Steeping Tea
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How to Steep Your Tea
There are many resources today that promise to reveal the secret to brewing the perfect cup of tea using proper techniques and timing. I remain skeptical that true perfection exists. However, if you aim for a consistently great cup, focus on a few key factors: the quality of the tea, the steeping time, and the… Continue reading
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Steeping Tea – How Low Can You Go?
Far be it from me to set the rules for preparing tea—a beverage consumed by billions of people around the world each day. Still, I find myself somewhat unsettled by the growing trend of shaving seconds—or even minutes—off preparation time. While that mindset may align with coffee culture, tea has long been associated with a… Continue reading
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A Few of My (Least) Favorite Tea Mishaps
When we’re making tea sometimes things can go wrong. Fortunately, the stakes that come with these mishaps are not so high as if we were on an Alaskan fishing boat or a bomb disposal team. But they can be kind of a pain even so. So, without any further ado, here are some of my… Continue reading
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A Pu-erh to Start Out With
There are black teas (what many in the world call “red tea”), green teas, white teas, rarer yellow teas, purple teas, hundreds of oolong teas … and then there’s pu-erh. Strange. Mysterious. Off-putting. But, as with anything new to you, starting out is easy – just take that first step. Here is a pu-erh (or… Continue reading
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The History of the Perfect Cup of Tea
I write several monthly columns for this site, covering topics such as tea books, gadgets, and unusual tea-related news. While I don’t focus exclusively on the idea of the “perfect cup of tea,” it’s a subject that comes up often—and one that continues to spark discussion. For a more recent take, see this article reexamining… Continue reading
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Black Tea – Meet Green Tea
Variety is the spice of life. It’s a somewhat overused phrase, but when it comes to tea drinking it’s true. I’m a black tea drinker first and foremost, and there’s nothing I like more than a good Assam. But I also like to mix things up with other varieties of black tea from time to… Continue reading
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Lining Up Your Arsenal of Teawares
Tea is said to soothe and invigorate. But it can do neither if you don’t line up your arsenal of teawares for a proper steeping. The basics are the same, but the details can vary, depending on which tea you are steeping. Start with the tea and the rest will follow. Black Tea Flavored or… Continue reading
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7 Tea Leaf Styles That Steep Poorly in a Tea Ball
In 5 Reasons to Ditch the Tea Ball, I gave you just that. But if you need more convincing, here are tea leaf styles that don’t do too well in a tea ball (and, quite frankly, I don’t think there is any kind left that does do well). Here are the basic issues per tea… Continue reading
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5 Reasons to Ditch the Tea Ball
Over the past year or so I have been listing 5 of this or 3 of that. From 5 signs that your tea time is morphing into something along this particular line or that to 3 reasons for doing something a certain way. It seems a convenient way to highlight the highlights, the salient points,… Continue reading
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Should You Stir, Swirl, or Dunk During Tea Steeping?
Stirring, swirling, and dunking during tea steeping seem to be common activities. Are they done out of habit or necessity, though? A little bit of tea experiments might be needed here. What Are Stirring, Swirling, and Dunking? Basically, these are all ways to move the tea pieces around in the tea steeping vessel. Which you… Continue reading
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