Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Rinsing tea

Student: Sensei, do you think we should briefly rinse those tea leaves first?
Sensei: Why do you want to do that?
Student: To have a cleaner brew.
Sensei: If this is dirty tea, it will still be so after the 10th infusion. Why then would you want to drink it from the outset?

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