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Originally Posted by cnnydz
gunpowder sux, it is harsh and bitter, but it does go very well with greasy foods, which would destroy the delicate taste of good green teas.
good quality green tea should give a sweet aftertaste rather than a bitter one.
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Generally with most teas, minus some black, if the tea has a bitter taste it is for one of two reasons. Either the tea was steeped for too long or at too high a temperature. Often both. Often people just dump boiling water on it which you should almost never do. The noyl time you should even contemplate using boiling water is with black. And even then it's best to use scalding hot but not boiling hot. Green and White use lower temp water. Another nifty fact is that straight green tea (not the bottled sweetened stuff) makes a great breath freshener. It takes away most bad breath factors instead of just covering them up. So next time ya have a spicy chili dog with nacho cheese and onions all over it do the world a favor, drink some green tea.
