and steeping longer. A fine cup of tea it was not, but it got me through class last week. I used Hime brand Genmaicha, which by its nature is sweet. Wasn’t particularly bitter or anything the next day. Not sure how this works with better leaves or longer time chilled, though.
I’m going to have to invest in one of those “Tiger” brand thermos’ that Leo has. Not found a US distributor that has an order form, but I haven’t dug too deep just yet.
M.
