Brewing Skills

2010-03-17 | Posted in Tea Info

Follow these five easy steps to brew your favorite Chinese tea.

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Place one tea spoon of your favorite tea into teapot.
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Rinse your tea by pouring 1/2 cup of hot water over the leaves then immediately pouring it out of the pot.
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Add appropriate amount of water according to the suggested temperature as above Tea Brewing Table.
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Allow tea to brew for the suggested infusion time as above Tea Brewing Table.
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Enjoy your tea.
Remember:
  • Use bottled, filtered or purified water for best result of tea.
  • Chinese Tea is good for multiple infusions, meaning that you can use the same leaves while refilling your pot with hot water 3 or 4 times at the same sitting.

Tea Brewing Table:
Tea Type White Green Oolong Black Floral
Water Temp
(degree celcius)		 75-85 65-80 80-95 90-100 75-85
Infusion Time
(min)		 2-3 1-3 3-5 3-5 2-3
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