New To Teas
Hello Everyone. I just ordered the ingenuitea starter pack with the black tea sample and a green sampler this past week. I have read to put 1 teaspoon per cup of water is this correct? as well as steeping the black teas for 5 mins. So far I have had the yunnan gold and I am currently drinking the irish breakfast. They have both been very smooth and not that bold and dark. I am doing something wrong or was I just expecting something with a stronger flavor? I am used to drinking twinings earl grey teabags and they have been stronger then what i have been making with my new stuff. Any help would be great.
Feb 20th, '08, 00:39
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Don't be afraid to 'play around with it'. You may need different amounts for different teas. Also you can vary your brewing times. I had an assam that I had to keep playing with to get it to perfect. For me I found that it was pretty unforgiving in terms of steeping too long, so I used more tea and a shorter brewing time.
Tea in many ways is more art than science... it's just being able to repeat that art over and over again reliably that's the trick
Tea in many ways is more art than science... it's just being able to repeat that art over and over again reliably that's the trick