How to Make Blooming Tea

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   Place one blooming or flowering tea ball in a clear, medium to large sized glass teapot or tempered glass pitcher.

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Prepare the water. If you know what kind of tea is in the ball (white, green, or black) follow the guidelines in How to Make Tea when determining how hot to make the water. For example, if it is predominantly white tea, the water should not be boiling (170 degrees is best) when poured onto the tea. If the tea is black, bring the water to a full boil.

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   Pour the hot water into the glass container.
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   Watch for three to five minutes as it unravels from a tiny ball into a beautiful flower-like bloom.
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   Steep the tea for at least 3 minutes (longer for a darker, more robust tea). Taste the tea as it steeps to see if it has reached a desired strength.
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   Pour all the tea into cups. If you're not going to drink it all, pour it into another teapot where it can stay warm. Leaving the hot water in contact with the tea for too long can adversely affect the taste.
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   Re-steep the tea. You may be able to do this 2-3 times, depending on the size, brand, how much tea you made, and how long you steeped the tea the first time. Remember that after a few re-steepings, the flavor will not be as bold as before in other pots.
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   Finished.

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How to Make Flower Tea

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Collect flowers. Chrysanthemums, jasmine, dandelions, and lavender are commonly used in teas. You can use a single flower or a combination.

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Wash the flowers! You don't want a mouthful of pesticides and bugs.

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Heat up a cup (or however much tea you wish to make) of water on the stove.Get it so it's warm, but cool enough to put one's hand in. (Boiling the flowers will result in a bitter, unpleasant flavor)

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Put a cup of the flowers (fresh or dried) into a tea ball, or directly into the pot (you'll strain later)

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   let the flowers steep for 2-5 minutes, tasting as you go.

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Strain any flower bits out using a fine strainer or a paper towel.

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Pour into a cup, add a little lemon juice, sugar, or milk, and enjoy!

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How to Make a good Tea

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Boil the water. Using a non-reactive tea kettle, bring more than enough water to a boil.

• The better tasting your water, the better tasting your tea. The best water is filtered or bottled (but not distilled). If using tap water, let it run cold for 10 seconds before using it for tea.^[1]
• Make sure you only boil the water one time. If you boil the water more than once, the oxygen levels in the water will be reduced and make the tea taste flat.

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Pre heat whatever you want to put the tea in. This will prevent the steeping water from dropping in temperature as soon as it is poured in. Add a little boiling water to a ceramic or porcelain teapot or the individual cups--wherever the tea will be steeped (ceramic and porcelain retain heat well). Cover the teapot with the lid and a cozy, if you have one. Let the water stand until the vessel is warm, then pour out the water and proceed immediately to the next step.

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Put the tea in an infuser, strainer, or directly in the bottom of the teapot.Steeping without an infuser or strainer gives the tea more room to unfold and release additional flavor.^[4][1] Start with one heaped teaspoon per cup of tea to be made, unless you have instructions which say otherwise. The amount of loose tea you use will depend on the type and strength of the tea, as well as your individual taste, so a little experimentation may be in order.

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Add hot water. Pour it over the tea. Use an amount in proportion to the quantity of tea you've added (eg. 5 cups of water for 5 teaspoons of tea). The ideal water temperature varies based on the type of tea being steeped. The more oxidized (fermented) the tea (e.g. black tea) the hotter the water should be, whereas less oxidized teas (white, green) should be steeped in water that isn't as hot.^[3]

• White or green teas (full leaf): Well below boiling (170-185 F or 76-85 C).^[4] When the water boils, turn off the heat and let the water cool for 30 seconds for white tea and 60 seconds for green tea before pouring it over the leaves.^[5]
• Oolongs (full leaf): 185-210 F or 85-98 C^[4]
• Black teas (full leaf): Water must be at a rolling boil (212 F or 100 C).^[4] The most common mistake is to steep black tea with water that is not hot enough, which can prevent the active substances in black tea from developing.^[3]
• Pu-erhs: Full rolling boil (212 F or 100 C).^[4]
• Tea bags: Never let the water boil. Since tea bags often include tea dust and fannings (the smallest tea particle grades) and so have more surface area, use slightly less hot water.

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Let the tea steep. Cover with the cozy to retain warmth. Different teas require different steeping times. In general, whole-leaf tea should be steeped longer than broken-leaf tea.^[6] Check the box for guidance. If there are no instructions, steep for a minute or two, then taste frequently until it's flavorful but not bitter. If practicing gong-fu brewing to make multiple infusions, use shorter infusion times, typically 30 seconds to 1 minute.^[7] For normal (Western) brewing, the steeping times are longer. The following recommendations are guidelines:

• Oolong teas: 4-7 minutes
• Black teas: 3-5 minutes
• Green teas: 2-3 minutes

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Remove the tea leaves. Get rid of the tea leaves in the pot (if you have a strainer or infuser) or pour the liquid into another vessel with a strainer to catch any tea leaves. Tuck the teapot back inside a tea cozy if there is tea remaining in the pot after serving everyone. This helps keep the tea hot longer.

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Serve. Depending on your taste, you may want to serve black tea tea with milk, sugar, lemon or honey. Do not serve the tea with both lemon and milk or the milk will curdle. If you use milk, add the milk to the cup first and then add the tea; this prevents the hot tea from scalding the milk by heating it gradually.

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Infuse again if you want to make more tea for a second serving. Many teas, especially whole-leaf green and oolong teas, can be infused multiple times, so repeat the above steps, increasing the steeping time with each infusion, to get the most out of your tea.^[4][7]

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Finished.

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How to make Indian Tea

Chai - Indian Tea - Hot Beverage Recipe by Ruchi Bharani [HD]
INGREDIENTS -
water
milk
tea powder
small ginger pieces (2-3)
2 pieces of cardamom

METHOD
- Boil 1 and half cup of water in a steel vessel. Let it boil for some time.
- While the water is boiling, pound 2-3 small pieces of ginger & add them to the boiling water. Pound 2 cardamom pieces and add them to the water. 
- Add 2 teaspoons of tea powder. Let it boil for 2-3 minutes.
- Add a cup of milk to the boiling hot water mixture.
- Add 2 and a little more teaspoons of sugar. 
- Let it boil a little more. Pour it hot in the serving cup, straining it through a fine sieve. 

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How to make Bubble Tea

Ingredients: (2 servings)

30g black tapioca pearl

300g water
10g black tea leaves
300g soy milk

30 - 60g maple syrup


Instructions:

1. soak black tapioca over night.
2. boil black tea leaves for 1 - 2 minutes.
3. add soy milk and bring to a boil. turn off the heat when it brings to a boil again.
4. boil black tapioca for 1 - 2 minutes.
5. let them cool then pour together into your cup.

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Green Tea

Tea has been cultivated for centuries, beginning in India and China. Today, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world, second only to water. Hundreds of millions of people drink tea, and studies suggest that green tea in particular has many health benefits.

There are 3 main varieties of tea, green, black, and oolong. The difference is in how the teas are processed. Green tea is made from unfermented leaves and reportedly contains the highest concentration of powerful antioxidants called polyphenols. Antioxidants are substances that fight free radicals, damaging compounds in the body that change cells, damage DNA, and even cause cell death. Many scientists believe that green tea is helpful to our human body.

• Green tea anti-caries, clear bad breath

Green tea contains fluoride, which catechins can inhibit the cariogenic bacteria to reduce the incidence of dental plaque and periodontitis. Tea contains tannic acid, has a bactericidal effect, can prevent the crumbs of food residue growth of bacteria, it can effectively prevent bad breath.

•  Anti-Aging Green tea

Green tea contains antioxidants help resist aging. Because the human metabolic process, if peroxide, will produce a large number of free radicals, easy to aging, also cause cell injury. SOD (superoxide dismutase) is a free radical scavenger, can effectively remove excess free radicals, prevent free radical damage to human body. Catechins in green tea can significantly increase SOD activity, scavenging free radicals.

•  Green tea antibacterial

Studies have shown that green tea catechin on the part caused by human pathogenic bacteria have inhibitory effects, but will not harm the intestinal bacteria multiply, so green tea has stabilize the digestive system function.

•  Green tea can improve indigestion situations

Recent studies show that green tea can help improve the situation of indigestion, such as the acute diarrhea caused by bacteria, can drink a little green tea reduce the condition.

•  Green tea whitening and anti-ultraviolet radiation

Experts in animal experiments found that green tea catechins resistant to the UV-B caused by skin cancer.

•  Green tea hypolipidemic

Scientists do animal experiments indicate that catechins in tea can lower plasma total cholesterol, cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, and the amount of free, and can increase high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Experiments show that the human body is to inhibit platelet aggregation, reduce the incidence of atherosclerosis. Green tea contains flavonols, an antioxidant, can prevent blood clots and platelet clumps and reduce cardiovascular disease.

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