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"Okay, now we're going to talk about what to look for in a weak infusion of a green tea. So I'm going to go ahead and add just a little bit of sub-boiling water to this green tea. And again you're making your weak infusion right in this cup, so this won't actually be the leaves that you steep and drink, but pay attention to the water, again, the color of the leaves isn't really an indicator of quality when you're dealing with green teas. But if you look at the water as it starts to change, basically what you want is a light colored liqueur and the liqueur is the water as you steep the tea. You want it to be light and this lightness and color is an indication that the leaves were picked when they were younger or when they had just emerged from the plant and younger leaves is an indicator of a higher quality tea. So anyway, they should have kind of a greenish yellow tint, if they're young leaves. Old tea, where the actual tea after it was picked and processed just kind of went bad or if it's just low quality tea, it will have a dark yellow kind of tint to the water. Another thing that you can do is smell the tea. And if it smells burnt, it might be an indicator that during the firing process the leaves were burnt, so, it's kind of just common sense, but again you're looking for a light greenish yellow tint and this green tea as you can see the water is, it's been steeping for about a minute and the water still is very light and very transparent and it is having a green tint, so, this is a high quality tea."
eHow Article: Reading Green Tea Infusions
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