what is the best way to prepare tastiest tea and coffee?

Question

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Answer 1

The best tea is made with hot, not boiling, water. If it's green or red tea, don't add a thing to it! Don't oversteep, and for goodness' sake, don't squeeze out the tea bag.

For coffee, the best way to make it is with freshly ground beans and a french press. It's worth buying a grinder and at least a 2-cup press. They're really not expensive. Don't use that powdered whitener stuff either, yuck.

Answer 2

The best way to make tea is to use an electric kettle to boil the water. The advantage is the water is actually boiling when you pour it over the tea, either in a cup or in a teapot. This helps to extract the most flavor from the tea, and it reduces the length of time you need to brew the tea. The longer you brew, the more bitter tasting tannin will be dissolved.You will also get better results using loose tea in a teapot, rather than teabags. Loose tea is not ground as fine as the tea in tea bags, as it has more room to circulate in the pot. The finer tea is ground the more bitter tannin is released. Use a tea strainer to avoid getting tea leaves in your cup.

Don't drink coffee so I am not the right person to comment about it.

Answer 3

I drink a lot of "sun tea". I just fill a 1-gallon pitcher with hot, not boiling water, drop in 1 family-size tea bag (You can add more tea bags if you like it stronger.) & set it outside in the sun for a couple hours. It always turns out good & it's never bitter. Then it can be served chilled or over ice with sweetener & a little bit of lemon.
As for coffee, I just fill my coffeemaker with cold water to the correct level for the amount I want. Then, I add about 1 Tbsp. of coffee grounds for each cup. (I drink from big cups.) Sometimes, I put a few drops of vanilla extract in the grounds. Then I brew it.

Answer 4

Coffee:
cold water
fresh grounds highest possible quality (not necessarily the most expensive, if you follow my drift)
I make drip coffee. I take it off of the heat and put it in a thermos so it won't scorch.
Tea:
boil water, warm teapot.
Toss the water, add loose tea. Add more boiled water. Steep until deep color appears. Strain into cup, adding more hot water if too strong.

Answer 5

Brita filtered water makes the best tea and coffee! There is a recipe on the box for tea and you can compare regular tap water to Brita water. It really does make a difference. Try it, you'll like it.

Answer 6

make it yourself grow your own lavender(or some of your favorite herbs) and tea leafs or just goto a herb shop make sure to have things sweet in it (becarful don't add aphrodisiacs if you want to thats fine)like you can put apple or something you would perfer to that oh yea heres some herbs for your picking and some linksout
source-about .com
Mint tea is a favourite among herbal tea drinkers and is one of the easiest to grow yourself. The plant is very hardy and may even get out of control in the garden unless you take care to contain it.
Chamomile
Your tea is made with the small white and yellow flowers of the chamomile plant, rather than the leaves. There are two kinds of chamomile (German and Roman) and it's the German variety that makes the best tea. Chamomile likes sandy soils and lots of sun, but you'll need to give it plenty of water during the hottest parts of the summer. Though technically an annual, chamomile goes to seed so readily that you will likely see it every year in your garden. You can grow chamomile in containers on a balcony, but it doesn't do well indoors.

Lemon Balm
The lemon balm plant is actually closely related to mint, but has a distinct lemon aroma. It likes somewhat dry soil and partial shade during the day. Besides making a nice herbal tea, you can use lemon balm as a spice when cooking (I like it with fish). Like it's minty cousin, you can grow lemon balm indoors.

Rose Hips
Rose hips will make a nicely citrus-tasting tea that is rich in vitamin C. Any rose plant will create 'hips' but Rugosa roses produce the largest ones. The hips are actually seed pods that form at the base of the rose blooms. When making tea with dried rose hips, you should slice them in half before steeping. You may want to remove the seeds before making your tea, but it's not necessary. If you do choose to de-seed your hips, do so before you dry them. Rugosa roses are hardy and cold-tolerant. They grow in bushes between 2' to 6' tall. These roses will grow just about anywhere, but aren't really suitable for a windowsill garden.

Lavender
Lavender makes a lovely addition to any garden, even if you're not using it for tea. Lavender will grow 2 or 3 feet tall which makes it inappropriate for a windowsill, but can easily be grown on the balcony in containers. Your soil should be well-drained and lavender likes plenty of direct sun. Some lavender varities take the cold better than others. You might not think of lavender for tea, but it makes for a floral tasting tea that also blends well with other herbs (like chamomile).

Fennel
There are several kinds of fennel, but the type typically grown for tea use is the sweet fennel. When dried, the seeds have a very strong licorice flavour. Unlike the other herbs, you don't really harvest fennel periodically through the summer. The plant will go to seed at the end of summer or start of fall. You can let the seed dry right on the plant and then collect for tea. You won't want to grow fennel indoors because it can grow up to 6 feet tall. Also, don't plant it next to it's close relative, dill, because they can cross-polinate. Fennel likes lots of sun and lots of water
http://coffeetea.about.com/cs/herbaltea/a/growingherbs.htm

Answer 7

Ummm...coffee...seems like I did this before....The World's Finest Coffee is 100% Pure Kona Coffee from the Hawaiian chain....or jes any ole other coffee kin be made into a fair brew:
Start wid 16oz mug, add 1tablespoon sugar, 2tablespoons coffee powder/crystals14ozboiling water, stir, set 1 minute (60seconds!)addicecube to set.stir enjoy.
Tea? No thanks

Answer 8

from a person who has survived his life on coffee.... i have found its not persay the way you make it ....its the water i use spring water and the coffee is out of this world all chemicals have been removed ... i always wondered why that coffee in different countries tasted better than others then i found the secret for myself i now use the same coffee and same water werever i am at....i use this for my hot tea and sun tea also...i always make it the same way...............and it always tastes the same good...delicious...................

Answer 9

I always add a wee bit of salt to my coffee grounds before I make it, it cuts down the bitterness of the brew, try it, you'll like it .

Answer 10

to brew a perfect cuppa.the water has to be very hot and thoroughly boiled then,the tea will emit the correct juices .ForCOFFEE .WELL THE WATER TOO MUST BE very hot ..............a tiny bit of ginger cruhed too adds flavour for a cold day