For quality loose-leaf teas, steeping for minutes at a time gives you a bitter cup and wasted leaf.
Left in hot water for minutes, the same compounds that carry flavor keep extracting to the point of bitterness. A five-gram amount that would make one pot the Western way makes over a liter of tea brewed gongfu style.
On every tea's page you'll find the brewing panel: temperature, leaf dose, and the steep row. The dashed pill marks the rinse (poured off, not drunk), the numbered pills are your infusions in order, and the note at the end tells you how to keep going. Most of our teas will give you over six steeps or more before they're done.
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