Second Steeping

The results are in: black tea is the best tea for resteeping. White tea comes in second, and green tea, third. I'm surprised that the green tea is as tasteless as it is in the second steeping, but the sencha that I have just tastes like nothing the second time around.

I haven't tested oolong yet, as I don't have any loose-leaf oolong. I have bagged oolong, but bagged tea never tastes good the second time, so it wouldn't be a true test. The black tea that I have is a nice, bold Assam. It has the best second-steep flavor out of all the teas I have tried. The white tea is Himalayan White. It tastes passable on the second go-round. Nothing spectacular, but at least you can taste it. 

I have other teas as well which I could try. My chai blend is good on the second steep, but that is not the tea, it's the spices which are keeping up the flavor. I haven't tried to resteep my green passionfruit, but I imagine all the blended flavored teas will resteep well, and it won't be the tea itself that I will be tasting but the flavoring elements. My Moroccan mint green tea always resteeped well, but it was only the peppermint that I tasted. My genmaicha, a toasted rice green tea, also resteeped well, but it was the toasted rice that gave the flavor.

So here's to Assam, the winner of the second steeping test. I am open to giving other green teas a try in the future. Sencha for sure is not the one.