How well you brew your tea directly shapes both its flavor and its health benefits. It's worth verifying whether you've been following the right steps all along with your usual routine.
Despite the abundance of advice on this subject, one approach stands out as the most widely embraced — preparing tea with near-boiling water rather than fully boiling water, often referred to as the "white key" stage.
Brewing tea the right way
- Begin by thoroughly rinsing the teapot, wiping it down with a cloth, and allowing it to air-dry fully. Fill a kettle with fresh water and bring it to a boil. Switch off the kettle just before it reaches a rolling boil and let the water cool down to roughly 85 degrees.
- As the water cools, pour boiling water into the clean teapot three to four times to warm it up.
- Place tea leaves or a tea blend into the warmed teapot using this measurement: one teaspoon per cup of water the teapot holds, plus an extra teaspoon for the pot itself.
- Allow the leaves to absorb some warmth and moisture from the heated pot. Then pour in two-thirds of the cooled water, place the lid on top, and drape a cloth over the lid and spout.
- Steep the tea as follows:
- Loose black tea should steep for no longer than 5 minutes, while finer grades need no more than 4 minutes.
- Green tea delivers an energizing effect after 2 minutes of steeping, and a soothing one after 5 minutes.
- Halfway through steeping, top up the pot with water, leaving a small space between the liquid and the lid. When steeping is complete, fill it to the very top — this three-stage approach helps the water cool gradually.
- If foam forms on the surface during steeping, that's a sign the tea is brewing properly. There's no need to skim it off — it's packed with beneficial compounds, including essential oils. Simply stir it in with a spoon.
BREWING TEA THE RIGHT WAY
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