how should I make tea?

Answer 1

You should always bring your freshly drawn cold water to a boil. Have your teapot warm and ready, and add 1 teaspoon of loose tea per person and one to the pot. Pour the water over the tea leaves and let them steep for about 3-5 minutes if you are making black tea. Pour the tea, using a strainer to catch any leaves. Add sugar and milk to your cups, as desired.

Green tea is a bit less time and uses water not quite to the boil.

My family is English. We drink gallons of it.

Answer 2

All you need is an infuser- ie, tea ball or strainer or special pitcher- some loose tea(much better than tea bags because of higher health benefits and higher quality and it won't stain your teeth because they don't contain tea dust), a kettle to boil your water(or use a pot on the stove. Don't microwave the water because it doesn't get oxidized), and a cup to infuse it in.

And, add about 2 teaspoons of tea for each 8oz. If you like the tea stronger, add more tea, don't increase the brewing time(except for herbal teas which will never get bitter).
Also, if you think your tea is bitter, make the steeping time shorter and make the water cooler.

For steeping:
It absolutely depends on the tea, and the quality of the tea.
The rule of thumb is(unless we are talking super high quality tea)
Black tea- Boiling water, 3-4 minutes.

Oolong tea- Boiling water, 4-5 minutes

Herbal tea, Boiling water- 5-6 minutes

Rooibos tea, Boiling water, 5-6 minutes

Green tea, less that boiling water(when itty bitty bubbles start to form) 30-45 seconds - but for very high quality like gyokiro imperial and pi lo chun 20 seconds, much less than boiling water.

Flavored and lower quality white tea- less than boiling, 30-45 seconds
High quality white tea, such as silver needle- less than boiling water, 3-4 minutes.

Once the tea is brewed you can add many things to it- chocolate, milk, sugar, honey etc. Some cultures even add yak butter and salt- not my particular favorite.

Sometimes when I am steeping my tea, I'll steep Coconut shreds with it to make it creamy when you can't add milk(when a tea has citrus in it, because the milk will curdle).
Hope this helps- I work in a tea shop and make probably 400 cups of tea a week :)

Answer 3

You'll need a teapot, a kettle (or a pan to boil water), black tea leaves, a tea-strainer, sugar and milk (NOT CREAM).
Boil the water. Warm the teapot, with a little water from the kettle/pan. Put one tsp. tealeaves per person , and one for the pot, into the teapot. Take the teapot to the kettle. This means that the water is on a rolling boil when it hits the leaves. Leave to brew for at least three minutes. Cover the pot with a tea cosy. Do not put it on a candle heater.

If your cups are bone china, then pour the milk in first. Otherwise, pour the tea through the strainer and let your guests add milk and sugar to taste.

Answer 4

get a teapot and a kettle. Switch on or boil the kettle on the hob. When its almost boiling pour a small amount of the hot water into the teapot, swirl it around to warm the pot, discard the water and put the kettle back on the boil. Put one one teaspoon of the best loose tea per person in the pot and another teaspoon and then when the kettle is boiling rapidly pour the boiling water into the pot. Stir the tea in the pot once. Put on the lid. Let it stand for four to five minutes. If you want you can wrap a towel around the pot to keep it warm or even use a tea cosy.
Get a cup. Or some cups if you have guests or family. Pour the tea into each cup, using a tea strainer to stop the leaves. THEN and only then add milk and sugar if you want. Serve immediately.

Answer 5

Pre-heat the teapot with hot water first. Always use well boiled water, that will also get rid of bacteria and some of the other minerals in the water. Let it steep,in the tea pot, covered with a "cosy" or tea towel to maintain the heat of the water.

If making just one cup in a china cup, put a spoon in the cup first to avoid cracking the cup from the change of temperature. ( see pre-heat above)

Answer 6

Bring in the Geisha girls !!!!
sit cross -legged before low table
remember to bow a little
and await your perfect tea served in style !!!


Alternately go to * Betty's Tea Rooms *
York ----- Yorkshire
And get the best cup of tea in England ,
made for just you
and served with delicious home made cakes

failing that~~~~~~~~
scroll down and follow the excellent directions
on this page ,
nearly, all of them,
will come up with a decent cup of tea !!!


Enjoy your tea

>^,,^<

Answer 7

warm your Tea pot with almost boiling water... when the kettle boils, empty the pot, add 1teaspoon per person, (and one for the pot if you feel generous) top up with BOILING water, or literally just turned off... and let it brew.. stir once, and pour.

ADD the milk LAST... its easier to gague whether you put in too much, or not...

and thats about it... use a strainer unless your telling fortunes...

and my fave ourite method is two yorkshire bags in a 1ltr flask... add a splosh of milk... and strong tea... lasts for around 3 episodes of 24, or one 2hr film...

many teas have quite distinct tases and flavours... theyer cheap, so experiment... but, if you do, you need to buy different tea pots, you dont want your lapsang-suchong messing with the earl grey... try Yunnan, Green-gunpowder tea, and Assam... and teh only bags i use are yorkshires... (pyramids arent all that theyre cracked up to be)

be civilised... enjoy the ritual.

Answer 8

If making it in a mug- 1 tea bag hot water and let it stew till its as dark as you need it add milk and sugar/sweetener to taste

If making it in the pot (somthing my mom used to tell me) if making tea for 4 people you put 5 tea bags 'one for the pot' let it stew for a while and pour again milk and sugar/sweetener to taste

If making it with tea leaves - well never done it before myself but i know you can get tea strainers which look like litte seives probably because they are anyway i imagine yould put the tea leaves in the seive and pour hot water over the top and again add milk and sugar/sweetener to taste-but not 100% on the one

enjoy your cuppa

Answer 9

IT depends on if you want hot tea or cold tea.
hot tea: boil some water in a kettle and then pour the hot water in a pitcher with tea bags in it and then stir.
iced tea: add tea bags to water, stir, and serve with ice.

Answer 10

1 Put kettle on
2 put t bag in cup/mug
3 when water has boiled, pour in water to about 1inch from the top of the cup/mug.
4 allow tea to infuse(flavour) stir gently with spoon until it is dark brown. about 30 seconds.
5 remove t bag using t spoon.
6 add about 1/4(quarter) inch of milk or just enough to turn colour light brown.
7 add sugar to taste. (1 sugar best) though i drink without
8 stir the tea to dissolve sugar
9 do a dance !!! ur tea is ready.
10 Enjoy, being careful not to drink too quickly in case it is hot.

good luck.