Ingredients
Instructions
Steep tea with boiling water for 5 minutes. Add hot apple cider Add sugar and top with whipping cream, if desired. Garnish with a cinnamon stick and grab your favourite book. Enjoy!
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Matcha is not your average cup of tea! This fine stone ground powder is made from specially grown green tea. The plants are grown under shade which allows them to produce a higher chlorophyll content and a unique flavor.
Matcha is used in the traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony that can last up to 3 hours. There is no need for all that ceremony because you can still enjoy Matcha using a few simple tools in just a few minutes.
Here is a simple way to make your Matcha tea with a bamboo whisk:
Using a bamboo whisk and tea bowl:
For Matcha Latte use less water and add warm milk after whisking.
Matcha can be enjoyed in many other ways. Experiment and find your own unique way of enjoying this amazing beverage!
Teapots first came into use around the 13th century during the Ming dynasty. The first Chinese teapots were made of purple clay from the Yixing region and are still made in the same way today. These pots are very porous and it is recommended that you use only one type of tea for each pot as the pot will absorb the flavour of that tea. Ceramic teapots first emerged with the European fascination with tea in the 18th century when the East India Company commissioned Chinese to create teapots to their specifications. Ceramic teapots make a good choice as they tend to hold the heat well.
When choosing a pot remember to :
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Did you know?
• Tea is the second most consumed beverage in the world after water.
• The best tea is produced on mountainsides between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer.
• The top tea producing countries are:
China 35%
India 21%
Kenya 8%
Sri Lanka 7%
Turkey 5%
No matter where your tea comes from you can be assured that 3 Teas only sells the most Terrific Tasting Tea!
1. Start with one teaspoon (2 grams) of tea per cup (200ml). You may want to adjust the amount if you feel your tea is too weak or too strong.
• White tea and green tea: 70-80C
• Oolong tea: 80-90C
• Black and Herbal tea: 90-95C
Don't have a thermometer? For white and green tea bring your water to a boil and wait 5 min before pouring over tea leaves. Boiling water may scorch the tea and give you a bitter astringent cup.
• White Tea 90 seconds - 2min
• Green Tea 2-3 minutes
• Oolong tea 90 secondes - 2 minutes
• Black tea 3-5 minutes
• Pu-erh tea 2- 5 minutes
• Always cover your tea when steeping, it really does improve the taste!
• Black teas should be steeped only once. All other teas can be steeped several times (makes your $ go further!).
Now sit back and enjoy the perfect cup of tea!
*Source: "The Story of Tea" by Mary Lou and Robert Heiss