Guide on Brewing a Cup of Ceylon Tea

A perfect cup of Ceylon Tea could wake you up more actively and content like never before. But brewing it is an art. An art that should be mastered by all tea lovers out there. Here is a guide to help you brew finest Ceylon tea so that you can enjoy a fresh cup, every time. Here is a formula of all blends to ensure that you can enjoy the same experience regardless of whether you choose loose tea or the sachet form.

Brewing black Ceylon tea

For optimum results, these are the brewing instructions for Ceylon tea;

  1. For best results, boil freshly drawn filtered or spring water to the boil. Ensure you never use mineral water.
  2. Preheat your tea vessel with boiling water, and then discard the water. You could do this by pouring some boiling water into a teapot, and then pour water from the teapot to your teacups, and then discard this water.
  3. Carefully measure your tea leaves, use 1 teaspoon of loose tea to every 200 to 250 ml of water.
  4. Place your tea leaves in the teapot and then pour your water directly over the tea leaves. Close the lid.
  5. After 2 minutes, open the lid and stir the tea leaves well so that they will have the optimum chance of brewing in the water. Close the lid.
  6. Steep the leaves for a further 2 to 3 minutes.
  7. Once you have steeped the leaves, place a strainer over the teacup and pour the tea to prevent any tea leaves from going into the cup. Do not leave the teapot on a fire or a cooker.
  8. Once the full volume of brewed tea is served into cups, do the same process again if you wish to drink more cups as reusing already brewed tea leaves will not give you the same flavor and experience that is expected from a true cup of black tea.
  9. Now you may enjoy your perfect cup of tea!

Water temperature

The temperature of the water you use can play a large role in the flavor you get from your Ceylon Tea. Ceylon black tea is usually brewed to bring out its assertive, robust and flavourful experience. Although it is best recommended to use a lower temperature of water for green or oolong teas. Black tea should be brewed just off the boil to ensure a deep extraction and complete steeping to produce those flavors.

Personalizing your Ceylon black tea

We all want to customize our cup of tea. It is extremely simple. If your preference is a cup of black tea with a stronger flavor, add more tea leaves. So that it gives off a strong essence due to its a higher ratio of leaves to the water. Although steeping black tea for longer than 5 minutes is not recommended, the longer you steep your tea, the more caffeinated it becomes. As a change, you could also add in other condiments such as honey, sugar or lemon for different flavor experiences.

Adding milk to black tea

Ceylon black tea pairs very well with milk and sugar. It is a very common combination in Asia, especially in Sri Lanka, India, and Pakistan. If you are tasting Ceylon black tea for the first time, you probably should first try it as nature intended you to, without any additions. Following which you can begin to experiment and compares different flavors as you add in various condiments.

Right temperature for consumption

Once you’re done with brewing, the tea should be poured into warm teacups. Make sure it is not over-brewed. Over-brewed tea can develop bitterness. The best temperature at which hot tea should be drunk is around 65 degrees centigrade although that may vary according to your region and preferences.

Presentation of the tea

Before tasting the first thing that attracts the eye is its physical presentation. Presentation of tea should be ideally built on the three sensors. They are visual, fragrance and taste. By a little presentation of other elements including condiments, pairing it becomes all the more better and enchanting.

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