A good cup of hot tea, properly prepared, will awaken the senses and warm the heart of any tea drinker. Prepared correctly, your infusion will release all its flavour. A badly steeped tea, on the other hand, will taste bitter and disappointing.
To prepare your infusion properly, simply follow these steps:
- For a single cup of green tea, place one tea bag in your cup or glass.
- Prefer fresh cold water to water that has already been boiled, which gives the tea a flat taste.
- Preheat your cup: this stops the water temperature from dropping as soon as you pour it in. Ideally use ceramic or porcelain cups, which hold the heat well.
- Let the water stand until the cups are hot, then empty them.
- Heat the water in a kettle or saucepan, following the temperature shown on your tea packaging, ideally with a temperature-controlled kettle: the water temperature really affects the flavour of your tea.
- Pour the hot water over the tea bag and let it steep for two minutes.
