How to Brew and Taste Tea
There are many methods of brewing and drinking tea, e.g.,
glass cup,pottery and porcelain cups, big tea pot and tea ceremony method. Every proper
way of making tea is introduced as follow: l.Brewing with pottery & porcelain or glass cups: 2.Brewing with a big tea pot: 3.Brewing with tea ceremony: Tea is a beverage product, taste preferences of consumers
don't appear to be same. The natural environments are suitable for tea cultivation and
production in many regions of Taiwan. Through few past decades, special aromas and
flavors of Taiwan's various teas have been produced, including Paochong, Tungding
Oolong & Formosa Oolong Teas. We would like to introduce some of the characteristics
and producing areas of seven major teas produced in Taiwan.
For personal brewing in family or office, those cups are usually used to prepare
tea. It's an easy and convenient method.
For meeting or family consumption, a big tea pot is usually used to prepare tea.
This method is more practical according to the constant ratio of volume of teas
to waters. The general standard ratio is one to fifty. Steep the tea for 5 to 6
minutes befroe serving. After pouring tea liquors into the serving pot and then
drinking the tea to enjoy the pleasant flavor and taste.
Brewing with a big tea pot
Chinese tea ceremony has its peculiarities and uniqueness. At first, you should
have one set of tea utensils including tea pot, tea cups, tea bowl, tea serving
pot, tea towel and tea kettle etc. The proper way of making tea is introduced as
follows:
(1).Use the tea scoop to take some of the tea from the tea canister to put into the
tea pot. The tea should fill 1/3 to 1/2 of the tea pot's volume.
(2).After pouring boiling water into the tea pot, brew the tea for about one minute.
After brewing, pour the tea liquors into the serving pot. In order to make tea
liquors uniformly light or heavy in each drinking cup, the tea liquors should be
swirled back and forth before it is poured into the cups.
(3).For the second brewing, boiling water is again poured into the tea pot. However,
for each serving, normally wait about 15 to 20 seconds more over the last serving
for tea to set down.
Tea Ceremony