Our tea-steeping instructions are
established with the guidance we have been constructed by the artisans who
produce our teas and the Tea Masters we visit during our tea sourcing trips. Our methods are
theirs, and the variations we suggest coming at their encouragement. Tea preparation is
both collaborative and evolutionary, so in your experience it may switch from
time to time and tea to tea. Finding out how to steep each tea
successfully is part of the fun of tea drinking!
Until we are familiar with a particular
case of tea, we terminate it according to recommended steeping parameters. If we make a
conscious conclusion that we would rather love a tea steeped differently than
that, we attempt a variation or modification and see what fails on. We suggest this
practice for all of our customers as well.
In the final stage, however, your cup
of tea is your cup of tea; and you should enjoy it the way you choose to cook
it.
A. GENERAL TIPS FOR
STEEPING DELICIOUS TEA
Tip #1: Know yourself - whether you are a ‘supervisor’ or a ‘wanderer’.
If you are a ‘wanderer’, you should
select and enjoy teas that offer a substantial margin-of-error
regarding temperature and timing. Neither steeping style is ‘better’ – what is important is that you enjoy your tea!
regarding temperature and timing. Neither steeping style is ‘better’ – what is important is that you enjoy your tea!
Tip # 2: Steep your tea with awareness and purpose.
If you really desire to get the word
about tea and feel comfortable navigating your way amidst the hundreds of tea
choices in the marketplace, we advise that you keep track of what you are
drinking. Jot down the responses of your tea drinking experiences
in a notebook, your laptop or on a smart phone. In fact, when you
find a tea you really wish, take a picture of the software program or the
label. Use this reference guide as your list of tea
drinking experiences grows
Hint # 3: Explore several different steeping methods.
Recognize the differences between
steeping tea Western-style or Asian-style as this will permit you to appreciate
the nuances that each method brings to the flavor in the cup. Western-style
steeping uses large teapots (24-32 ounces) and more water than tea. Steep times
tend to be 2-5 minutes, depending on the tea. Asian-style steeping
uses small teapots (350 games) or a Gawain (3-5 games); a bigger quantity of
tea to a smaller quantity of water and very short steep times of 30 minutes to
1 min. This method allows tea to be re-steeped several times,
whereas Western-style tea steeping does not.
It doesn’t consider long to realize the
singular characters of these two distinct steeping methods. Yet one can pass a
lifetime becoming proficient at the art of infusing tea.
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