How much water is used to make tea

I believe everyone has drunk tea in their daily lives. There are certain rules for drinking tea. To make delicious tea, one must not only choose good tea leaves, but also pay attention to the technical methods of brewing tea. This is also the key to Chaoshan Kung Fu tea. When brewing tea, the water temperature must be boiled at 100 degrees. This will allow the tea leaves to ferment, allowing the nutrients in the tea leaves to be fully released, and the taste of the tea will be stronger.

Water quality suitable for brewing tea

Soft water is the best water for making tea. Soft water refers to water with a hardness of less than 8 and natural water with fewer minerals. It is best to use spring water, but it is generally correct to use filtered water for brewing tea at home. It is important to note that when you boil water for the first time, do not let the water boil for too long. Maintain the temperature over low heat within a few seconds after the water boils. Because it is turned on for too long, too much water vapor evaporates, easily turning the water into hard water, which is not suitable for making tea.

There is also a trick to master the water temperature

Low temperature of 70 to 80 degrees: suitable for brewing unfermented teas, such as green tea, matcha, sencha, and baozhong tea. Because these types of tea are brewed with water that is too high, tea tannins will be released, making the tea soup bitter.

Medium temperature of 80 to 90 degrees: suitable for brewing lightly fermented tea, or tea leaves with bud tips, or small pieces of tea, such as Biluochun, Oriental Beauty Tea (Bai Hao Oolong), and scented tea.

High temperature above 90 degrees: suitable for brewing tea with moderate fermentation or above, that is, relatively ripe tea, because tea with a high degree of fermentation is resistant to high temperature and helps to release the aroma, such as high mountain tea, Jinxuan, Tieguanyin, and ripe tea.

Learn to make good tea

1. [Prepare water] The water must be boiled once and placed on a thermostat to maintain a temperature of about 75 degrees.

2. [Warm the pot] Fill the teapot 80% full with water. This is to warm the pot so that the water temperature will not be taken away by the teapot when brewing tea, affecting the flavor of the tea. When warming the pot, you can place the tea and cups at the same time.

3. [Put tea] Choose an appropriate amount of tea leaves and put them into the teapot. The amount of tea leaves to be placed depends on the type of tea. For tightly bound tea leaves, put about 1/5 of the teapot (on the bottom); for loose tea leaves, put about 4/5 or half of the teapot. The tea brewed with this ratio will be about 80% full of the total water volume of the teapot. The amount of tea must be properly controlled, otherwise too little tea will not produce a good-tasting tea soup; too much tea leaves will not have enough space after brewing and the water will not be able to evenly extract the tea soup, which is also not good.

4. [Tea Appreciation] The tea leaves in the teapot can be moved with a tea needle to appreciate their shape and check for impurities.

5. [Wen Gong Pou Cup] After warming the pot for 3 minutes, pour the water in the teapot into the Gong Pou Cup, which also has the effect of warming the cup. The Wen Gong pouring cup has another function. The water in the teapot that is 80% full should be the amount of tea brewed each time. The water in the Wen Gong pouring cup can then be used to warm personal tea cups, which can be used to test whether the brewed tea is enough for the total number of people.

6. [Put tea leaves] The tea leaves used in this demonstration are compact tea leaves, so just put enough to evenly cover the bottom of the pot.

7. [Warm cups] The warm water in the public cup mentioned above can be used again to warm all personal tea cups. After warming up the water in all the cups, pour it into the tea boat and water jar.

8. [Add water to brew] When adding water for the first time, turn the hand holding the kettle lightly, and it is best to keep a thin water column, and add water to a height that is almost parallel to the mouth of the kettle.

9. [Pouring cup] After the first pour of tea has been soaked for about 1 minute, it can be poured into the public pouring cup. Then, in the same order as the warming cups, pour it into all the smelling cups one by one, and then pour it into the tea tasting cups for tasting.

Tips: Generally, tea leaves can be back-flushed 5-6 times. The first time is about 1 minute to let the tea leaves wake up and release their aroma. The second time is slightly shorter, about 45 seconds. The third time starts to resume the 1-minute soaking time, and then increases by 30 seconds each time. After the sixth time, you can prepare to replace new tea leaves.