ROTFLOL!!!  Had to come out of lurk to hoot about the sense of humor in
this post.  This made my day.  Also the post about MAudette.  Leave him
alone.  He's from family and a great paleo man.....    Oliva( who is
Cherokee)

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Archer <[log in to unmask]>



>At 5:51 +1100 7/12/99, Amadeus Schmidt wrote:
>
>>The second brewing of the same leaves- really has power then.
>
>
>When I make green tea, I hardly ever empty the old leaves out of the
pot.
>I just add some more leaves to the pot and fill it up with water.
>When there is no more room for water, I toss out most of the leaves and
>start again. This probably happens every four or five days.
>
>If I'm using teabags... same thing. Just add another bag and leave the
old
>ones in there. It's not uncommon for me to have 8 bags in a pot!!
>
>If I'm feeling particularly anal, I'll number the bags, and remove the
>oldest one and replace it with a new one each time I brew a pot :)
>
>I guess that explains why I get totally wired from green tea... I have
>found the secret of turning even mild leaves into rocket fuel :)
>
>Also, I find that after brewing for a few days, the flavour and colour
>of the green tea starts to match black tea. I guess it's the enzyme in
>the tea that makes the leaves black doing it's work.
>
> ...Richard.