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.
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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
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