Nowadays, low-quality tea and tea bags have clogged the taste buds so much that not everyone knows the real taste of large-leaf strong tea. Incorrectly brewed, this drink can become not only useless and tasteless, but also harmful to health.
Instructions
Step 1
The teapot should not be large, for two it is enough to have a teapot with a volume of 300 ml.
Step 2
Before brewing, the kettle needs to be warmed up, for this it should be doused with boiling water from the inside.
Step 3
Teapots made of glass or metal are not suitable for brewing, as the tea in them cools down rather quickly. The ideal option is clay or porcelain dishes.
Step 4
4 teaspoons of dry tea is placed in a teapot with a volume of about 300 ml, then the brew is poured to the brim with boiling water. The foam that forms on the surface must be carefully removed. For those who brew tea directly in mugs, it is recommended to put 1 teaspoon of the infusion on 1 mug.
Step 5
To give the drink a pleasant aroma, dry lemon or orange peels are placed in the infusion storage box.
Step 6
Too much sugar should not be added to tea, as it destroys vitamin B1.
Step 7
The brewed tea should not be boiled again on the stove, as its strength increases, and the aroma is lost at the same time.
Step 8
It is best to use hot water for brewing tea, no colder than 90 degrees than boiling water.
Step 9
Brewed tea after a day should not be consumed, since in addition to the fact that it loses all the beneficial properties, it can be harmful.
Step 10
Brewed tea bags become unusable after a couple of hours after brewing.
Step 11
The tea drink will become stronger and more aromatic if you add a sugar cube to the kettle before pouring hot water into it.
Step 12
The main rule of delicious aromatic tea is to use soft water for making it.
Step 13
To get rid of the mold smell of a kettle that has not been used for a long time, just put a sugar cube in it and leave it without a lid for a while.
Step 14
If tea is used with baked goods or confectionery, then it is worth brewing it a little harder, since the taste of the drink decreases. Tea helps to better assimilate flour products.
Step 15
It is best to store tea in a tightly closed container made of tin, earthenware or porcelain. The tea leaves can be kept in a glass jar, provided that the lid is also made of glass. Plastic, plastic containers, plastic bags for storing tea are not suitable, even if they are hermetically sealed.
