> Many notes have been written about the caffeine levels in different
> brews but I would like to ask if the good stuff in tea remains in
> subsequent brews? I was just thinking that I had brewed a very nice
> little cup of Gyokuro last night and then to sleep. This am saw the
> little gaiwan with the pretty green leaves and and rebrewed it. It was
> mighty fine in taste. I was wondering if all the good poly..
> catche..etc things are still there in the brew?
> Jenn

> Many notes have been written about the caffeine levels in different
> brews but I would like to ask if the good stuff in tea remains in
> subsequent brews? I was just thinking that I had brewed a very nice
> little cup of Gyokuro last night and then to sleep. This am saw the
> little gaiwan with the pretty green leaves and and rebrewed it. It was
> mighty fine in taste. I was wondering if all the good poly..
> catche..etc things are still there in the brew?
> Jenn

> Many notes have been written about the caffeine levels in different
> brews but I would like to ask if the good stuff in tea remains in
> subsequent brews? I was just thinking that I had brewed a very nice
> little cup of Gyokuro last night and then to sleep. This am saw the
> little gaiwan with the pretty green leaves and and rebrewed it. It was
> mighty fine in taste. I was wondering if all the good poly..
> catche..etc things are still there in the brew?
> Jenn

> I've been meditating for 45 years. That discussion is too lengthy for
> this post. I generally know the history of the teas I buy and cherish
> because I do not have money to throw away. I have spent nearly 45 years
> trying to simplify my life. I was sharing what gong-fu means to me. Of
> course, by now, I know how to do gong-fu. You are most likely looking too
> carefully into words. Let it go. I have. Shen "Slow" is the way my spirit
> moves with gong-fu.

>> I've been meditating for 45 years.  That discussion is too lengthy for
>> this post. I generally know the history of the teas I buy and cherish
>> because I do not have money to throw away.  I have spent nearly 45 years
>> trying to simplify my life. I was sharing what gong-fu means to me.  Of
>> course, by now, I know how to do gong-fu. You are most likely looking too
>> carefully into words. Let it go.  I have. Shen "Slow" is the way my spirit
>> moves with gong-fu.

>
> Shen, I appreciate your poetic relationship with the tea you drink. My interest was more mundane. I was simply wondering about the style; that is, the vehicle you use for your meditations, so to speak. There is a common feeling out there that if you use...

> On Apr 8, 1:59 pm, Michael Plant pipeline.com> wrote:
>

>>> I've been meditating for 45 years.  That discussion is too lengthy for
>>> this post. I generally know the history of the teas I buy and cherish
>>> because I do not have money to throw away.  I have spent nearly 45 years
>>> trying to simplify my life. I was sharing what gong-fu means to me.  Of
>>> course, by now, I know how to do gong-fu. You are most likely looking too
>>> carefully into words. Let it go.  I have. Shen "Slow" is the way my spirit
>>> moves with gong-fu.

>

>> Shen, I appreciate your poetic relationship with the tea you drink. My interest was more mundane. I was simply wondering about the style; that is, the vehicle you use for your meditations, so to speak. There is a common feeling out there that if you use a little pot, fill it with leaf, use real hot water, and steep quickly, you've done Gung Fu. For all I know, that's quite right.
>> Michael

>
> Michael,
> I use a pretty standard gong fu method: I use my rosewood tools to
> clear out the spout of the pot and then take my leaves from the
> canister using tongs and put them into the leaf display dish and pass
> that to my friends or if I'm alone I peruse them myself. I wash out my
> cups and rinse the tray, using the water bowl and the wood tongs and ...

>
> I di for get two things: I do use a fair cup, a small pitcher to which
> I pour the tea from the pot and then pour the tea from the fair cup
> into the smaller tea cups. And, I do ask all my guests, or just
> myself, to look at the wet leaves the first go round, as they dance
> and unfurl.
> As I said, I don't know how "real" this all is or if I'm doing it
> exactly right, but wabi-sabi..........

> On Apr 8, 3:13 pm, Shen gmail.com> wrote:

>> On Apr 8, 1:59 pm, Michael Plant pipeline.com> wrote:
>>

>>>> I've been meditating for 45 years. That discussion is too lengthy for
>>>> this post. I generally know the history of the teas I buy and cherish
>>>> because I do not have money to throw away. I have spent nearly 45 years
>>>> trying to simplify my life. I was sharing what gong-fu means to me. Of
>>>> course, by now, I know how to do gong-fu. You are most likely looking too
>>>> carefully into words. Let it go. I have. Shen "Slow" is the way my spirit
>>>> moves with gong-fu.

>>> Shen, I appreciate your poetic relationship with the tea you drink. My interest was more mundane. I was simply wondering about the style; that is, the vehicle you use for your meditations, so to speak. There is a common feeling out there that if you use a little pot, fill it with leaf, use real hot water, and steep quickly, you've done Gung Fu. For all I know, that's quite right.
>>> Michael

>> Michael,
>> I use a pretty standard gong fu method: I use my rosewood tools to
>> clear out the spout of the pot and then take my leaves from the
>> canister using tongs and put them into the leaf display dish and pass
>> that to my friends or if I'm alone I peruse them myself. I wash out my
>> cups and rinse the tray, using the water bowl and the wood tongs and
>> wash out the pot, the aroma cups etc. I then put the leaves into the ...

> Shen wrote:

>> On Apr 8, 3:13 pm, Shen gmail.com> wrote:

>>> On Apr 8, 1:59 pm, Michael Plant pipeline.com> wrote:

>

>>>>> I've been meditating for 45 years.  That discussion is too lengthy for
>>>>> this post. I generally know the history of the teas I buy and cherish
>>>>> because I do not have money to throw away.  I have spent nearly 45 years
>>>>> trying to simplify my life. I was sharing what gong-fu means to me.  Of
>>>>> course, by now, I know how to do gong-fu. You are most likely looking too
>>>>> carefully into words. Let it go.  I have. Shen "Slow" is the way my spirit
>>>>> moves with gong-fu.

>>>> Shen, I appreciate your poetic relationship with the tea you drink. My interest was more mundane. I was simply wondering about the style; that is, the vehicle you use for your meditations, so to speak. There is a common feeling out there that if you use a little pot, fill it with leaf, use real hot water, and steep quickly, you've done Gung Fu. For all I know, that's quite right.
>>>> Michael

>>> Michael,
>>> I use a pretty standard gong fu method: I use my rosewood tools to
>>> clear out the spout of the pot and then take my leaves from the
>>> canister using tongs and put them into the leaf display dish and pass
>>> that to my friends or if I'm alone I peruse them myself. I wash out my
>>> cups and rinse the tray, using the water bowl and the wood tongs and ...