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Ya, thats right. As a rule of thumb a chemical reaction doubles it's speed when temperature is raised by 10°C. However, as /u/Ternopil mentioned, some reactions need a certain activation energy. That means that possibly unwanted reactions don't happen on low steeping temperature, but will on higher temperature.

TL/DR Yes heat helps. But heat also implies the risk of unwanted reactions.

And yes, I heat steep my liquids. Unfortunately, they taste better when steeped the old fashioned way.
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