Nowadays, poor-quality tea and tea bags so jammed the taste buds that not everyone knows the real taste of large-leaf strong tea. Brewed incorrectly, this drink can become not only useless and tasteless, but also cause harm to health.
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Instruction manual
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The teapot should not be large, for two it is enough to have a 300 ml teapot.
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Before brewing, the kettle needs to be warmed up, for this it should be doused with boiling water from the inside.
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Teapots made of glass or metal are not suitable for brewing, since the tea in them cools quite quickly. The ideal option is clay or porcelain dishes.
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4 teaspoons of dry tea is placed in a teapot with a volume of about 300 ml; The foam that forms on the surface must be carefully removed. For those who make tea directly in the mugs, it is recommended to put 1 teaspoon of tea leaves in 1 cup.
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To give the drink a pleasant aroma, dry lemon or orange peels are put in a box for storing tea leaves.
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Too much sugar should not be added to tea, as it destroys vitamin B1.
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Brewed tea should not be boiled again on the stove, since its strength is increased, and the aroma is lost.
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It is best to use hot water for brewing tea, not colder than 90 degrees than boiling water.
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Brewed tea after a day should not be consumed, since in addition to the fact that it loses all the beneficial properties, it can be harmful.
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Bagged brewed tea becomes unusable a couple of hours after brewing.
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A tea drink will become stronger and more fragrant if you add a cube of sugar to it before pouring the kettle with hot water.
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The main rule of delicious aromatic tea is to use soft water for its preparation.
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To get rid of the smell of mold for a long time an unused kettle, just put a sugar cube in it and leave it without a lid for some time.
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If tea is used with pastries or confectionery, then it is worth brewing it a little harder, since the taste of the drink is reduced. Tea helps better absorption of flour products.
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It is best to store tea in a tightly closed container of tin, earthenware or porcelain. The tea leaves can be kept in a glass jar, but provided that the lid is also glass. Plastic, plastic vessels, plastic bags for storing tea are not suitable, even if they are hermetically sealed.