Tea leaves can generally be steeped up to three times before the flavor runs out.

茶叶一般最多只能泡三次，再泡香味就所剩无几。

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The hostess steeped the tea in boiling water to make a pot of tea.

女主人把茶叶放在开水里沏了一壶荼。

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Water in the Okefenokee is dark, like tea that has steeped a long time.

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From dawn till dusk, the tea steeped in a pitcher on the blazing doorstep, recording the long hours of daylight in liquid form.

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Sometimes Mr. Smith tastes the ingredients individually and then mixes them with spoonfuls of tea, paying attention to how the look and smell changes when the tea is steeped, or infused in water.

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