How to brew tea in a teapot correctly

Tea is one of the most popular drinks all over the world. Every year, the inhabitants of our planet drink about 700 billion glasses of this drink? And each country has its own traditions of preparing it.

How to brew delicious tea

What are the secrets of tea masters from all over the world? Just 4 steps and a cup of not only tasty, but also healthy drink is ready!

Selecting and preparing water

 One of the important stages in preparing tea is preparing water as the main component of the drink. What you need to pay attention to to get the perfect tea:

1. Purity – tea for the Chinese emperor was prepared only with water from the purest rivers and springs. Yes, the times of Ancient China are long gone, and modern cleaning products will help us achieve crystal clear water. You need to use tap water, passed through a filter or left in an open glass container for several hours.
2. Rigidity – water saturated with sulfur and acidic compounds will definitely not make the drink tastier. What to do? To improve the taste of future tea, you need to add sugar, salt or baking soda to the water.
3. Temperature – if you want to get a really tasty and healthy drink, then you need to follow the rule - you cannot brew tea with boiling water! The ideal temperature for dark varieties is 80–90 degrees, for light varieties – 70–80 degrees.

Choosing the right dishes

When choosing a material, you should give preference to teapots made from natural materials. Round-shaped dishes made of ceramics, earthenware, porcelain or clay are ideal. In addition, such materials will maintain the temperature of the liquid in it for a long time. Preparing the dishes doesn't end there!

Do you remember how in Russian fairy tales or your grandmother in the village always had a “teapot” on the lid of the samovar? Do you think this was done for beauty or to save space on the dining table? No! Our ancestors were smart and sensible people - this was done to ensure that the kettle was warm before preparing tea. Why is this necessary? Thanks to this simple procedure, the internal coating of the kettle is disinfected and a balance of internal and external temperatures is created.

IMPORTANT! What to do if there is no samovar? You just need to pour boiling water over the teapot several times.

Choosing the right proportions

In this matter, everything depends on individual tastes and preferences. Some people like almost clear tea, while others like a drink with a high strength. In any case, the formula for an ideal drink of any kind is 1 teaspoon of tea leaves for 1 cup of tea + 1 teaspoon “for the teapot.” Therefore, if you are organizing a tea party for 5 people, you need to pour 6 teaspoons of dry raw materials into the teapot.

Correctly pour and infuse tea

1. Pour tea leaves into a preheated kettle and wait a few seconds.This is necessary so that the dried leaves begin to absorb condensed moisture and reveal their properties.
2. Now you need to fill the contents with water, leaving 1/3 of the kettle free.
3. Be sure to close the kettle with a lid to allow the decoction to infuse. To improve the taste of the drink, many housewives also advise completely covering the kettle with a napkin or towel.
4. After 3–5 minutes, you need to fill the kettle with water to the top. Be sure to cover the dish with a lid.
5. After about 5 minutes, open the lid and see if foam has formed on the surface of the tea. Yes? Then everything is done correctly, because it contains a concentrate of useful microelements and essential oils. Next, you need to mix the tea with foam in the teapot with a spoon and close the lid.
6. The most important sign of readiness for use is that the opened leaves should settle at the bottom of the dish. It happened? Then the tea is ready!

It is important to know that each variety has its own infusion characteristics:

• black, green and yellow tea it should be infused for 5 minutes, and it can be brewed several times; this will not only prevent it from losing its beneficial substances, but will also acquire a qualitatively new taste and aroma;
• oolong and red tea Due to the high degree of fermentation, it requires infusion for 2-3 minutes and can withstand 7 brewings!

IMPORTANT! An important factor: you need to drink only fresh tea, namely, brewed on the day of use. Otherwise, from a source of microelements and antioxidants, the drink will turn into a poison that oxidizes the body!

Now all that remains is to pour the tea into cups and enjoy its taste and aroma! Enjoy your tea!