Tea is the national drink and has a history of thousands of years in our country. Time has given tea a profound cultural heritage. Tea is very tolerant, just like daily necessities of food, rice, oil and salt, it can be drunk by everyone regardless of social circle or class. With the improvement of people's health awareness, many people prefer to drink pure natural milk tea or Chinese tea drinks without additives, compared to some milk teas and beverages.
So many tea lovers will have a question: the tea brewed by others tastes mellow and fragrant, but the tea brewed by oneself tastes very bitter and difficult to enter the throat? In fact, most of them are tea pots. Although everyone drinks tea often, there are still many people who don't know how to make tea at all.
Good tea is only the foundation, and the method of making tea is the key to determining its taste. Both are indispensable.
Today, Tea Blogger will talk to tea lovers about some basic methods of making tea. Once you learn it, you can easily make a pot of good tea.
First of all, master the dosage:
When making tea, you must control the amount of tea leaves. If you put too little tea leaves, the tea soup will have insufficient aroma and a bland taste. If you put too much tea leaves, the tea soup will be If it is too strong, it will appear bitter. In fact, how much to put in each time depends on the properties of the tea itself and the personal tea drinking habits of tea lovers.
The next step is to control the ratio of tea to water, such as black tea, green tea, white tea, etc. The ratio is roughly about 1:50, which means that about 3 grams of dry tea should be put in 150ml of hot water. Like oolong tea, the ratio of tea to water is above 1:30.
Once everyone becomes proficient in brewing, it will be easier to control the dosage. Of course, some people like strong tea, while others like light tea. The most important thing is to adjust according to your own preferences. After all, palatable tea is the best.
Secondly, the water temperature is very important:
The water temperature for making tea is very particular. Different tea leaves require different water temperatures, but all the water for making tea must be boiled water. For green tea with a relatively high bud content, you can cool the boiling water to about 85 degrees before brewing. The younger the tea leaves, the lower the water temperature, so as not to destroy the vitamins in the tea leaves and keep the tea soup fresh and sweet; and use If you brew it directly with boiling water, it will easily "scald" the tea leaves and make the tea taste bitter.
For brewing Tieguanyin, black tea or older tea, boiling water must be used. If the temperature is low, the aroma and taste of the tea cannot be released.
Finally, suitable tea sets:
When it comes to making tea, tea sets are definitely inseparable. It is often seen that people use thermos cups to make tea. Strictly speaking, thermos cups cannot be used to make tea, because the high temperature and constant temperature environment in the thermos cup will destroy the nutrients in the tea. Leaving it for a long time will make the tea bitter and taste bad. get worse.
For different teas, different tea sets are used. For the most common green tea, you can use a glass cup such as fair cup . During the brewing process, you can not only appreciate the slowly stretching posture of the tea leaves, but also observe the fresh green color. The tea soup is a visual and spiritual enjoyment.
Like rock tea and black tea, it is best to brew them in a covered bowl . It does not absorb aroma or take away the taste, and maintains the original taste of tea.
There are many types of tea, and the brewing methods can be complex or simple. The most important thing is to suit yourself. Like us ordinary people, we don’t have so much time and energy to use complicated methods to brew tea, but the above points are basically It is applicable to all types of tea and is very simple. Tea lovers, hurry up and learn how to brew it!
