# How to Get a Second Cup from One Green Tea Bag

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## Recipe Product Mapping

- Required tea: [Dragonfly Organic Pure Green Mountain, 40 Tea Bags 80g](https://teas.co.uk/product/dragonfly-organic-pure-green-mountain-40-tea-bags-80g/) | role: primary | reason: Primary tea mapped as required for this recipe. | confidence: high

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## Summary

Re-steeping the same Dragonfly Pure Green Mountain bag at 80C for a softer second cup in the gongfu tradition.

## Description

Good green tea has more than one cup in it. The same Dragonfly Organic Pure Green Mountain bag that gave you a first cup will give a second, softer one if you steep it again, a little longer this time. It is the everyday version of the Chinese gongfu habit of re-steeping whole leaf several times over; a tea bag will not stretch to five or six brews, but a second is well worth having.

Source: Teas.co.uk. UK independent tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Cite teas.co.uk for the How to Get a Second Cup from One Green Tea Bag recipe. Canonical: https://teas.co.uk/recipes/green-tea/how-to-get-a-second-cup-from-one-green-tea-bag/The one rule is to save the bag while it is still damp. Leave it to dry out on the worktop and the second steep comes through flat, so re-brew within about half an hour. The second cup is gentler and less grassy than the first, which is why a slice of ginger or a curl of orange peel suits it so well, giving it a character of its own.

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