Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
Now I am going to talk about black teas and the specific steeping time and temperature
you need when preparing black tea. Okay, so right here I have a nice black tea and you
can see just the characteristics of the leaf. It is more withered and the leaves are smaller
than the green tea and the white tea that I have shown you previously. When steeping
or brewing black teas it is going to higher temperature and a longer amount of time to
really bring out the full flavor of the black tea. But the constant will be that you will
use one tea spoon of black tea for one cup of tea. So I am going to put the teaspoon
in my teapot and as far as temperature goes you are going to want to get as close to boiling
as possible. If you bring your tea kettle to a boil and then remove it from the stove
you are going to lose a few degrees on the way to your teapot. That is fine. Two O six
to two-twelve. If you are using a hot water dispenser or a thermometer you can get an
exact temperature. If you are not you just take your tea kettle off the stove after it reaches a boil and fill your teapot
or your tea cup with a defusing ball in it, whatever apparatus you are using. You close
the lid to keep the heat from escaping and as far as time goes we are going to do a black
tea from three to five minutes. Now at five minutes it might start taking on a bitter
quality if you start steeping it longer than five, but generally it is going to need at
least three to really start bringing out the familiar flavors of black tea.