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We're happy to help. The leaves of sencha will stay wet all day in a covered kyusu or hohin. I probably wouldn't steep them after 8 hours, to be more precise. It seems to me that tea steeped in quick succession tastes better than tea that's been left out. I think some oxidation takes place and begi...

If you need to pause between infusions, let the tea leaves sit in the kyusu without water, but no longer than a day. I seldom find myself needing to pause but if I do, I just leave the wet leaves in the dry kyusu. My apologies for using metric measures. It makes it easier to scale since the weight ...

Besides matcha, sencha is another delicious, easy to find green tea. Itoen makes a mass market blend that is acceptable as an inexpensive everyday drinker. I am almost embarrassed to admit it but my everyday sencha for work is simply called “Organic Sencha”. It’s from The Steeping Room in Austin, T...

First let me say how much I appreciate everyone responding to my post with incredibly helpful information and for not making feel like an idiot with my questions...all your help is awesome!!! I'll try and respond to the information in the order it was given in your posts! When you mention storing th...

Thank you very much for taking the time to reply and for all the incredible information you gave me! I hope I didn't offend anyone by asking my questions or by the fact that I'm initially starting to drink matcha tea because of the health benefits. The more I read online (and from your guide) the mo...

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