#3 From Teabag to Loose Tea – how hard can it be?

Loose Leaf Tea - some pointers

• Warm the pot

• Use fresh water every time

• Keep the leaves dry in between infusions so you can infuse the leaves again and again, and sometimes even again..

• Brew at the recommended temperature

• Brew for the recommended time

  If you do the above things you could be on the path to enlightenment ; ) Darjeeling at 90degrees is a different creature than straight off the boil, greens are often brewed much cooler and eating food with tea isn’t so weird when it isn’t so hot…

• If you use a tea strainer / filter basket do then get a large one with as much room as possible for the leaves to move around.

• If you put the tea leaves straight in the pot remember to heat the pot first and just heat the kettle to the recommended temperature (a temperature controlled kettle could change your life…)

• If you don’t use a temperature controlled kettle, then keep in mind boiled water will lose about 10degrees if poured into a cold container but don’t pour the boiling water on the leaves or you can burn them and deplete the aromas…

  Warm the pot, add the leaves, make the brew, anticipate and don’t rush - you’ll be rewarded