How long should you boil black tea. And how long should you let it steep. And does it build acidity?

Answer 1

You should add boiling water to the tea and let it steep around 5 minutes for a "default" steep. It all depends on how you like your tea. Most tea will build astringency, like how it dries out your tongue, when you steep it longer than it should be steeped.

Answer 2

#1 Boil water in a kettle.
#2 Use a ceramic tea pot and put about 1 inch of the boiling water in the pot.
#3 Once the tea pot has heated up dump out the water in it and place your tea bag in the pot.
#4 With the water still boiling in the kettle take and pour into the tea pot directly over the tea bag.
#5 Allow the tea pot to sit for 5 minutes to steep the tea.
#6 Heat the cups you want to use for the tea with some of the water left in the kettle then dump the water out.
#7 Pour the tea into the cups, take it black or add some sugar and milk if you so desire. To drink it black you get the true flavour of the tea.
#8 The most important step is to make sure your kettle is boiling when adding to the tea. Yes, if the tea is left much more than the 5 minutes to steep it does start to form tanic acid which gives a bitter taste.
There are lots of good black teas on the market, Ceylon, Orange Pekoe etc. English Breakfast and Irish Breakfast are also very good.-----Cheers, enjoy!

Answer 3

You do not boil the tea, you boil the water and pour it over the leaves. I let it steep 5 minutes, some people like to let it steep for 3 minutes. I like strong tea, I was raised by an English woman. She said boil the water. It does get stronger acidity when it steeps for a long time.

Answer 4

Tea preparation is an art. For the best tea, start with a ceramic teapot with a lid. Rinse the teapot with hot water to warm it, then add one teaspoon of tea or one tea bag for each cup (250mL) of water. In a tea kettle, bring water to a full boil—water at a bubbling boil agitates the tea leaves and causes them to open, for the full extraction of flavor. Pour boiling water over the tea bags or tea leaves in the teapot, and steep for a full three to five minutes. Flavor and caffeine are dissolved earliest, and the longer the tea is allowed to brew, the more tannin—the compound that gives tea its pungency and body—is allowed to dissolve into the brew. After steeping, remove tea bags or strain tea through a fine mesh tea strainer. Serve tea piping hot with sugar or honey and milk or lemon, or straight.

Answer 5

You should never boil water for tea. Bring it to a hot temp., but do not boil!! It spoils the tea!

Answer 6

You should never boil tea, it becomes bitter.

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Answer 7

you don't boil it.
remember this golden rule for all teas: " Brew don't stew"