Tea preparation

So I got some expensive for my soykafhole chinese pressed tea, and I don't want to bother to prepare it properly like in the fancy yt videos. Anyone know if this is worth the effort? I just put leaves in the small kettle and fill it with hot water, wait a few minutes and then mix the brew with more hot water in the big cup for drinking. Should I bother with flushes? I always made cheap black tea this way to get a kick, worked fine for green oolong ones too.

>>45840 all those things except dried soykaf stains are signs of good mental health. have fun being a pussy.

okay, i made the tea like in the video and the brew feels not fully opened or something along those lines. kinda lame. wtf i do wrong???? color is nice but there's no aroma.

>>45840 an ordinary french press is ideal. no fancy flushes.

>>45844 wtf is french press? first time i hear this

>>45845 look it up. its a maker for coffee or tea and it can make as lil as a cup or as much as a pot. unbeatable.

>>45846 seems like a great tool. Alas I don't want to spend more money on more tool.

>>45840 you want to separate brew & leaves and not keep them in one pot once brewing time is reached because if it stays too long the bad stuff will seep out and make it taste worse. Simple approach is: 1. put hot water in pot to warm it up quick so the pot wont cool down your brew 2. remove the water 3. put leaves & new hot water in 4. let it sit for ideal brewing time 5. use a filter and move brew into another pot with this you have a brew you can just use through the day, you just mix it with fresh hot water whenever you want more tea in your cup.

>>45848 its unbeatable, alternatively i use this lil metal strainer thingy which rests around the rim of the cup and makes a single cup of tea or coffee.

>>45840 for me its a glass borosilicate tea pot op

>>45849 >4. let it sit for ideal brewing time I don't know what's perfect time is. I don't know the temperature of water. I saw a cool table of water temeratures for different tea but it is one more bother. Thanks for advice, guy, you're the best

>>45860 package should list brewing time as a guideline. General rule black tea is about 3-5min, green 2-3min lower temp for milder flavor, i.e. fruit teas & green tea arround ~80° longer brew duration = more tannine released tannine blocks digestion including caffeine, long duration will taste stronger and can upset stomach but effective caffeine intake will be lower. tldr: Ideal brewing time is just whatever you like best in the acceptable range. Simply experiment a bit.

>>45848 get a cheap one, they're all the same

>>45850 > lil metal strainer thingy which rests around the rim of the cup I use one as well. It's even better than french press because pressing on tea leaves can cause the tea to be more bitter. >>45860 >I don't know what's perfect time is. It depends on how much leaves you use per cup. Western-style steeping uses about 1 tea spoon per cup (2 dl). Steep black tea for 3-5 mins and green tea for 2 mins. You should test whether you can make 2-3 cups with same leaves. Usually you can't get a good second cup of typical black tea, though. You can steep fruit and herbal infusions for a very long time, like 10+ mins. Use 80 °C for green tea but ~100 °C for fruit/herbal infusions, oolong tea, black, puerh and white tea. But read about Chinese gongfu tea brewing and adapt similar techniques. You don't need to perform any special ceremony. Just use about 1 table spoon of water for 1 cup (max. 2dl). It's works the best for oolong (wulong) and puerh. Steep it for around 15-30 secs and start adding 5-10 secs for each steep.

>>45874 Oh yeah, you can get a lot of ready tea from the same amount of oolong or puerh tea. You should expect to get like 1 liter or more. If you don't want to drink it right away, you can put the used tea leaves to fridge but be sure to not store them for longer than 1 day.