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Multiple infusion steeping times

List the steeping time of each successive infusion and the total time, from a first duration and an increase you choose.

Starting times depend on the tea and the dose. Adjust to your taste from one infusion to the next.

Enter your values, then calculate.

Method and limitations

Infusion n lasts first duration + (n − 1) × increase, in seconds. The total is the sum of all the durations. Times are shown in seconds and in minutes:seconds, rounded to the nearest second. The number of infusions is a whole number from 1 to 12. Pouring and waiting time between infusions is not counted.

Sources

No external reference is documented for this calculation; its method and limitations are described above.

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