Herbal Teas at Work
The Five Procedures to Make Tea In Your Office
This information courtesy of Emperor’s Herbologist
Do you love herbal tea? I do. My personal favorites are peppermint tea, ginger tea and lemon balm tea. What are your favorite herbal teas? Whatever they are, get the most of out of your herbal teas with these tea-making tips.
First — the quantity of tea put into each cup depends on the
size of the tea leaf. For example, if the tea leaf is very
small compared to normal tea, you should add more of the small
leaf.
Second — Wash the tea. Normally the first cup is only used to
warm up the tea cup and wash the tea. So you pour a hot cup of
tea, swish it around the tea cup a bit, and then pour the
water(tea) out leaving the tea leaves in the cup.
If you think it’s a waste to do this, it is not harmful to drink
the first cup.
Third — When the tea leaves open, you can start to drink the
tea.
Fourth — when you add more water in (a second or third etc.,
cup), each time you should let the water in the cup sit 30
seconds more. So if the first cup steeped for 1 minute, the
second cup would steep for 1 minute and 30 seconds. If you made
a third cup, add another 30 seconds.
Fifth — When you don’t taste tea… it’s time to dump the tea
leaves and replace them with fresh leaves.
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