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Brewing tea and 5 mistakes that ruin its taste
18.06.2023 05:50
The tea ceremony has spread so much throughout the world that people no longer perceive it as an Asian tradition.
Tea calms, sets the mood for friendly conversation, and helps you relax.
And good raw materials are a storehouse of benefits.
However, the taste of the drink may not be revealed due to banal mistakes in its preparation.
Poor quality tea
To fully experience a quality drink and benefit from it, you need to purchase large-leaf varieties of tea.
They have a rich aroma and taste and take a long time to open up in hot water.
Large-leaf tea of good quality consists mainly of young leaves, which have a high concentration of phenolic and tannins, essential oils, phytoncides. The tea is not only tasty, but also invigorating. Much also depends on the type of packaging.
A paper box is not able to protect its aroma, which will evaporate during transportation. The raw material should be packaged in a bag or foil paper.
Incorrectly selected weight of tea for one-time brewing
In order for the drink to have a unique taste, you need to be able to determine the volume of raw materials for a single portion or for a teapot. The minimum volume of brewing will make the drink tasteless and dull, and too much will make it tart and even bitter.
It is believed that on average 2 g of tea is needed for a 200 ml mug. More detailed instructions should be read on the packaging and based on your preferences, adjusting the drink.
High water temperature
A common mistake when brewing a natural drink is the wrong water temperature.
It is a mistaken belief that the tea leaves should be poured with boiling water. However, steep boiling water can become an obstacle to revealing the taste qualities of the drink.
Most black teas require temperatures no higher than 90 degrees. White and green teas must be brewed at 60 degrees, otherwise they will lose their aroma and nutrients in boiling water.
Incorrect brewing time
Black teas need about 5 minutes of brewing in a teapot to reveal their flavor. Green teas need up to 2 minutes.
Steeping any kind of tea for an hour will only result in it becoming bitter, tart, and the aroma overly intense. It is worth noting the time after brewing tea if a person wants to enjoy a truly excellent drink.
Glassware
Modern transparent teapots made of heat-resistant glass look beautiful on the kitchen table.
Especially if they are brewed with a colored tea, berries, herbs and fruits, flowers that bloom from hot water are added. But experts do not consider them ideal dishes. The fact is that such material does not retain heat for the required time.
For the procedure, you need to use clay dishes. Its porous structure will gradually absorb the aromas and the drink will become much richer in taste.
Brewing tea is a ceremony, and we must not forget about it. And each tradition has its own basic rules that must be used to eliminate mistakes so as not to spoil the taste and smell of the drink.
