Making a nice cup of green tea come easily to some, but others may have a hard time making it just right. Brewing the perfect cup of green tea could be considered an art. Take some time to learn how to make your next cup absolutely delicious.
Before starting up the stove, make sure you have good water for your tea. If it is good to go, then boil your water in a tea kettle. Water should be about 200 F. Water can reach this temperature at two minutes.
After boiling your water, pour it from the tea kettle into a tea pot. Don’t put in your green tea just yet. You will want the water temperature to decrease to around 185 F (85 C). After a minute, pour water from the tea pot into two tea cups. Then empty your tea pot of the remaining water. Something of note at this point is that green tea tastes best when you use a tea pot that is created with the tea in mind. These particular teapots allow the tea room to expand. Tea balls may work fine for other types of tea, but not for green tea. Japanese tea pots are available that are specially made for brewing green tea; they usually cost about $30 to $100 but are well worth the investment for the tea connoisseur. It is possibly to use a different type of tea pot, such as an English tea pot, if you are a true master at making tea. Just know that pots made for green tea will give you the best results.
Now you will want to add the green tea into the tea pot. A good amount of tea to put in is a big teaspoon for every 8 ounces of water (this can depend on your tea). Make sure that you keep yourself from stirring, shaking or even mixing your green tea. After this, pass hot water you have just boiled between the two tea cups and a third empty tea cup at least twice. This should get you to the correct temperature. The right temperature is different for the various brands of green tea out there, but the right temperature is generally around 165 to 170 F (73 to 76 C). If water is too hot, your green tea will taste bitter.
Now that the temperature is right, pour the water from the cups into the tea pot with the green tea inside. Allow the hot water and tea to brew for two minutes. Before you declare tea time, check out the color of your concoction and use your sense of smell to determine if the tea meets your standards.
If your tea didn’t turn green, several different factors could be at play. If your green tea is too old, then the color will lose its luster. Green tea has a shelf life of 6 months. Once you open the green tea package, it has about 2 or 3 months left before it is not good anymore. Also remember that tea needs to be properly packaged. If it was not vacuum or nitrogen packaged, too much oxygen will get into the box and will ruin the flavor of your tea. Also if you brewed your tea too long, it will not be as green — and flavorful — as you hoped.
These tips may sound a little tedious at first, but do not let the frustration keep you from the awesome green tea that your taste buds deserve. With some practice, you soon will become a pro at making green tea.
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