Tea Brewing For Beginners ☕️

Aloycia Woods

 

Tea brewing can be a delightful and relaxing experience. Here’s a step-by-step guide to get you started:

1. Choose Your Tea
- **Black Tea**: Bold and robust
- **Green Tea**: Fresh and slightly grassy
- **White Tea**: Delicate and light
- **Herbal Tea**: Caffeine-free and soothing

 2. Gather Your Tools

- **Tea Kettle**: For boiling water
- **Teapot or Infuser**: For steeping the tea
- **Tea Strainer**: Optional, for loose leaf tea

3. Heat the Water
- For **black tea**: Boil water to 200-212°F (93-100°C)
- For **green tea**: Heat water to 160-180°F (71-82°C)
- For **white tea**: Heat water to 170-185°F (77-85°C)
- For **herbal tea**: Boil water to 200-212°F (93-100°C)

 4. Measure Your Tea
- **Loose leaf tea**: Use about 1 teaspoon per 8-ounce cup
- **Tea bags**: One bag per 8-ounce cup

5. Steep the Tea
- **Black tea**: 3-5 minutes
- **Green tea**: 2-3 minutes
- **White tea**: 4-5 minutes
- **Herbal tea**: 5-7 minutes

6. Remove the Tea
- Remove the tea leaves or tea bag to prevent oversteeping.

 7. Enjoy!
- Add any desired milk, sweetener, or lemon. Sip and enjoy your perfect cup of tea.

If you have any favorite flavors or types of tea, let me know. We would love to hear more about your tea journey. Cheers! ☕️

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One of the first things I had to learn when blending various different tea types, were the different temperatures of water I would need to use for each tea type. I spent several years working and managing a national tea company before I truly understood and became comfortable with blending my teas to ensure I would always brew an amazingly delicious cup of tea.

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Tea is an experience which takes us on a personal journey with ourselves or in the company of others. We all drink tea for various reasons, some for pure pleasure, some for socializing(tea time), others for the health benefits. Whatever your reason for consuming loose leaf tea, there is no doubt that tea is a delicious, healthy beverage. The flavors of different teas and its caffeine levels will depend primarily on how the tea leaf is processed when picked.

The above chart shows the different oxidation levels in all teas, and although this will not affect the health benefits of each tea, the oxidation levels will have an effect on the taste. If you choose to sip on loose leaf ice tea or hot, savor each moment within each sip...Brewing and consuming loose leaf tea will impact your life in ways unimaginable; whether you're a tea connoisseur or new to the world of tea, consuming loose leaf tea is TeaLicious!!! 

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