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Rather than imparting a savoury flavour, catechins are the main components of green tea’s astringency, or slight bitterness, and they are present in large quantities, he says. Catechins have ...

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Lower temperatures will reduce the bitterness and astringency and give more sweetness to the tea and are better suited to green and white teas.” Some variable-temperature kettles have five or ...

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He was happy to see that the 2005 had evolved to a harmonious place with plenty of fruit with a nice amount of “chewiness” that had no astringency to the tannins and an overall freshness.