My dear sweet neighbor travels to Tibet often and gifts me with Tea treasures. Last week she gave me a beautiful black box of Himalayan Holy Tea. I used a special Chinese tea pot with matching cups. Just made 3 cups of a wonderful, smooth tea. So good.
im planning on trying some loose leave tea and i wasn't sure what brewing method to use but thanks to you now i know that you can brew loose leave tea in a french press
As a British 🇬🇧 person i approve of your use of a press. I have been using an Assam Tea press for decades. An excellent way to make a brew. One criticism of the video, he didn't warm his pot first. It sucks the heat straight of the boiling water. You need to retain as much heat as possible for the process. The step of warming the pot first will significantly improve your cuppa.
I have different size stainless steel french presses. Between uses, I line them up on the back of my glass-top stove and they really sparkle along with my English teapot!
I find that the tea steeper is much more universal. Playing around with temperature, amount and time can make a single type of loose tea feel and taste quite different.
If you do the second method, have both a brewing and serving vessel and strain all the tea once it’s done steeping, otherwise it’ll oversteep and become bitter
Gongfu brewing you guys! 150 ml gaiwan, cup, fairnesspitcher, filter and (in the case of black tea) 4~5 gr of real loose tea (whole leaf, not crushed) in 100ml of water for 10~15 seconds, about 9 infusions every time + 5 sec ;)
Does the tea over steep if you keep it in the French press for another cup after you finish the first? Or is it better to put enough water in for one cup, steep, plunge and pour. Then after drinking, add another tea cup of water and repeat the process with the same grounds… if just having 2 cups. I mainly drink English Black and some Scottish black teas. Thanks.
It is more about steeping time than anything. If you leave it in too long, it will get bitter. Perhaps a smaller french press would suit your needs better. Cheers!
Yes, that would work, however you would need to rise out the kettle afterwards. Also you would need to use a tea strainer unless you like leaves in your cup. Thank you for your question. Cheers!
I’m at a loss when It comes to water type. I tried bottled spring. Spring from glass. Filtered britta and alkaline. I can’t tell if I have a shitty palet or if my tea is ass. I mainly brew tiesta tea. I feel like I am not using the right water.
I know leaving tea leaves inside teapot for long time is bad, but its kind of a waste to just throw them away. So is it okay to just throw away the tea leaves and leave the tea water in the teapot? Cause i heard bacteria might grow in the tea water inside the teapot, but thats when the leaves are present inside the pot
You can usually brew tea twice before the flavor weakens too much, but definitely discard leaves from the teapot same day to avoid bacteria. Drink responsibly! 😅
I use my Aeropress to make my tea. My fellow Brits think I'm terribly uncivilised. The problem with straining out the leaves is that your country Granny can't read the leaves to tell you your fortune.
5:50, big nono. plastic materials especially with hot water is a BIG no no. anyone reading this you should inform your self of the danger of microplastics. one should aim to reduce as much using containers from storing food/ drinks to especially making them from plastic and incorporate as much stainless steel, glass, ceramic as possible. this cheap French one has a lot of plastic into it, and especially with the manner it will be used with hot water will inevitably leach a lot into the tea if you are cooking in Teflon, that will leach plastics into your food, just to give an idea. and then any kind of plastic spatulas and so on.
"I'm going to show you how to steep your loose leaf tea. Then I'm going to kill, cook, and eat you..." JK. Well done and informative. Change the narration style, tho. It comes across as creepish.
