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Pu-erh
Foojoy Pu-erh Mini Tuocha Cakes
Pressed dark and aged slow. First sip is a shock. Third is where it lives.
Timer / Pu-erh
Wake the leaftwice.
Two rinses, boiling water, ten infusions. The timer counts every one of them, so the only thing you have to watch is the colour.
Pu-erh tea timer
Style
The wash
0:03
Ready.
- Water
- 212°F / 100°C
- Leaf
- 7–8g / 120ml
Wash, wake, then short infusions that lengthen as the leaf softens.
Keep it by the kettle: add this page to your home screen and it opens like an app, offline.
The schedule
Pu-erh steep times, by style.
Gongfu
212°F / 100°C · 7–8g / 120ml
Wash, wake, then short infusions that lengthen as the leaf softens.
| The wash | 3 sec |
| The wake-up | 8 sec |
| Steep 1 | 15 sec |
| Steep 2 | 10 sec |
| Steep 3 | 15 sec |
| Steep 4 | 25 sec |
| Steep 5 | 40 sec |
| Steep 6 | 50 sec |
| Steep 7 | 1 min |
| Steep 8 | 1 min 10 sec |
| Steep 9 | 1 min 20 sec |
| Steep 10 | 1 min 30 sec |
Worth timing
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FAQ
Pu-erh timing, answered.
How long do you steep pu-erh?+
Brewed gongfu style: rinse twice (three seconds, then five to ten), then 15 seconds for the first infusion, 10 for the second, 15, 25 and 40 for the next three, adding about ten seconds each round after that.
Why do you rinse pu-erh twice?+
Pu-erh is aged and pressed. The first rinse washes off storage dust; the second opens the compressed leaf so the first real infusion has something to give.
How many infusions does pu-erh give?+
A good shou runs about ten infusions and a well-aged sheng can run twelve. A young sheng tires faster, around six or seven.
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