I love coffee, but have a surplus of tea bags that I want to experiment with. Does anyone have suggestions for how to get started with tea? Or a simple recipe to use as a baseline? I’m only working with tea bags at this time, which appear to be 2g. I would also love to know how much agitation you are supposed to do with the tea bag itself.

  • oxjox@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I use this as a guide but I generally brew my tea a bit cooler to avoid bitterness.
    https://yunnansourcing.us/pages/brewing-guide-for-green-black-oolong-and-pu-erh-teas

    Green/White Tea:
    Water temperature should be close to 85C Use 5-6 grams of green/white tea per 100ml of volume. Brief 10 second wash… then 10s, 15s, 20s, 30s, 45s, and then maybe a minute each time until it’s brewed out. I prefer to gradually coax out the subtle flavors.

    Black Tea:
    Water temperature should be close to 90C Use 5-6 grams of black tea per 100ml of volume. Brief 10 second wash… then 10s, 15s, 20s, 30s, 45s, and then maybe a minute each time until it’s brewed out. I prefer to gradually coax out the subtle flavors.

    Oolong Tea:
    Water temperature should be close to 95C (or higher). Use 4-5 grams of oolong tea per 100ml of volume. Brief 10 second wash… then 10s, 15s, 20s, 30s, 45s, and then maybe a minute each time until it’s brewed out. I prefer to gradually coax out the subtle flavors.

    Pu-erh Tea:
    Pu-erh tea brewing is not so different from oolong teas. You want the water as hot as possible when you pour it into the pot. If you are going to use yixing, I would dedicate one pot for ripe pu-erh and another for raw. Up to you.