The parallels of tea and coffee

Typically a person will be either a tea person or a coffee person. Well at Black Market Roasters we don’t like to choose as each has their own amazing qualities and actually offer many similarities. Without going into the similarities, there are many important factors in the preparation of tea that like coffee need to understood to get the best out of the leaves. Below is a guide as to how much, how hot and how long the leaves need to be brewed for. Quite often I will be out at a cafe or at a friends home and will drink over extracted or burnt tasting tea. They may spend a lot on the leaves though if you don’t follow the basic rules, it won’t taste amazing. Tips:

• Always start with fresh, loose leave quality tea
• Pre-heat the glass and the teapot
• Try and keep the tea in an airtight container as the leaves will degenerate when exposed to air
• Often it helps if you slightly wet the tea leaves before you pour the water over it, just to give them a little hydration before they are completely soaked
• Follow the below tea recipes when brewing your next pot of tea

Teas	Dose	Water Temp (degrees)	Brew Time
Green	1 Teaspoon	75	3 Mins
Black	1 Teaspoon	95	3 Mins
Oolong	1 Teaspoon	80	3 Mins
White	1 Tblspoon	65	4 Mins
Herbal	1 Tblspoon	100	4 Mins

At Black Market Roasters, we roast exotic, sweet single origins from around the world, perfectly suited for filter methods like cold drip and Aeropress. Head over to our Wholesale Page and we'll be in touch! Being specialty coffee roasters based in Sydney, we supply wholesale coffee beans, tea, chai and chocolate to cafes weekly.