Ichigo-Ichie

I'm a Japanese woman living in Nara. This blog tells you how to be a "YAMATONADESHIKO". "Yamatonadeshiko" means an ideal Japanese lady who is intelligent, sophisticated and thoughtful. I learn Sado-Japanese traditional tea celemony and Ikebana-Japanese traditional flower arrangement. I introduce about Japan through my experiences. So you can get to know more about Japanese culture such as Sado,Ikebana, customs and seasonal events, especially the ones in Nara.

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Golden Rule for English Tea

I am also tea instructor. There is English style tea manner called Goden Rule. It teaches how to make good tea. For making good tea, we must be careful about these 5 rules.
1. Choose good quality tea leaves
Good quality tea is recomended. But it will be good tea if you follow rule 2 to 5.
2. Make tea pot and cups warm
Temperature of water is very important so it is good to not make water cool.
3. Measure accurate amount tea leaves
Basic amout is 3g for 1 cup(160cc).

4. Use completely boiling fresh water that just drew at the tap
Water should have moderate air inside. It is important for jumping tea leaves in boiling water.
5. Brew the tea in correct time
The average time for brewing is about 3 minuts. But it is differ with tea leaf's type.

If you keep these rules you can have excellent tea taste.
But you can also have O.K. tea with tea bag type tea or cheap tea leaves.
Most important elements are 1. amount of tea leaves and boiling water, 2.temperature of boiling water and 3.brewing time.
Thus you can have good tea if you make cup warm, use freshly boiling water and follow the time that the package tell you for brewing with cover when you drink tea with tea bag.
Please try to have GOOD tea!!

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