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Tea tips
How to make a good cup of tea
Above all choose a good tea, look at the leaves, their colour, shape and aroma.
Ask the shop attendant selling the tea all you can and then try it!
The important thing is that the tea is fresh and comes from a well-known plantation.
The other fundamental ingredient is water which according to ancient Chinese tradition should come from a mountain spring... in other words it should be fresh and as pH neutral as possible.
The choice of teapot is the other important factor. The material from which the teapot is made is important, but so is using a different teapot for different kinds of tea.
Chinese teapots made of terracotta hold heat well, but also absorb the aroma of the tea so they should only be used for one type of tea. Porcelain and silver teapots also hold heat well and for this reason teas like black, oolong and flavoured should be drunk from them.
Glass teapots are ideal for white and green teas.
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The temperature of the water used depends on the type of tea. Ideal temperatures are listed below:
| White: Temperature 70/80°, quantity 4-5 gr, time of infusion 7/15 minutes. |
| Chinese green: Temperature 85/95°, quantity 4-5 gr, time of infusion 2/3 minutes. |
| Japanese green:
Temperature 70/80, quantity 5-6 gr, time of infusion 1/2 minutes. |
| Oolong: Temperature 85/95°, quantity 3-4 gr, time of infusion 6/7 minutes. |
| Black whole leaf:
Temperature 90/100°, quantity 2-3 gr, time of infusion 4/5 minutes. |
| Black broken leaf:
Temperature 90/100°, quantity 2-3 gr, time of infusion 3/4 minutes. |
| Fannings and dust (tea bags): Temperature 90/100°, quantity2-3 gr, time of infusion 2 minutes. |
| Flavoured: Temperature, quantity and time of infusion, depend on weather the tea is green, black or oolong based. |
Adding sugar, milk or lemon is a question of personal taste although the delicacy of a tea tends to reduce the number of extras that are added.
If you want to add sugar to your tea,
use a sugar that does not alter the taste.
Milk goes best with really strong teas like Assams, Ceylon teas and teas from the South of India and Africa as well as tea
blends such as Breakfast teas.
Adding lemon totally changes the taste of a tea.
We advise using a piece of orange.
How to store tea
Tea is very delicate and tends to absorb anything that is near it. For this reason it is important to store it in the correct way.
The biggest enemies of tea are light, air, humidity, heat and strong odours.
Tea should be stored by hermetically sealing the product in a container which is not transparent.
It is also important to store different teas separately and not to use a container for tea to store other products.
If stored well, traditional teas can last up to two years, while flavoured teas will last at least one year.
Curiosity
After water, tea is the most widely spread drink in the world. From the deserts of Africa, to the mountains of the Himalayas and the plains of China, tea is drunk throughout the day.
There is never one moment to drink tea because all moments are ideal!
And if you do that, you will be able to try endless combinations with food!
The strongly smoked Lapsang Souchong is fabulous with goat's cheese, Japanese Sencha is perfect with fish dishes, Darjeeling with eggs or lightly smoked foods. |
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