Perfecting your tea cup
Typically someone will be either a tea person or a coffee person. Personally, we don’t like to choose. Each has their own amazing qualities and, in actual fact, offer a few 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 brews. 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
- Pre-heat the glass and the pot you’re going to brew it in
- 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
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 |
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