November 17, 2013   I've made a huge mistake.  I kind of like
how this blog is just turning into a catalog of my recent tea-
making mistakes.  This is one I make periodically with rolled
oolong (usually roasted ones since, unlike green gaoshan teas
you need more than just a bare covering of the bottom of the pot
for an ideal brew, which is harder to estimate).   Here's how it
goes:  I put some tea in the pot.  I look in and decide, "That's
definitely not enough," then add some, "Ok, maybe that's
better," then, "Just a couple more to make sure."  Then, when
the the leaves are already crawling out of the pot after the
first infusion, I realize the folly of my decision.  From there,
it's a matter of a) Sucking it up and drinking a really strong
pot of tea and incurring a massive buzz, b) Trying to take a few
leaves out (which means wasting them), which usually still ends
up a lot like a), or c) Doing a), then pulling the leaves out of
the pot later in the day and re-steeping them in a huge mug
because they were s