How many infusions can you get from a teabag of black tea?
Teabags of black tea are really convenient when you want a quick drink. In this article, we’ll discuss how many infusions you can get from a teabag of black tea.
In the anime Ojarumaru, there’s a memorable character who reuses teabags by drying them out in the room after they’ve been used once. Before working in the tea industry, I somewhat thought that teabags could be used for multiple infusions, but…
Teabags of black tea are generally meant to be enjoyed for just the first infusion. I believe that teabags are crafted to deliver the best flavor in that single infusion, rather than multiple infusions.
Tea expands as it absorbs water, allowing flavors and aromas to be extracted. However, if there isn’t enough space for the tea to expand properly, the extraction won’t be complete. With teabags, the tea is contained in a small space, which restricts its ability to expand and fully extract. The tea leaves used in teabags are finely crushed to facilitate easier extraction, but this also means that once the first infusion is made, the flavor and aroma are mostly depleted, and subsequent infusions tend to be weaker. (In the case of black tea, it’s common to enjoy just one infusion even with loose tea leaves.)
It’s interesting to take a look at the tea leaves inside a teabag when drinking tea.
That was a discussion on how many infusions you can get from a teabag of black tea.
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