Tea Preparation

Notes for tea preparation:

• Use one level teaspoonful of tea per cup
• Full leaf teas can produce more that one cup per teaspoonful, so resteep!
• Time your tea properly, oversteeping can create a bitter brew

• Black Tea

  Use boiling water and steep about 3-5 minutes

  Green Tea

  Use water below the boil, steep about 1-3 minutes

  Herbal Tea (infusions)

  Use boiling water and steep 3 minutes or longer to taste

• One ounce of tea will yield about 12 to 18 cups of tea