How To Make A Cup Of Tea
To appreciate the flavor and the aroma of a good cup of tea, you need to take into consideration the following instruction on how to make a cup of tea.
In this article we will be teaching how to make a cup of tea if you have loose tea. They say this is the real thing, but we will come back with a new article on how to make a cup of tea using tea bags.
Step 1 : Fill a clean kettle with fresh water.
Step 2 : Put the kettle on the stove and wait for the water to boil.
Step 3 : While waiting for the water, this step is very important on learning how to make a cup of tea. You will need a tea cup or a mug, a teaspoon, your desired tea, your favorite teapot and a strainer. Fill the strainer with one teaspoon of tea leaves. This quantity is for making just one cup of tea. If you are going to make more tea, than you need to add one teaspoon of tea per each cup of tea you are making.
Step 4 : You need to warm up your teapot – so that when you pour the boiling water from the kettle, it will stay hot for a longer time.
Step 5 : Put the tea from the strainer in the warmed up teapot .
Step 6 : Fill the teapot with the hot boiled water.
Step 7 : Let the tea steep no more than 2 minutes so that it will not get a bitter taste.
Step 8 : Now your best cup of tea is ready to be served. Pour the tea into your teacup using a strainer to separate the tea leaves.
These are the 8 easy steps on how to make a cup of tea, and may I say, how to make the perfect cup of tea.
Useful Tips & Tricks on How To Make The Perfect Cup Of Tea
1. Adding sugar in your tea will make your tea less bitter.
2. To try something new, you can mix different types of tea leaves into one cup of tea.
3. If you drinking the tea in weight loss purpose, do not add milk in the tea.
4. However, if you prefer milk, please give some minutes after steeping before pouring the milk into the tea.
5. Always add the hot water to the tea leaves, never add the tea leaves into the water.
6. Do not let the leaves for more than 2 minutes to steep unless you want your tea strong.
7. If you like your tea with sugar, add white sugar, never brown sugar.
8. When adding milk in your tea, it is preferred to be used low fat milk , never high fat milk or cream.
These are few tips on how to make the perfect cup of tea. I hope they would guide you through the process of tea making.
Enjoy your cup of tea!