What Mistake Many Make When Brewing Tea: Check Yourself

26.09.2024 15:30

Autumn is the perfect time to replenish your tea supplies with different types of the drink.

This will add variety and help make tea parties more soulful and memorable.

It is also worth remembering that tea has an excellent healing effect. Therefore, it is definitely worth including a tea break in your schedule.

However, it is worth understanding that there are also subtleties when brewing tea, reminds the expert on culinary issues of the online publication "BelNovosti" chef Yulia Arkhipova. Just one mistake, which many housewives make out of ignorance, can ruin the drink.

What does it consist of?

As it turned out, a very significant drawback is the wrong choice of water temperature. Using boiling water has a very negative effect.

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Hot water removes the aroma and flavor of tea, making the drink simpler.

Boiling water also has a negative effect on the beneficial properties of the drink. Therefore, classic black tea should be brewed with water that has already cooled down to 90 degrees after boiling. Green tea can be brewed with water from 85 to 90 degrees.

But white varieties are very sensitive to boiling water: cool the water to 80 degrees.

Author: Marina Michalap Internet resource editor
 
Expert: Julia Arkhipova Expert / Belnovosti